Emlyon Business School is a French business school in Lyon, France, established in 1872, and affiliated with the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A grande école de commerce, Emlyon Business School offers a wide range of academic programs, including the Global BBA, Masters in Management, M.Sc. in Finance, MBA, and Exec. MBA degrees, alongside Specialized Masters (M.Sc., M.S.) programs, and a Ph.D. program in Management. The school also provides a wide portfolio of Executive Education programs for senior executives & experienced managers.
The school maintains seven campuses: in the Urban Community of Lyon (Écully), Saint-Étienne and Paris in France, Shanghai in China and Bhubaneswar & Mumbai in India. Emlyon Business School is a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles, and holds the Triple Accreditation Status (EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA).
Consistently ranked among the best business schools in France, Emlyon Business School ranks as a #Top15 Business School in Europe in the FT European Business Schools ranking. Among the programs, its flagship Masters in Management (Program Grand École) is ranked among the #Top10 programs worldwide in the 2022 FT MiM ranking.
History
Emlyon Business School was established in 1872, and is one of the oldest business schools in France. Formerly known as ESCAE Lyon, ÉSC de Lyon, and EM Lyon, the school has been named as Emlyon Business School since 2016. In September 2018, Emlyon Business School, historically belonging to the Lyon Métropole Saint-Étienne Roanne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (lCC), became a public limited company. Since then, Emlyon Business School has been a subsidiary of Early Makers Group SA., and whose capital is open to alumni, group employees, and investment funds Bpifrance and Qualium, while being managed by CCI Lyon Métropole.
1872: Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lyon (ESC Lyon) founded with support from the public Lyon Chamber of Commerce. 1972: New campus opened in Ecully, France. 1997: ESC Lyon is renamed Ecole de Management de Lyon (EM LYON). 2005: Awarded the Triple Crown: AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB accreditation. 2007: Shanghai Campus established in China. 2014: New campus opened in Saint-Etienne, France. 2015: Casablanca Campus established in Morocco. | Partnership with IBM. 2016: Establishment of Paris Campus in France. 2016: Establishment of Alliance Lyon Grenoble Business School, with Grenoble École de Management. 2018: Bhubaneswar Campus established in India in collaboration with Xavier University. School legal structure is changed to a: public limited company. 2021: Mumbai Campus established in India in partnership with St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.
Grande École System
Emlyon Business School is a grande école, a French institution of higher education that is separate from, but parallel and connected to the main framework of the French public university system. Similar to the Ivy League in the United States, Oxbridge in the UK, and C9 League in China, grandes écoles are elite academic institutions that admit students through an extremely competitive process. Alums go on to occupy elite positions within governments, public administrations, and corporate firms globally.
Degrees from Emlyon Business School are accredited by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles, and awarded by the Ministry of National Education (France). Higher education business degrees in France are organized into three levels thus facilitating international mobility: the Licence/Bachelors, Masters, and Doctorate degrees. A Bachelor's degree is awarded requires the completion of 180 ECTS credits (bac+3); a Masters, requires an additional 120 ECTS credits (bac+5). The highly coveted PGE (Program Grand École) ends with the awarding of Masters in Management (M.M.) degree.
International Rankings
In 2022, Emlyon Business School ranked 38th globally in the THE Global University Employability Ranking. It is 2nd highest ranked business school in France (after HEC Paris), and has retained its position in the Global Top 40 for the sixth consecutive year.
Degree programs
Undergraduate Programs
Bachelor of Business Administration (Global BBA) Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Data Science for Responsible Business (Jointly with École Centrale de Lyon)
Master of Management Programs
M.Sc. in Management (Programme Grande École) (FT #Top10 Masters in Management Program) M.Sc. in Management (Programme Grande École): European Triple Degree, with Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich & University of Lancaster.
Master of Finance Programs
M.Sc. in Finance (#Top20 Masters in Management Program)