The French government’s proposed 2017 higher education and research budget has been approved by the National Assembly on its first reading, and will now proceed to the Senate.
On 7 November, National Assembly members approved the proposed higher education and research budget, which contains a €850 million increase in spending for 2017.
The approval puts French universities on course to receive a budget boost of €480m compared with 2016, including an extra €100m for dealing with increases in student numbers. Meanwhile, France’s public research institutions and funders will receive an extra €280m.
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