Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur engineering and business schools. All these institutions of higher learning help contribute to the human capital needed by the region to meet current technological challenges. The region has a total GDP (2012) of €142.4 billion (US $183.1 bn), the third highest in France. It has a per capita GDP of €28,861 (US $37,121), slightly higher than the French average. According to a recent survey, a person living in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur has an average annual income of about €37,489 (US $45,755). The region is one of the most visited of France, and has therefore many well-known museums, mostly in Marseille: the
2015 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regional election in the 6 departments(4 members for Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, 4 for Hautes-Alpes, 28 for the Alpes-Maritimes, 47 for the Bouches-du-Rhône, 27 for the Var and 13 for Vaucluse Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur uses a two-round runoff system to elect the regional president, and if not candidate win at least 50% on the first round there are another and definitive round. The first round election was held on 6 December 2015. Runoff elections were held on 13 December 2015 in regions where no candidate was able to win outright in the first round. Christian Estrosi won the second round with nearly 55% of the vote,