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ORION

OBJECTIVES

ORION aims to enable students to discover and practice research. It works to develop a community of students capable of tackling tomorrow’s challenges.

Image showing the path of a student aiming for research through the Orion schemes: from discovering research in the second year to practicing research at the graduate level.

Exposure to research takes different forms: dedicated courses, excellence practicals on key LUE platforms, thematic research schools, innovation workshops, multidisciplinary student-researcher clubs, internships in university laboratories, international immersion in the research structures of our academic partners abroad; and is supported by dedicated funding (excellence scholarships, internship grants and mobility support).

LORRAINE UNIVERSITÉ D’EXCELLENCE

ORION supports Lorraine Université d’Excellence in developing the international leadership of the Lorraine site in engineering around 6 economic and societal challenges: materials value chain, sustainable management of natural resources and the environment, future energy and energy transition, digital trust, health and support for aging, knowledge engineering.

LAUREATE “INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE PROGRAM”

ORION was selected on July 1st, 2020 as part of the call for projects “Structuring training through research in initiatives of excellence” (SFRI) of the “France 2030” Investing for the Future Program. With €18.5 million over 9 years, it will raise awareness and train students in research by offering them a more diverse environment.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

ORION is structured as a progression from discovering research (2nd year), then practicing it (from 3rd year to Master’s level), to becoming researchers (PhD). But ORION’s main distinctives are, on the one hand, the emphasis on research practice and, on the other, the ambition to mix audiences (Faculties and Engineering Schools), levels (from 2nd year to doctorate), disciplines, and nationalities to create a student community on a research trajectory.

Diagram of the composition of the ORION community: 1200 students participate in an ORION program, more than half at the undergraduate level.
Composition of the ORION community

ORION PROGRAM PARTNERS

ORION’s partners welcome the success of these projects, which reinforce the positive momentum of the Lorraine site as a whole in the service of training, research, innovation, and economic development.

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