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
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D
€47,159 M
Estimate for 2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of doctoral students with an Industrial Agreement for Training through Research (CIFRE)
9.3%
2013-14
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of students entering economic and commercial 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
75%
2012-13
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
Share of female students in classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE)
42%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of technological baccalauréat holders among newly qualified baccalauréat holders enrolled in classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE)
5.3%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Intramural R&D expenditure by the French research institute for the exploitation of the sea (IFREMER)
€202 M
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of expenditure on staff in domestic education expenditure for higher education
70%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Number of PhDs awarded in Law, Economics, Economic and social administration (AES)
1,524
PhDs awarded
PhDs awarded
2011-12
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of business enterprises working in new materials
21.2%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Median net monthly wage for full-time jobs of Vocational bachelor's degree graduates
€1,600
2011 graduates
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
France's world share of publications in Astronomy, astrophysics
5.6%
2013



