The "Fundamental Computer Science" Specialization of the Lyon Computer Science Degree is operated by the ENS of Lyon, and corresponds to the first year of school.
- each student is followed individually by a tutor,
- supplementary courses and projects defined according to the personal project,
- attendance at a bi-monthly seminar,
- mandatory training in scientific English,
- an alternating-disciplinary course
- an internship in an academic research environment (French laboratory)
The "Fundamental Computer Science" course is a classic L3 course that aims to provide students with the foundations of the discipline. The Pre-Master's degree, which is more demanding and more difficult to obtain (12 average instead of 10, additional compulsory modules), is the path required for admission to the "Fundamental Computer Science" Specialization of the Master's degree in Computer Science, training through research and for research, which opens up a career as a university teacher, researcher or research engineer
The "Fundamental Computer Science" course aims to provide students with a solid foundation in theoretical computer science, to enable them to pursue more specialized studies in computer science.
The "Fundamental Computer Science" specialization is held entirely on the premises of the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon. It welcomes, among others, the students of this school (the "normaliens") interested in computer science. In addition, it welcomes "non-normaliens" students, recruited either by competitive examination or by application at the end of the preparatory classes or the university L2. The typical flow is 15 to 20 "normaliens", and 10 to 15 "non-normaliens".
