Higher education and Research key figures
Unemployment rate 3 years after graduation for PhDs
9.4%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Domestic education expenditure devoted to higher education as a share of GDP
1.4%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Number of firms active in R&D in ICT branch
€4,800
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of children of parents who are self-employed professionals, managers or teachers among new baccalauréat holders enrolled at the university
29.7%
2014-15
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of technological baccalauréat holders among newly qualified baccalauréat holders enrolled in Technological university institutes (IUT)
31.4%
2014
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Number of secondary teachers working in higher education
13,129
teachers under contract in secondary education posts
teachers under contract in secondary education posts
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Change in France's world share of publications in Cardiology, pneumology
- 9%
2014 against 2009
Share of intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure executed by SMEs
14%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of women among researchers at the French research institute for the exploitation of the sea (IFREMER)
35.2%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of R&T budget of territorial authorities devoted to the dissemination of scientific culture
3.0%
2012-2013-2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Intramural R&D expenditure by the French Government Space Agency (CNES)
€504 M
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Number of doctoral students enrolled in Biology, medicine and health
10,079
2014-15
Whole of France
Whole of France