From 20 to 22 May 2025, students from the Chemistry–Materials undergraduate programme at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 took part in the second edition of the LPMS Days. This immersive event, part of the Graduate + initiative, offered hands-on insights into materials science through lab visits, industrial tours, and discussions with researchers. Here’s a look back at three enriching days of discovery.
Lyon Polymer Materials Science
Lyon Polymer Materials Science (LPMS) is a program enclosing high-level teaching and research in the field of polymer materials. The aim is to provide innovative solutions to the two key-challenges facing these materials:
- societal issues & sustainability
- need for polymer-based materials with functional and adaptative properties
LPMS objectives are to design polymers and macromolecular architectures with innovative properties keeping minimum environmental impact all along the polymer material conception and life span.
To address this issue, Lyon Polymer Materials Science brings together 7 internationally recognized research laboratories, 2 doctoral schools and a Master 2 course (“LPMS”) allowing covering the topics from synthesis, processing/shaping and structuring of materials for an optimization of their properties and durability as part of an eco-design approach.
The industrial, academic and international relationships developed by the laboratories and within the Master 2 program provide a dynamic, cross-disciplinary, high-level environment for:
- students recruitment in the “LPMS” Master 2 course
- internship opportunities at L3 and Master’s level
- incoming and outgoing mobility for doctoral students and researchers
- hosting students and PhDs in summer schools related to polymers
- funding for doctoral grants
Visiting Professor
Professor Dave Haddleton, a world-renowned expert in polymer chemistry, is joining the Lyon Polymer Materials Science (LPMS) Graduate Initiative as a Visiting Professor in April 2025. Based at the Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick (UK), Professor Haddleton will be hosted by the CP2M Laboratory (UMR 5128) during his stay in Lyon.
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Chemitry
Materials Science
Design
Physicochemical Analysis
Materials Engineering
A Programme from Master to PhD
Upon entering the Graduate+ Initiatives Master programme, students will work closely with faculty and researchers to build their academic project. Each student will be assigned an academic advisor and will be actively involved in research activities throughout the programme.
Select from one of our Master's programmes and map out your own academic journey. You can customise your path according to your interests and objectives with a diverse range of Master's options.
Master in Chemistry and Materials Science
M1 : Chimie et Sciences des Matériaux - Chemistry and Materials Science
M2 : Matériaux et procédés Avancés 3D/2D - Advanced 3D/2D Materials and Processes
M2 : Conception et Cycle de Vie des Matériaux - Materials Design and Lifecycle
Master in Physical and Analytical Chemistry
M1 : Formulation et Chimie Industrielle - Formulation and Industrial Chemistry
M2 : Formulation et Chimie Industrielle - Formulation and Industrial Chemistry
M2 : Analyses physico-chimiques - Physicochemical Analysis
Master in Chemistry
M2 : Chimie Inorganique - Inorganic Chemistry
Master in Health Engineering
M2 : Cosmétologie industrielle - Industrial Cosmetology
PolyTech Engineering diplomas
Formation spécialité Matériaux 3/4/5 année - Materials
Doctoral research is conducted in a partner laboratory at Graduate +. The training takes place in a doctoral school.
Associated doctoral schools:
Ecole Doctorale Chimie, Procédés, Environnement (ED 206) - Chemistry, Processes and the Environment
Ecole Doctorale Matériaux (ED 034) - Materials
Ecole Doctorale Interdisciplinaire Sciences Santé (EDISS 205) - Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral School
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