The Université Lumière Lyon 2 is a multi-campus university with its headquarters set in the heart of France’s second biggest city. The University was created in 1973, as the result of a government-decreed split, but can trace its history back to the mid-nineteenth century. Boasting a strong tradition of quality research and the value of its teaching, Université Lumière Lyon 2 is amongst the largest universities of Social Sciences and Humanities in France. Based on 5 campuses, including 2 main sites, the Université Lumière Lyon 2 is home to nearly 30,000 students from undergraduate to doctoral level, 17% of whom come from overseas. It employs more than 2,000 staff, both faculty and administrative employees. Thirteen different faculties and institutes cover all of the relevant disciplines, from archaeology to computer technology, from languages to sociology, from journalism to psychology, law, business, economics and musicology, with many more besides.

里昂卢米埃尔大学 2 是一所多校区大学，总部位于法国第二大城市的中心地带。该大学成立于 1973 年，是政府颁布的分裂的结果，但其历史可以追溯到 19 世纪中叶。里昂第二大学拥有高质量研究的悠久传统及其教学价值，是法国最大的社会科学和人文大学之一。里昂第二大学拥有5个校区，包括2个主要校区，拥有近30,000名从本科到博士的学生，其中17%来自海外。它拥有 2,000 多名员工，包括教职员工和行政人员。13 个不同的学院和研究所涵盖所有相关学科，从考古学到计算机技术，从语言到社会学，从新闻学到心理学、法律、商业、经济学和音乐学，还有更多。

With 32 recognized research centres including 18 Unités mixtes de recherché (UMR – run in conjunction with the National Centre for Scientific Research, 1 National Human Sciences Centre (Maison des Sciences de l’Homme [MSH]), 8 research alliances and 7 doctoral schools, Lyon 2 has become a research and education institution of paramount importance. The university has strong ties to its local ecosystem and a substantial scientific international outlook and has 370 partner universities across 63 countries.

里昂 2 区拥有 32 个公认的研究中心，包括 18 个 Unités mixtes de recherché (UMR – 与国家科学研究中心联合运营)、1 个国家人文科学中心 (Maison des Sciences de l’Homme [MSH])、8 个研究联盟和 7 个博士学院，已成为至关重要的研究和教育机构。该大学与当地生态系统有着密切的联系，并具有丰富的科学国际视野，在 63 个国家/地区拥有 370 所合作大学。