Emlyon Business School

Emlyon Business School is a leading French business school founded in Lyon, France in 1872 by the local business community, and is affiliated to the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A grande école with distinct French flavour, emlyon offers an undergraduate BBA, MBA, EMBA, specialized MSc graduate programs and a PhD program. It is ranked as one of the top business schools in France. It has triple accreditation: EQUIS by the EFMD, AMBA, and the AACSB. emlyon has six campuses currently: Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Paris, Shanghai, Casablanca and Bhubaneswar.[5]

Emlyon Business School
MottoEarly Makers
TypePrivate business school
Established1872 (1872)
AffiliationCGE, AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA, Alliance Lyon Grenoble Business School
BudgetUS$133,000,000
(emlyon-GEM Alliance)[1]
ChairmanIsabelle Huault[2]
Academic staff
161[3]
Administrative staff
550
Students8,600[4]
Location
Paris, Écully and Saint-Étienne, France
Shanghai, China
Casablanca, Morocco
Bhubaneswar, India

45°47′10″N 4°45′50″E
CampusUrban
ColorsRed  
Websitewww.em-lyon.com/en/
Lyon
Paris
Saint-Etienne
Locations in France
Lyon
Paris
Saint-Etienne
Shangai
Casablanca
Bhubaneswar
Worldwide locations

History

The school was created in 1872 and it is the fourth Business school in France created after ESCP Europe, École supérieure de commerce de Rouen and École de management de Normandie.

The first name of the school was ESCAE Lyon, then École supérieure de commerce de Lyon (ESCL), then changed to EM Lyon in 1997, for the 125th anniversary of the school. The final name, emlyon business school, was chosen in 2005.

In 2007, the Shanghai campus was opened.

In 2015, the opening of a new campus in Casablanca & launch of a worldwide partnership with IBM

At the end of March 2016, emlyon business school and Grenoble School of Management announced their alliance, the Alliance Lyon Grenoble Business School, centered on innovation, entrepreneurship, growth, and new business.[6]

Campuses

EM Lyon Business School is organized in six campuses in the Urban Community of Lyon (Écully), Saint-Etienne, Shanghai, Casablanca, Bhubaneswar, and Paris.

For many years, emlyon has developed partnerships with Chinese universities. A "Master en Administration des Affaires de Canton" (Master of Business Administration) in collaboration with the "Université Lyon-III" (Jean Moulin University Lyon 3) and the Lingnan College (part of the Sun Yat-sen University) was launched in 1997. It is a fully French speaking Master, which has been awarded in 2004 by the Chinese Ministry of Education.[7] EMLYON opened an office in Shanghai in 2000 and a new campus in September 2007 within the campus of the East China Normal University.

The Casablanca campus was inaugurated in 2015. In 2016, emlyon opened its latest campus in Paris. In 2018, emlyon opened a campus in India with Xavier University.[8]

International Rankings
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
FT - Master in Management 20th 30th 26th 27th 40th 40th -
FT - Master in Finance - - 24th 24th 33rd - 27th
FT - European Business School Rankings - - 20th 22nd 21st 19th -
FT - Global MBA - - - - 99th 80th 79th
The Economist - Global MBA 71st 75th 75th 81st 70th 51st -
FT - Executive MBA - - 87th 83rd 63rd 55th -

In 2018, Times Higher Education ranked emlyon in the 34th position of its Global University Employability Ranking, being placed for the third consecutive year in the top 50 in the world and second place in France.[9]

Degree Programs

Global BBA

Graduate Programs

  • MSc Management – Grande école
  • MSc Management – European Triple Degree - Grande école
  • MSc Sports Industry Management
  • MSc Digital Marketing & Data Science
  • MSc Strategy & Consulting
  • MSc Supply Chain & Purchasing Management
  • MSc Finance
  • MSc Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship
  • MSc Health Management & Data Intelligence
  • MSc High-End Brand Management
  • MSc International Hospitality
  • MSc Luxury Management & Marketing

Master of Business Administration

The MBA is an intensive a full-time one-year programme with a September intake. The MBA is taught fully in English and welcomes participants with an average of seven years of work experience (average age of 31), 70% of whom are from a country other than France. The program also offers international exchanges with global partners, including IAE Business School, Queen's School of Business, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Keio University and Politecnico di Milano.

Executive Master in Business Administration (EMBA)

The EMBA is a program for executives and managers with an average age of 15 years of work experience. The program has a 20-month and ten-month fast track option. The Executive MBA is a multi-site program offered in Lyon, Paris and Casablanca.

Specialized Programs

  • Food Industry and Biotech Management
  • Digital Transformation, Marketing & Strategy
  • Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management
  • International Business Development & Strategy
  • Energy Transition Management

Student life

emlyon business school hosts the student association the Petit Paumé, which is the second-largest[10] student association in France in terms of financial means. emlyon business school also hosts an event called "Le défi de Bacchus", which is the biggest wine-testing competition in Europe, gathering students and professionals. A competition well known for the degustation of French "grands crus" such as Château d'Yquem and because the restaurants where this event takes place are always Michelin starred.

Alumni association

The alumni association is EMLYON FOREVER and counts 32 000+ alumni in 130 countries.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Grenoble Ecole de management et l'EM Lyon s'allient pour " bâtir une faculté de niveau mondial "". Le Monde.fr. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. "Isabelle Huault appointed President of the Executive Board of emlyon business school". em-lyon.com. 27 May 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. "Key figures". em-lyon.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. "Key figures". em-lyon.com. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. emlyon. "Chiffres clés - EMLYON Business School". emlyon. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  6. "Alliance at the Summit for EM Lyon and Grenoble School of management - Place Gre'net". placegrenet.fr. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  7. "International Focus". em-lyon.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  8. "Bhubaneswar | Training sessions offered by EML Executive". executive.em-lyon.com. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  9. "Best universities for graduate jobs: Global University Employability Ranking 2018". Times Higher Education (THE). 2018-11-14. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  10. (in French)Palmarès 2014 des meilleures associations étudiantes

See also
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