About Claude Bernard University Lyon 1:

The Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), is one of the three public universities of Lyon, France. The main administrative, teaching and research facilities are located in Villeurbanne. Other campus are the domains of Gerland, Rockefeller and Laennec. Attached to the University are the Hospices civils de Lyon including the "Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud", which is the largest teaching hospital in the Rhône-Alpes region and second largest in France. The university is named after the French physiologistClaude Bernard. It is the heritage of the "faculté des sciences de Lyon", founded in 1833 and the "faculté de médecine", founded in 1874. The dominant areas of study covered by the university are science and medicine.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
World University Rankings 241 215 209 201 212 184 178 155 158 186 174 180 194 215 232 237 213

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agriculture 185 237 157 132 - 185 207 216 235 227 234 225 250 274 277 301-350
Engineering 206 158 167 185 175 196 206 212 240 266 297 301-350 351-400 451-500 - -
Life Sciences 181 180 157 183 175 178 155 152 163 156 170 177 192 186 179 154
Medicine 250 216 201 227 231 225 233 217 225 211 214 243 241 253 237 188
Natural Sciences 189 139 165 154 111 117 90 92 144 111 112 118 148 156 195 164
Social Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Agricultural Sciences 260 - - - - - 301-350 301-350 301-350 351-400 351-400 401-450 351-400
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - - - - - 143
Chemistry 109 92 101 92 87 110 106 111 125 149 160 176 280
Chemical Engineering 41 57 58 87 99 121 146 148 196 248 266 273 253
Civil Engineering 167 177 180 209 184 195 226 219 250 252 - 301-350 -
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 228 234 245 234 190
Computer Science 213 240 214 192 260 - 274 297 351-400 351-400 451-500 451-500 451-500
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Electrical Engineering 236 142 229 251 223 247 262 279 286 294 401-450 451-500 451-500
Environment / Ecology 124 161 158 176 200 222 231 277 258 262 - 269 -
Geosciences 169 196 192 139 131 193 201 209 252 253 - 261 270
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - 148 135
Materials Science 156 175 195 197 204 235 257 245 282 301-350 351-400 451-500 451-500
Mathematics 82 88 106 80 91 112 124 153 172 129 169 174 200
Mechanical Engineering - 298 - 300 - - - 351-400 401-450 401-450 - 351-400 -
Microbiology - - - - - - - - 129 150 - - 135
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - 173 169
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - - - 155 153
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 245 191 170 174 198 195 199 223 236 267 226 181
Physics 181 135 130 105 107 150 113 106 113 133 124 165 179
Plant & Animal Science 114 181 145 144 164 174 169 153 156 193 185 135 203
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - 301-350 -
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - 138 92
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - 351-400 -
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - -