Emlyon Business School is a private 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 Lyon 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 Europe, Emlyon Business School stands as a #Top10 Business School in the FT European Business Schools ranking. Among the programs, its flagship Masters in Management (Programme Grande École) is ranked as #7 globally in the 2023 FT MiM ranking.

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.

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 (Grande École program) ends with the awarding of Masters in Management (M.M.) degree.

	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Business School Rankings
FT (European Business Schools)	20th	19th	12th	10th
QS Subject Ranking: Business & Management Studies	-	66th	53rd	56th	63rd
Masters in Management: M.Sc. in management (Programme Grande École)
FT: Masters in Management	29th	21st	9th	7th
QS: Masters in Management	14th	14th	10th	12th	13th
Masters in Finance: M.Sc. in Finance
FT: Master in Finance (Pre-Experience)	27th	15th	-	17th	15th
QS: Masters in Finance	15th	16th	16th	17th	17th
MBA
FT: Global MBA	79th	90th	89th	76th	57th
QS: Global MBA	77th	97th	62nd	55th	54th
Executive MBA
FT: Global EMBA	59th	61st	47th	36th
QS: Executive MBA	37th	30th	27th	24th	22nd
Executive Education
FT: Executive Education: Open Programs	64th	-	41st	21st	22nd
FT: Executive Education: Custom Programs	29th	-	16th	28th	35th
Specialised Masters Programs
QS: Masters in Business Analytics	-	26th	23rd	27th	26th
QS: Masters in Marketing	4th	8th	8th	7th	6th
QS: Masters in Supply Chain Management	-	-	-	-	5th

Emlyon Business School ranks among the top 50 universities globally in the Global Employability University Ranking (GUERS). Among Business Schools, it is ranks #2 in France (after HEC Paris), and has retained its position in the Global Top 50 for the fifth consecutive year.

• Bachelor of Business Administration (Global BBA) (Le Point #3 BBA in France)
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Data Science for Responsible Business (Jointly with École Centrale de Lyon)

• 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.

• M.Sc. in finance (#Top20 Masters in Management Programs)

• M.Sc. in Cybersecurity & Defense Management
• M.Sc. in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Strategy (#Top30 Masters in Business Analytics Programs)
• M.Sc. in Digital Marketing & Data Science (#Top10 Masters in Marketing Programs)
• M.Sc. in Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• M.Sc. in Health Management & Data Intelligence (with ENS Saint-Étienne)
• M.Sc. in High-End Brand Management
• M.Sc. in International Hospitality Management (with Institut Paul Bocuse)
• M.Sc. in International Marketing & Business Development
• M.Sc. in Luxury Management & Marketing
• M.Sc. in Sports Industry Management
• M.Sc. in Supply Chain & Purchasing Management (#Top5 Masters in Marketing Programs)
• M.Sc. in Strategy & Consulting

• Specialised Master (MS) in Agro-Business Management (with Institut agro Montpellier)
• Specialised Master (MS) in Energy Transition Management (with ECAM LaSalle )
• Specialised Master (MS) in Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management
• Specialised Master (MS) in Digital Transformation, Marketing & Strategy
• Specialised Master (MS) in International Business Strategy & Development (with CentraleSupélec)
• Specialised Master (MS) in International Legal Management

The MBA program at Emlyon Business School is an intensive 1-year full-time programme with a September intake. The program is highly international, with over 70% of students coming from outside of France, from over 30 different nationalities, and with an average of 7 years of full-time work experience.

Students in the MBA program can choose to specialise in one of the 9 specialisations: Business Development, Business Consulting, Finance Management, Project Management, Entrepreneurship, Supply Chain Management, Marketing Management, Sales Management, and Product Management.

As a part of the program, candidates can spend a trimester as an exchange student in over 15 business schools around the world, including HEC Montreal, Smith School of Business at Queen's University, Schulich School of Business at York University, IAE Business School, Alliance-Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester, University of St. Gallen, MIP Politécnico di Milano, University of Stellenbosch Business School, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, and Keio Business School at Keio University.

The MBA program at Emlyon Business School is one of the top MBA programs in Europe, and consistently ranks as one of the Top 5 MBA programs in France in both FT and QS rankings.

Emlyon Business School offers an Executive MBA program for experienced managers and business executives with September and June intakes. Executives can choose to complete in either a 20-month standard or a 10-month fast-track format. Emlyon Business School's Exec. MBA students can attend the program at both its Paris & Lyon campuses. The Executive MBA program at Emlyon Business School is extremely reputed in France, and is ranked within the Top 30 Exec. MBA programs globally in both FT & QS rankings.

Emlyon Business School offers a range of programmes aimed at executives and experienced professionals. These programs include the Executive Masters in General Management program, and a wide range of Certificate, Open, and Custom Programmes. The Global DBA: Durham-emlyon, a doctoral qualification for executives, is offered in partnership with Durham University.

The Ph.D. in Management program at Emlyon Business School trains individuals for careers in research and academia. It currently offers three specialisations: Entrepreneurship, Organizational Theory, & Strategy, and takes 4–5 years to complete. The first two years of the Ph.D. program are devoted to coursework, while the remaining three years are dedicated to research. All Ph.D. students at Emlyon Business School receive a full tuition waiver, an annual fellowship for a period of five years, and research support funding.

Emlyon Business School has partnered with and collaborated with over 200 business schools and universities around the world for academic exchange, double-degree programs, and research activities. Partner schools include UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, HEC Montreal, Queen's University, IAE Business School, University of São Paulo, CBS Denmark, Aalto University, BI Norwegian Business School, Stockholm School of Economics, University of Mannheim, Bocconi University, EU Rotterdam, IE University, University of Cape Town, University of Stellenbosch, IIM Ahmedabad, ISB Hyderabad, Keio University, Singapore Management University, Seoul National University, and Monash University, among over 200 others.

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As a research-focussed institute, Emlyon Business School is home to 8 Research Centers and 4 Research Institutes, and offers a Ph.D. program in Management (École Doctorale en Sciences Economiques et de Gestion) in collaboration with the Université de Lyon.

Research Centres

• AIM Research Center on Artificial Intelligence in Value Creation: Research on how AI and related emerging technologies affect value creation in human interactions and consumer behavior.
• Research Center For Work, Technology, and Organization (WTO): Research on the role of professions and expertise in shaping technological, organizational, and institutional change.
• Organizations, Critical & Ethnographic Perspectives Research Center (OCE): Research on critical and political perspectives in organizational and institutional dynamics.
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Center (EIRC): Research on entrepreneurship & innovation.
• Strategy, Organization, & Management (STORM) Research Center: Research on strategy & organizations.
• Lifestyle Research Center: Research on ongoing changes in lifestyle that impact market formation and evolution as well as branding.
• QUANT Research Center: Research on analyzing, modelling, simulating and optimizing management systems.
• Behavioural Research in Organizations (BRiO) Centre: Research on organizational behaviour.

Research Institutes

• L'Institut Français de Gouvernement des Entreprises (French Institute for Corporate Governance)
• L'institute de L’Intrapreneuriat (Institute of Intrapreneurship)
• Ethnographic Institute
• AIM (AI in Management) Institute

There are a 50+ student-led associations and clubs at Emlyon Business School across its three primary campuses, which host a cumulative of over 600 student-led events each year. Associations include Raid Hannibal, Ski Club, Diplo'Mates, Le Racing Club, Lux'em, and Club Voile (the Sailing Club). Examples of club include Collectif Olympe

The school also hosts the student association, The Petit Paumé, which is the second-largest student association in France in terms of financial means. The Petit Paumé is responsible for the design and distribution of Le Petit Paume, the annual guide of the Lyonnaise gastronomic atmosphere.

The Sup de Coteaux association hosts the "Le défi de Bacchus" event, which is the biggest wine-testing competition in Europe, gathering both students and professionals.

The alumni association of Emlyon Business School is called Emlyon Forever, and counts over 35000+ alumni in 130 countries.

• Jean-Pascal Tricoire, MBA, chairman and CEO of Schneider Electric
• Alexandre Popoff, Executive VP Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East at L’Oréal
• Florence Pourchet Co-head of Global Banking Americas, Head of CIB Hispanic LATAM at BNP Paribas CIB
• Isabelle Huault, Présidente Université Paris Dauphine
• Florence Rollet, Former head of Marketing at Julius Baer Group and European VP for Tiffany and Co.
• Marion Maréchal, MBA, French Politician
• Bernard Fornas, Former Chairman and CEO of Cartier (jeweler), Former Co-CEO of the Richemont Group
• Emmanuel Trivin, CEO of Butagaz
• Patrick Dupuis, Global CFO of PayPal
• Clotilde Delbos, deputy CEO of Renault
• Gwendal Peizerat, Olympic Champion Ice Dancer
• Frank Bournois, Dean of ESCP Business School
• Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet, former CEO of Rémy Cointreau
• Christian Ngan, CEO and Founder of Madlyn Cazalis

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• University of Lyon

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