Higher education and Research key figures
Number of apprentices preparing a higher education diploma
135,371
apprentices
apprentices
2012-13
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Rate of occupational integration of Master's degree graduates
90%
2011 graduates
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of vocational baccalauréat holders among newly qualified baccalauréat holders enrolled in classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE)
0%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of students entering 5 years previously via the Technological university institute (IUT) study track now with a higher education diploma
89%
2012-13
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
Share of intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure executed in services branches
20.2%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Turnover of university continuing education
€404 M
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of female students in Master's degree programmes in Science
36.5%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
France's world share of publications in Particle and nuclear physics
4%
2013
Share of intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure executed in the 6 main research branches
54%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of teachers in Arts and Humanities
30.1%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of doctoral students receiving funding for foreign doctoral students
17.1%
2013-14
Whole of France
Whole of France
France's world share of European patent applications in Materials, metallurgy
7.7%
2012