• 17,000 R&D employees
• 61 labelled research units in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
• 5,600 researchers (3/4 private, 1/4 public)
• + 20 world-leading private research centres
• The top four patent applicants in France do business in our region. Valéo, Stellantis, Safran, CEA
• 12 technology facilitie

• The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
• The French National Centre For Scientific Research (CNRS)
• National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment (INRAE)
• National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) 

• DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Dijon Bourgogne University Hospital is the region’s leading cancer care establishment and benefits from cutting-edge technical platforms and expertise in numerous specialities such as the digestive system, pneumology, and paediatric haematology-oncology. It also works in other areas of research including:

• Lipid metabolism, inflammation, diabetes and vascular risk
• Functional and molecular imaging
• Genomics of developmental anomalies
• Sensory, motor and cognitive impairments, etc.

• BESANÇON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

The university hospital in Besançon focuses its research work on four areas:

• Technological innovations
• Biotherapies: immunotherapy for cancer, transplantation and grafts, cell & genetic therapy
• The INCREASE university-hospital federation on inflammatory diseases
• Risks and vulnerability: infectious, neuro-cardiovascular, ethics/medical progress and vulnerable populations, quality of life

• GEORGES-FRANÇOIS LECLERC CENTRE (CGFL)

The CGFL is France’s second-biggest centre in terms of the inclusion of patients in clinical research. The Centre focuses its research in the following areas:

• Personalised medicine in medical oncology
• Functional and molecular imaging
• Radiotherapy and radiobiology
• Epidemiological research and quality of life

• THE BOURGOGNE-FRANCHE-COMTÉ NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE

Cellular engineering, medical biology, cord blood and tissue bank, innovative therapy research, teaching, and production of advanced medical treatments. Labelled as an industrial integrator of the Grand Biomedical Challenge.

• PMT BOURGOGNE-FRANCHE-COMTÉ
  Positioned in high value-added sectors such as aeronautics, space, defence and healthcare technologies.
• NUCLEAR VALLEY NATIONAL HUB
  Home to the full range of engineering expertise needed to produce nuclear energy and to manufacture the sector’s key components.
• POLYMERIS AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES / BOURGOGNE-FRANCHE-COMTÉ
  A benchmark in terms of innovation for the plastics, rubbers and composites sectors, in France and internationally.
• PÔLE VÉHICULE DU FUTUR BOURGOGNE-FRANCHE-COMTÉ GRAND EST Solutions for future vehicles and mobility: car parts, electric/hydrogen vehicles, smart and driverless cars, associated infrastructure and services, mobility as a service, industry 4.0.
• VITAGORA BOURGOGNE-FRANCHE-COMTÉ ÎLE-DE-FRANCE
  United around a concept of well-being through food: flavour, caring for health, and environmental protection.
• INFR@2050 AUVERGNE-RHÔNE-ALPES / BOURGOGNE-FRANCHE-COMTÉ
  Contributes to achieving carbon neutrality in the infrastructure construction and regional development sector. It is supported by the Écorse TP (BourgogneFranche-Comté), Indura (AuvergneRhône-Alpes) and IREX (Institut pour la Recherche Appliquée et l’Expérimentation en Génie-Civil) clusters.

• Grand Belfort : internet of objects platform
• Grand Besançon : smart waste management – Journées Granvelle
• Grand Dole : augmented city management
• Granges : local distribution network
• Is-sur-Tille : smart street lights,
• Nevers : SIIVIM – the international summit for innovation in medium-sized cities
• On Dijon: introduction of a centralised, connected system to manage the public space, for the police, emergency services, waste management, street lighting, etc.
• Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération : smart waste management

Examples Businesses: FLOWBIRD (Parking Management) MATAWAN (smart transport system), Moncoursierdequartier (flowers), Geoide crypto&com (hypervision for the city),

• The University of Burgundy appears in the Shanghai ranking (Academic Ranking of World Universities)
• The University of Burgundy and the University of Franche-Comté appear in the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects.
• 13 sites

• European option with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe
• 200 students

• Institut Agro Dijon (National Institute of Higher Education for Agriculture, Food and the Environment) > 1,284 students
• Arts et Métiers (arts and crafts college). Cluny and Chalon-sur-Saône > 540 students
• ENSMM (National Higher School for Mechanics and Microtechnology), Besançon > 780 students ]
• ESEO (Higher School of Electronics  for the west), Dijon > 1,500 students
• Polytech Dijon (Higher Engineering Institute specialising in information technology, robotics, electronics and materials), of the University of Bourgogne, Dijon and Le Creusot > 655 students
• ESTP – Construction engineering school, Dijon > 175 students
• ISAT (Higher Institute of Motor Vehicles and Transport), of the University of Bourgogne, Auxerre and Nevers > 840 students
• ISIFC (Engineering college specialising in medical devices), of the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon > 170 students
• ITII Bourgogne (Institute of Industrial Engineering Techniques), Auxerre > 227 apprentices
• UTBM (Belfort-Montbéliard University of Technology) > 2,790 students

• BSB, Burgundy School of Business, Dijon, 3,000 students
• ESTA (Higher School of Technology and Business), Besançon > 330 students ]
• IAE (Institute of Business Administration), of the University of Bourgogne, Dijon > 1,036 students
• IAE (Institute of Business Administration), of the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon > 180 students

• Mecateam Campus (railway maintenance), Montceau-les-Mines
• CESI (Centre for Higher Industrial Studies), Dijon
• CLA (Centre of Applied Linguistics), of the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon
• ENAC (National School of Civil Aviation), Saint Yan
• ENFP (National School of Public Finances), Nevers
• ENG (National Court Registry School), Dijon
• ENIL (National Dairy Industry School), Besançon Mamirolle and Poligny
• ENSA (Higher National School of Arts), Dijon
• ESPERA Sbarro – UTBM training (automotive), Montbéliard
• ISBA (Higher Institute of Fine Arts), Besançon
• IUVV Institut Jules Guyot (Vines and Wine), Dijon
• Mechanisms and Luxury Industries, Vesoul, Besançon
• Centre of Excellence in Robotics and Industrial Vision, Dijon and Chalon-sur-Saône
• Luxury and microtechnology degree, Lycée Edgar Faure de Morteau

• Diagnosis of company needs
• Technical, Financial, Legal and HR Engineering
• Search for land and commercial real estate
• Search for partners
• Connection with the public and private ecosystem of economic development and innovation

• Preliminary financial diagnosis
• Identification of available public and private funds
• Organisation of round table discussions with partners

• Project diagnosis and monitoring of innovative business projects
• Innovation, ecological transition, renewable energies and heat recovery – carried out in partnership with the Region and ADEME Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
• Presta’INNO funded by Bpifrance and the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region

In partnership with the Region and government departments

• Promotion of sector-based groups
• Economic development of the region and its territories
• Participation at local, national and international trade fairs