Higher education and Research key figures
Bachelor's degree pass rate in 3 or 4 years
39.3%
2007 cohort
Whole of France
Whole of France
Numbers of non-teaching staff
54,700
non-teaching staff
non-teaching staff
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Rate of immediate enrolment by baccalauréat holders from the 2013 session
75.4%
2013-14
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure executed in industrial branches
79.8%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Intramural R&D expenditure by State-owned scientific and technological establishments (EPST) excluding CNRS
€2.2 bn
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of female students in Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy
63.1%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
France's world share of publications in Astronomy, astrophysics
5.6%
2013
Ranking of the Manufacture of electrical equipment
10th
research branch
research branch
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Number of doctoral students enrolled in Sciences, Physical education and sports science and techniques (STAPS)
28,513
2013-14
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of women among researchers at the French research institute for the exploitation of the sea (IFREMER)
35.5%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of students in classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE) receiving support
27.9%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Unemployment rate 3 years after graduation for PhDs completing their thesis via an Industrial Agreement for Training through Research (CIFRE)
5%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments