Higher education and Research key figures
Number of Advanced technician diplomas (BTS) awarded
126,500
diplomas awarded
diplomas awarded
2013
Metropolitan France
Metropolitan France
Domestic education expenditure devoted to higher education as a share of GDP
1.4%
2012
Whole of France
Whole of France
Share of children of workers among newly qualified baccalauréat holders enrolled in classes preparing for admission to Grandes Écoles (CPGE)
6.5%
2014-15
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of general baccalauréat holders among newly qualified baccalauréat holders enrolled in Technological university institutes (IUT)
66.2%
2013
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Share of female students in PhD programmes
48%
2014-15
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Metropolitan France + overseas departments
Number of university professors hired via a recruitment competition
662
university professors
university professors
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
France's world share of patents granted by the US Patent Office in Engines, pumps, turbines
3.9%
2013
Share of teachers in Healthcare
14.7%
2014
Whole of France
Whole of France
Amount of R&D tax credit for business enterprises in the Automobile industry
€332 M
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France
Variation in intramural business enterprise R&D expenditure in Information technology and computer service activities
+3.5%
2013 against 2010
Whole of France
Whole of France
Change in France's world share of publications in Particle and nuclear physics
- 11%
2014 against 2009
Share of R&D tax credit received by business enterprises in the Automobile industry
6.0%
2013
Whole of France
Whole of France