Higher education and Research key figures
Number of teacher-researchers
56,903
teacher-researchers
teacher-researchers
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of Gross domestic expenditure on R&D executed by firms
64%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Central government share in funding domestic education expenditure
69%
2014
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 foreign students in Master's degree programmes
17%
2014-15
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of direct public funding benefitting intermediate-sized enterprises
9.9%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of university students receiving support
34.7%
2014
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of women among researchers in business enterprises in the Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring, testing and navigation, watches and clocks
12.2%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
France's world share of publications in General Physics
4.5%
2014
Share of R&D tax credit received by business enterprises in the Mechanical engineering industry
3.7%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Number of ancillary research staff in government
62,354
people (FTE)
people (FTE)
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Unemployment rate 5 years after graduation for PhDs in Law, Economics, Management and Social Sciences
5.6%
2015
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments



