LUMINY, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE... Luminy is also a place easier. for people to live and The outstanding enjoy their downtime. natural setting and MARSEILLE-LUMINY That means restaurant close proximity to the and accommodation Calanques National services, of course, Park also make this but Luminyans also a fantastic place for SCIENCE have access to a wide hiking and walking, for range of sports facilities tourists and locals from to make everyday life Marseille alike. & TECHNOLOGY PARK ... FOR EVERYONE MAP

MISSION HANDICAP PISOURD PROGRAMME Road AMU & ACCESSIBILITY At the School of Art & 3 highways linking Spain, Italy and Northern Aix-Marseille Univer- Design, the “Pisourd” Europe all meet in Marseille: A7, A55 and A50 sity welcomes and programme offers hea- Air provides assistance ring-impaired students Marseille Provence international airport, for students with di- access to art studies. 45 minutes from Luminy: sability, through its The programme invol- • 3rd busiest airport for passenger traffic “Mission Handicap” ves tailored teaching (terminal mp2) programme. Luminy initiatives and specific • N° 1 low-cost airport in Europe is a pilot site where provisions to enable • 15 destinations served in France (28 Paris/ Marseille flights daily, in I hour 20 minutes) physical and sporting students to develop • 100 destinations served in over 38 countries activities are open to their artistic, linguistic Rail disabled students, with and social skills, vital • Over 200 trains daily support from students for true cultural mixity • 17 Paris/Marseille TGV high-speed train on the APAS adaptive between the hea- services daily (journey time 3 hrs.) sports course as neces- ring-impaired and the Bus sary. hearing. • Ligne 21, JET • Ligne 24

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• Aix Marseille University : www.univ-amu.fr Research • CNRS : www.provence-corse.cnrs.fr MORE INFOS • Inserm : www.paca.inserm.fr • IRD : www.ird.fr The Association Grand Luminy has worked tirelessly GRAND LUMINY since 1985 to raise the profile of the Luminy Science & • CEA : www.cea.fr Technopôle Technology Park, concentrating on three key missions: ENTITIES • INRA : www.paca.inra.fr @grandluminy CATALYSEUR D’INNOVATION • Organisation & promotion • Business incubation & development www.grandluminy.com Education • Economic development

Research laboratories www.grandluminy.com/fr/content/lexcellence-scientifique INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS Aix-Marseille University - CNRS - Inserm - IRD - CEA - INRA Higher education institutions Business www.grandluminy.com/fr/content/un-enseignement-de-haut-niveau FINANCERS Businesses AT THE FOREFRONT, NATURALLY www.grandluminy.com/content/les-entreprises MULTIMEDIA A PLACE OF SYNERGIES AND INNOVATION

At the southern edge of Marseille, surrounded by the Calanques National Park, the Marseille-Luminy Science & Techno- logy Park is a centre of excellence, a place where multidisciplinary higher education coexists with internationally reco- gnised academic research and high-tech firms. The natural environment in which the park is set, as well as the sports facilities and services on offer, make this a perfect place to live, study or work. Spread across over 1000 hectares, the Luminy Science & Technology Park is used by thousands of students, scientists and RESEARCH employees every day. So many different activities and people, all sharing a single identity: “Luminyan”. Around 30 laboratories Partnerships and trans- The time you spend at Luminy, whether visiting, studying or working, will leave you with a lasting impression. are involved in cutting- disciplinary collaborations Plunge into the heart of Luminy, a unique place you’ll never forget! edge research in synergy have emerged between with their governing different laboratories bodies: on site, but also with other major French and • Aix-Marseille University international research • CNRS centres. INNOVATING SINCE 1965 • Inserm • IRD This closely-knit network is The Parc de first firms to choose • INRA supplemented by over 15 Luminy began its Luminy as the base • CEA labelled platforms, open metamorphosis in for their business to business users. the 1960s, when the activities. Faculty of Science was set up here. Ever since, education, It was soon followed research and EDUCATION by the School of Art entrepreneurship & Architecture, the have continued to Over 10,000 students engineering, oceanology Business School, and grow and forge closer LUMINY IN MOTION attend higher education or management, not more. links to create the The Luminy Science & Technology Park courses presented by forgetting architecture The first laboratories Science & Technology is constantly growing: new projects, almost 1000 teachers, and the arts, every one moved here in the Park of today. new laboratories, a new digital and 3D with 80 nationalities of the Park’s educational KEY FIGURES represented within the institutions is equally 1970s, with the Centre prototyping platform, startups springing for Theoretical Physics hectares Park. committed to preparing up. What with new buildings going up and 1000 (CNRS), followed by The guiding principle? students for thebusiness the Marseille Luminy A pioneering spirit older ones undergoing renovation, the 77% Offering high-quality world and high-level Immunology Centre that endures, with Park is in a state of perpetual movement. biotech firms education in fields as research, as well as (CNRS, Inserm, AMU). innovation as its varied as science, sport, opening their minds. Immunotech and driving force. Since 2010, Aix-Marseille University About 15, 000 Prologia were the (AMU) has undertaken major building Luminyans construction and improvement works as part of Operation Campus. 70% of students BUSINESS THE INNOVATION CHAIN Over twenty high-tech mention the presence AREAS OF EXCELLENCE Distribution of Luminyans This initiative, backed by investment from firms, ranging from on the Park of a business • 1995 Creation of the first business nursery internationally reputed research the Aix Marseille Provence Metropolitan SMEs with already well- nursery and an incubator, linked with academic circles • Life sciences • Arts & Design Area, the City of Marseille and the 30 laboratories established reputations form a complete chain of • 1998-2000 The first businesses set up on the • Physics • Architecture Students departmental and regional councils, to startups, are based at innovation and create site • Maths • Sports sciences will improve the living and working Luminy. a real momentum in • 2007 Launch of the Biotech II and Biotech III • Chemistry • Management Teachers environment for all Luminyans and help business startup and • Oceanology • Economics real estate programmes Researchers The spirit of emulation development, particularly • Plant biology • Telecommunications to develop the Luminy site still further. 20 Almost • 2009 Opening of Grand Luminy’s Biotech Private firms 215 M€ generated by research in the biotech sector. • Movement sciences • IT Employees invested in site renovation incubator and education, not to • Biotechnology • Engineering • 2014 et 2016 Expansion of capacity for • Geology sciences hosting startups