The Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 (french: link=no, Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3), also referred to as Lyon 3, is one of the three

public universities A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national university ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

, France. It is named after the French Resistance fighter

Jean Moulin Jean Pierre Moulin (; 20 June 1899 – 8 July 1943) was a French civil servant and French Resistance, resistant who served as the first President of the National Council of the Resistance during World War II from 27 May 1943 until his death less ...

and specialises in Law, Politics, Philosophy, Management and languages. It is under the purview of the Academy of Lyon. A total of 27,000 students study there for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. The university is a member of the University of Lyon, the

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and the European University Association (EUA).

History

University Lyon 3 was established in the early 1970s (26 July 1973), part of the reorganisation of higher education following the events of

May 68 Beginning in May 1968, a period of civil unrest occurred throughout France, lasting some seven weeks and punctuated by demonstrations, general strikes, as well as the occupation of universities and factories. At the height of events, which h ...

that rocked the academic world. It was named after

, a wartime resistance leader who was captured in Lyon. It is one of the largest institutions within the

University of Lyon The University of Lyon (french: Université de Lyon), located in Lyon and Saint-Étienne, France, is a center for higher education and research comprising 11 members and 24 associated institutions. The three main universities in this center are: C ...

attracting over 27,000 students, including over 4,000 international students. It specialises in the humanities and social sciences.

Campuses

The university is located on three different campuses: the first one, called "Les Quais", is by the Rhône (river), the second, called "Manufacture des Tabacs" in the south part of Lyon, and the last one in

Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; frp, Bôrg) is the prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ancient province of Bresse ( frp, Brêsse, links=no). In 2018, ...

, about 70km north of the city.

Faculties

The university is organised into four main faculties, a management school, and a University Institute of Technology. The campus at Bourg-en-Bresse offers the full range of courses.

Faculty of Law

University of Lyon Law School with graffiti June 1968

The Lyon Law School, was created by decree issued on 29 October

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, by Marshal Mac Mahon, was inaugurated by French President Felix Faure on 1 May 1896. The Faculty of Law of Lyon celebrates 130 years, largest centre for law students from the city of Lyon, it has all the legal training of the first year Degree tray until 8 (or more). The Lyon Law school enjoys a national and international reputation of distinction. In the latest edition of the Gourman Report (6th ed, 1993), it was ranked 1st among France's provincial universities, and 5th among European universities, behind

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and

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. The Law School has always been in touch with foreign legal systems. Before the First World War, the Lyon Law School founded the

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, in

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. These two cities, Lyon and Beirut, were both on one of Silk Roads, which started in China and ended in Lyon; intellectual, artistic and industrial interests converged. The Institute of Comparative Law was created by Édouard Lambert in 1920, and now bears his name. Just before he died, he wrote the Egyptian Civil Code, which is still in effect today and has hardly been amended.

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was also the scene of the development of the Lyon Law School, before the

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. Quite frequently, the Dean of the Lyon Law School had previously been or was to become a Dean in

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or Phnom Penh. The law school is known for research of history of law and family law. It is also famous in the field of Business Law, thanks to its master's degree in Business and

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, coupled with the most famous degree in the field of business Law in France: DJCE (DJCE stands for "Diplôme de Juriste Conseil en Entreprise" or Corporate Jurist Diploma in English). The Faculty of law also proposes the preparation of master 2 business and financial engineering ranked 7th, Master 2 audiovisual & media law ranked 4th among the best master's degrees by SMBG 2015. The Law faculty also includes the department of

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such a ...

( international security,

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, francophone studies) propose the preparation of master 2 international relations ranked 5th among the best master's degrees in international security and defense by SMBG ranking 2015. In 2008, it launched its own

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in International and

European Law European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community following World War II, the EU has developed the aim to "promote peace, its valu ...

. The law school offers several joint programs in business law with EM Lyon business school, in criminal science with the faculty of medicine of university of Lyon, in security studies with France's National Police College. The faculty organise conferences with

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, France's National Police College (ENSP) and

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on a regular basis. In 2021/22 there were almost 11,000 students registered in the Faculty of Law accounting for over 40% of students at the university.

Faculty of Philosophy

The Faculty of Philosophy offers specialist courses in Ethics, Health philosophy, History of philosophy, Culture & health, Aesthetics, Logic, Political and legal philosophy. The professorial staff of the Faculty of Philosophy of Lyon 3 included

Régis Debray Jules Régis Debray (; born 2 September 1940) is a French philosopher, journalist, former government official and academic. He is known for his theorization of mediology, a critical theory of the long-term transmission of cultural meaning in h ...

and includes

Mauro Carbone Mauro Carbone (born 8 December 1956) is an Italian philosopher. Since 2009, he has been a full professor at the Faculté de Philosophie of the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 in Lyon, France. From 2012 to 2017, he has been a senior member of the In ...

, Jean-Jacques Wunenburger, Jean-Claude Beaune, Jean-Pierre Ginisti, François Guéry, Bruno Pinchard, Bimbenet Etienne, Jean-Joël Duhot. In 2021, it had over 850 students, including 60 doctoral students.

Faculty of Letters and Civilisations

The Faculty of Letters and Civilisations complements and collaborates with the University Lyon 2 and the ENS de Lyon. The faculty is organised into five departments: Ancient Languages and Literatures, Modern Literature, History, Geography-Planning, and Information-Communication. In 2021/22, there was almost 100 faculty and over 2,700 students registered.

Faculty of Languages

The Faculty of Languages provides instruction in two broad areas: Applied Foreign Languages (LEA) and Languages, Letters and Foreign and Regional Civilisations (LLCER). The foreign languages taught include German, English, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Sanskrit and Hindi. There are almost 5,000 students in the Faculty. In 2021/22 there were almost 5,000 students registered in the Faculty of Languages.

iaelyon School of Management

The iaelyon School of Management is located in the historical complex of the "Manufacture des Tabacs" in the heart of Lyon. Founded in 1956, it has 8000 students in 2021 (including 2000 in postgraduate studies), accounting for more almost 30% of the total student population at Lyon 3 University. In addition to the 150 some professors at the IAE, 400 executives from private, external companies contribute to the education. The various courses offered include four bachelor's degrees (Licence), eight professional bachelor's degrees (Licence professionnelles), nine master's degrees (with 40 specializations) and preparatory courses for the chartered accountants examination. The IAE of Lyon is one of the top French institutions for research and training in management. The school is highly internationalized with partnerships with over 150 universities in more than 50 countries.

Institute of Technology

The IUT offers a range of short courses and professional programmes in technology.

Notable faculty

Prior to division of University of Lyon

Maurice Merleau-Ponty Maurice Jean Jacques Merleau-Ponty. (; 14 March 1908 – 3 May 1961) was a French phenomenological philosopher, strongly influenced by Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger. The constitution of meaning in human experience was his main interest an ...

(1908-1961), philosopher. * Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995), philosopher. Taught at the School of Philosophy from 1965 to 1969.

After division of University of Lyon

* Gérard E. Weil (1926-1986), biblical scholar *

Jean Varenne Jean Varenne (12 June 1926 – 12 July 1997) was a French Indologist and a prominent figure of the Nouvelle Droite. He taught Sanskrit at the Aix-Marseille University, then at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, where he was eventually nominated profes ...

(1926-1997), Indologist; far-right politician *

Guy Achard Guy Achard (born 1936 in Lyon) is a French Latinist and historian of Ancient Rome. An emeritus professor at the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, he is a specialist in Latin rhetoric and Roman sociology. Publications * * * * ''Cicéron : De l'i ...

(born 1936), Roman historian * Jean-Francois Mayer (born 1957), religious historian, *

Jean Haudry Jean Haudry (born 28 May 1934) is a French linguist and Indo-Europeanist. Haudry is generally regarded as a distinguished linguist by other scholars, although he has also been criticized for his political proximity with the far-right. Haudry's '' ...

(born 1934), professor of Sanskrit; far-right politician *

(born 1940), intellectual, journalist, government official, and professor. *

Pierre Vial Pierre Vial (born 25 December 1942) is an academic medievalist tied to the Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. A Nouvelle Droite leader, he is the founder of the Identitarian association Terre et Peuple. Biography Pierre Vial was born on 25 Decembe ...

(born 1942), medievalist; far-right politician * Gilles Guyot (born 1946), professor of management. * Bernard Lugan (born 1946), professor of African history; far-right politician * Serge Guinchard (born 1946), jurist, professor emeritus at Université Panthéon-Assas. *

Michel Mercier Michel Mercier (born 7 March 1947) is a French politician and who served as Minister of Justice from 2010 until 2012. After studying law and graduation from Jean Moulin University Law school and the Lyon IEP, he taught finance and local gove ...

(born 1947), former minister of Justice (2010 until 2012) *

Shawn Wong Shawn K. Wong is a Chinese American author and scholar. He has served as the Professor of English, Director of the University Honors Program (2003–06), Chair of the Department of English (1997–2002), and Director of the Creative Writing Program ...

(born 1949) - American professor of creative writing *

Bruno Gollnisch Bruno Gollnisch (; born 28 January 1950) is a French academic and politician, a member of the National Front (FN) far-right party. He was a member of the European Parliament and was chairman of the European Parliamentary group ' Identity, Tra ...

(born 1950), professor of Japanese language and civilisation; far-right politician * Denis Crouzet (born 1953), historian *

(born 1956), philosopher *

László Trócsányi László Trócsányi (born 6 March 1956) is a Hungarian lawyer, academic, diplomat, politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. Formerly, he was Hungarian Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg from 2000 to 2004, a member of ...

(born 1956), Hungarian lawyer and politician * Geneviève Gobillot, scholar of Islam *

Tristan Garcia Tristan Garcia (born 5 April 1981) is a French philosopher and novelist. His first novel, ''La meilleure part des hommes'' (2008), won France’s Prix de Flore. It was translated into English in 2010 with the title ''Hate: A Romance''. His most im ...

(born 1981), philosopher and novelist *

Pierre-Jean Souriac Pierre-Jean Souriac is a contemporary French historian, a Lecturer in Modern History at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. Biography Souriac is a specialist of history of religions, and more precisely religious conflicts in the 16th century and thei ...

, historian

Notable alumni

Prior to division of University of Lyon

* Ume Kenjirō (1860-1910), drafter of the Japanese civil code, and a founder of

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Motono Ichirō was a statesman and diplomat, active in Meiji period Japan. Biography Motono was born in Saga, Hizen Province, (modern-day Saga Prefecture). His father, an entrepreneur, was one of the founders of the modern Yomiuri Shimbun. Motono studied law ...

(1862-1918), statesman and diplomat, former

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* Louis Josserand (1868-1941), legal scholar, council at

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François Perroux François Perroux (December 19, 1903 in Saint-Romain-en-Gal – June 2, 1987 in Stains) was a French economist. He was named Professor at the Collège de France, after having taught at the University of Lyon (1928 – 1937) and the University o ...

(1903-1987), economist, professor at the

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Frantz Fanon Frantz Omar Fanon (, ; ; 20 July 1925 – 6 December 1961), also known as Ibrahim Frantz Fanon, was a French West Indian psychiatrist, and political philosopher from the French colony of Martinique (today a French department). His works have b ...

(1925-1961), psychiatrist, philosopher, revolutionary and writer whose work is influential in the field of post-colonial studies. * Anne-Marie Escoffier (born 1942), socialist politician *

Antoine Ghanem Antoine Ghanem ( ar, أنطوان غانم; 10 August 1943 – 19 September 2007) was a Lebanese politician and an MP in the Lebanese Parliament. He was also a member of the Kataeb party and the March 14 Coalition. He was killed on 19 Sep ...

(1943-2007), Lebanese politician and an MP in the Lebanese Parliament. * Georges Chapouthier (born 1945), neuroscientist and philosopher. *

Dominique Perben Dominique Perben (born 11 August 1945) is a French politician. Born in Lyon, he was French Minister of Transportation from 2005 to 2007. He was previously Minister of Justice (2002–05), Minister of Civil Service and Administration (1995–199 ...

(born 1945), former minister of Justice (2002–2005), and minister of transportation (2005–2007). * Serge Guinchard (born 1946), jurist, professor emeritus at Université Panthéon-Assas.

After division of University of Lyon

(born 1947), former minister of Justice (2010 until 2012) *

Jacqueline Oble Anne Jacqueline Oble (born 1950), also known as Jacqueline Lohoues-Oble, is an Ivorian lawyer and politician who was the first woman to stand as a candidate in a presidential election. Early life and education Anne Jacqueline Lohoues was born in ...

(born 1950), Ivorian lawyer and politician * Georges Fenech (born 1954), judge and politician (UMP) * Étienne Blanc (born 1954), politician (LR) * Patrick Louis (born 1955), politician and member of the

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* Farès Boueiz (born 1955), Lebanese lawyer and politician *

Reine Alapini-Gansou Reine Adélaïde Sophie Alapini-Gansou (born 11 August 1956) is a Beninese jurist who is a judge of the International Criminal Court since March 2018. Early life and education Alapini-Gansou was born in Abidjan in Ivory Coast on August 11, 1956. ...

(born 1956), judge on the

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. * Walid Phares (born 1957),

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's foreign policy adviser,

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scholar and analyst for

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, professor at National War College (NWC) * Jean-Francois Mayer (born 1957, historian of religion *

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(born 1959),

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, member of the

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* Dominique Dord (born 1959), politician, member of the National Assembly of France. * Frigide Barjot (born 1962), humorist, and political activist * Frank Bournois (born 1962), business academic * Andrew Hussey (born 1963), historian of French culture * Yves Nicolin (born 1963), politician (UMP) * Seyed Mohammad Hosseini (born 1963), Iraqi diplomat. * Yacouba Isaac Zida (born 1965), former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso. * Michel Havard (born 1967), politician (UMP) * Kadra Ahmed Hassan (born 1973), permanent representative of Djibouti to the United Nations at Geneva * Sylvie Tellier (born 1978), Miss France 2002, lawyer, national director of both Miss France and Miss Europe Organization * Audrey Dufeu-Schubert (born 1980), politician (La République En Marche!) * Coralie Dubost (born 1983), lawyer, politician (La République En Marche!) * Gwei Lun-mei (born 1983), Taiwanese actress. * Julien Rochedy (born 1988), French politician * Meg Otanwa, Nigerian actress

Students

The biggest school in terms of number of students is the Faculty of Law (10,460), the Business School (IAE) with (8,578). Then comes, the Faculty of Languages (4851) and the Faculty of Arts (13%). Other students attend the Faculty of Philosophy, or programmes such as professional short-term degree. [2005 figures]

References

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History

Campuses

Faculties

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Philosophy

Faculty of Letters and Civilisations

Faculty of Languages

iaelyon School of Management

Institute of Technology

Notable faculty

Prior to division of University of Lyon

After division of University of Lyon

Notable alumni

Prior to division of University of Lyon

After division of University of Lyon

Students

See also

References