Higher education and Research key figures
France's world share of European patent applications
6.4%
2012
Amount of financial and social support for students
€5,799 M
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Variation in student numbers in public higher education outside the responsibility of the French Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Research (MENESR)
19.6%
2012-13 against 2000-01
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of students entering art and humanities classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE) 5 years previously, now enrolled in a school to prepare a diploma of baccalauréat level + 5 years study
31%
2012-13
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
Intramural R&D expenditure by State-owned industrial and commercial establishments (EPIC)
€3.8 bn
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of children of workers among newly qualified baccalauréat holders enrolled in classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE)
6.5%
2013-14
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of women among researchers in business enterprises in the Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation, watches and clocks
11.7%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Success rate (participation) of projects involving French teams
25.2%
2014
Vocational bachelor's degree pass rate in 1 year
88%
2011
Whole of France
Whole of France
Variation in intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure in Telecommunications
14.4%
2012 against 2011
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of university professors
22%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of PhDs awarded in Arts, Languages, Humanities
23.1%
2011-12
Whole of France
Whole of France