Grenoble is Rhône-Alpes’ second city, after Lyon, and boasts a population that is younger and better qualified than the national average. Its reputation for technology, the quality of teaching and the superb setting are all contributing factors.

Grenoble is well known abroad…
… as a centre for advanced technology, with particular know-how that has fuelled an upsurge in the number of highly qualified jobs. The proportion of executives and knowledge workers is unusually high.

The quality of the local talent pool…
… with 180 000 active workers, is fed by four universities, which make a point of involving industry and research in the courses they teach.
• 56 000 students, of whom more than half are studying science subjects and 18% are doing postgraduate courses.
• 6 000 foreign students.

Highly reputed facilities…
… well suited to the development priorities of the area’s key activities : 4 universities, 16 engineering schools, one teacher training college and three graduate schools (École d’Architecte de Grenoble, École supérieure d’Art, Grenoble École de Management).

Number of degrees per year for each university
• Université Joseph Fourier (science and medicine) : 6 500.
• Université Stendhal (languages, literature, communication) : 2 500.
• Université Pierre Mendès-France (human and social science) : 7 000.
• National Polytechnical Institute of Grenoble (INPG - science) : 1 100.