Higher education and Research key figures
Number of administrative, health and social personnel (ASS)
14,027
administrative, social and healthcare staff
administrative, social and healthcare staff
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Gross national expenditure on R&D by government
€19.6 bn
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Rate of immediate enrolment by baccalauréat holders from the 2013 session
75.4%
2013-14
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Variation in student numbers in Law
18.9%
2013-14 against 2004-05
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of young higher education graduates returning to study within 3 years of their initial course
16%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Ranking of Aeronautics and space construction
2nd
research branch
research branch
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of general Bachelor's degree graduates in 2011-2012 now doing a Master's degree or Master's in teaching
73%
2011-12
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of women among researchers in business enterprises in Electronic components and boards, computers, peripheral equipment
13.9%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Amount of R&D tax credit for business enterprises in Computer consultancy and assistance
€633 M
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
France's world share of European patent applications in Microstructural and Nanotechnologies
10.1%
2012
France's world share of publications in Astronomy, astrophysics
5.6%
2013
Share of doctoral students receiving funding for foreign doctoral students
17.1%
2013-14
Whole of France
Whole of France



