Higher education and Research key figures
Share of Gross domestic expenditure on R&D executed by government
36%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
France's world share of publications
3.5%
2013
Number of secondary teachers working in higher education
13,069
teachers under contract in secondary education posts
teachers under contract in secondary education posts
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of foreign students in PhD programmes
41%
2013-14
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of researchers in business enterprises with an engineering diploma
54.3%
2011
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of students entering scientific 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
80%
2012-13
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
Share of vocational baccalauréat holders in a generation
23.8%
2014
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of R&D tax credit received by business enterprises in the Research and development sector
3.3%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of R&D tax credit received by business enterprises in the Electrical and electronics industry
15.9%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of female students in paramedical and social care courses
84%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
France's world share of patents granted by the US Patent Office in Pharmaceuticals
4%
2012
Share of stable jobs for University technology diploma (DUT) graduates
58%
2011 graduates
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments



