Higher education and Research key figures
Amount of financial and social support for students
€5,965 M
2014
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
France's world share of patents granted by the US Patent Office
2.1%
2013
Share of intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure executed in services branches
21%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Turnover of university continuing education
€427 M
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of female students in Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy
63.5%
2014-15
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Student numbers in Sciences, Physical education and sports science and techniques (STAPS)
384,200
students
students
2014-15
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of women among researchers at the French Government Space Agency (CNES)
31.5%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Unemployment rate 5 years after graduation for PhDs in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
4.3%
2015
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of PhDs awarded in Human sciences and humanities
18.5%
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of students in classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE) receiving support
27.7%
2014
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of doctoral students enrolled in first year who were enrolled the previous year in an engineering study track
6%
2014-15
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure executed by large enterprises
57%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France