Lumière University Lyon 2

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Lumière University Lyon 2
Université Lumière Lyon 2

Established: December 1969[1]
Type: Public
Location: Lyon, France
Website: www.univ-lyon2.fr
(In English)

The Lumière University Lyon 2 (French: Université Lumière Lyon 2) is a French university, based in Lyon. It is under the Academy of Lyon. A total of 27,500 students are studying there for a three-to-eight year degree.


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[edit] Notable alumni

  • Bruno Julliard, chairman of the UNEF, the largest student union in France
  • Jérôme Kerviel, a French trader involved in the largest fraud in banking history

[edit] Notable faculty

  • Mohammed Arkoun, an influential scholar in Islamic studies
  • Robert Faurisson, a professor of philosophy who has generated controversy over his holocaust denial articles


[edit] References

  1. ^ Background. Université Lumière Lyon 2. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.

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