A solid industrial base
Leader firms
A complete offer for infrastructures
A top tertiary environment
A first class research potential
The economic agenda

 

Rhône-Alpes, land of skills

 

 

 

A first class research potential

The region has close to 750public research laboratories. The private research and development is also a key point of the area (12% of french researchers).
Rhône-Alpes is among EU's top 10 regionfor the number of patents registered.

The first-rate pole includes major internatoinal centres (Synchrotron, the European Centre for Nuclear Research, High Security Biology Laboratory P4, Minatec...).