École centrale de Lyon
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The École Centrale de Lyon (ECL, Centrale Lyon) is a French engineering school (grande école).
It is a member of the Écoles Centrales and trains generalist engineers at a high level within three years. It was founded in 1895 as École Centrale Lyonnaise pour l'Industrie et le Commerce. It has been a state university since 1992. The campus has been located in Écully, near Lyon, since 1967. The name École Centrale de Lyon has been used since 1970.
Famous graduates
- Laurent Baumel, French politician
- Joseph Bethenod, French electrical engineer
- Luc Court, French manufacturer of automobiles and commercial vehicles
- Philippe Kruchten, French computer scientist
- Marc Riboud, French photographer
- Paul-Émile Victor, French polar explorer, ethnologist and writer
- Gaëtan Werp, French biologist and crane driver
