Under the heading of "every university must have its own character," Lyon at that time first split into the First and Second universities. The former concentrated on the natural sciences while the latter specialized in the social sciences.
在「每個大學有其特色」的前提下，當時里昂大學先分裂為一大、二大，前者聚焦於自然科學；後者主攻社會科學。