EMLYON Business School

Our International MBA is an intensive one-year program which is dedicated to individuals wishing to fast-track their current career, develop their own business, change sectors or to evolve internationally. Some key elements of our program are:

• Diversity– this year the class is made up of 64 participants from 32 different nationalities;
• 7-month team-based consultancy project which correspondences with the participant’s career goals;
• Week long learning trip to discover the management style of another culture;
• Focus on entrepreneurship or corporate entrepreneurship;
• An opportunity to specialize in marketing, finance, strategy, entrepreneurship (amongst other topics);
• A mandatory career track where every Tuesday is dedicated to career events (workshops, mentoring program, conferences, networking events etc.);

Want a sneak peak to see what your first day would look like?

In today’s world, a “maker” is someone who takes their destiny into their own hands, who shapes and molds their own future. Yet this is not a purely individual approach. On the contrary, it is a collaborative process. In other words, the principle is no longer “Do It Yourself”, but rather “Do It Together”. This concept perfectly reflects our vision of what an entrepreneur is, i.e. a person who tries, experiments, fails, starts again and learns by doing.

The MBA program at emlyon business school is triple accredited (AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB) and offers participants a unique opportunity to work in an international environment, develop hard and soft skills, gain a global overview of business and steer their profiles in a strategic way to obtain their career goals.

Benefit from a world class international faculty. emlyon business school professors all have very close links to the world of business and are involved in consultancy for companies and/or governments which allows them to be in close contact with the reality of business.

• Admission Process

The admission process for the 2020 intake will run on a monthly basis from October 2020 to July 2021. 

• Admission Requirements:

- University Degree (minimum Bachelor's Degree or equivalent)
- Min 3 years' work experience
- GMAT, GRE or TAGE MAGE Score (You can send your scores directly to us using our codes: GMAT/MBW-FX-70 and GRE/0761)
- English proficiency score (TOEIC or TOEFL or IELTS or Cambridge CPE or PTE)

• Please note:

- You may apply even if you have not taken the GMAT/GRE/TAGE MAGE test yet.
- An exemption from a GMAT/GRE/TAGE MAGE test is possible but only under specific conditions.

More information can be found on your EMLYON account.

You can apply directly through the online application portal.

The tuition fees for the 2020/2021 academic year are 38 500€.

Guaranteed Scholarships

If you are eligible for one of these scholarships, you will not be required to make a specific financial aid request – you will simply need to download the qualification certificate and attach it to your application.

The Excellence Scholarship of 30% reward exceptional students who have achieved:

• GMAT scores of 650+

The Diversity Scholarships of 20% ensure a rich learning environment and are offered to:

• The first student enrolled from each nationality
• Executive women

The Early Bird Scholarship of 20% is offered to each student who enrolls before the end of December 

The Alumni Recommendation Scholarship of 10% is offered to applicants that have been introduced to the programme by a member of emlyon forever alumni

External Scholarships

We strongly advise that you also do your research to find local scholarships that you could be eligible for. Each country offers a number of scholarships which can be found on the Campus France website, an organization dedicated to helping foreign students study in France. 

Loans

• Prodigy Finance

An innovative platform that offers loans to international postgraduate students attending top universities. Through their community platform, alumni, impact investors, and other private qualified entities invest in tomorrow's leaders while earning a financial and social return.

Lyon is not only home to many of France’s large corporations which now operate worldwide; it also attracts many international firms and organizations. For centuries, the city has been a trading centre at the cross-roads between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean South. While its entrepreneurial culture dates back to the silk manufacturers in the early 19th century, its present dynamism is based on a diversified range of modern industries: energy, chemicals, vaccines, laser technology, etc...

Lyon, the capital of a dynamic region at a great location  

• 3rd largest city in France

• #1 region in France for incoming international companies: 900 foreign capital companies (above 50 employees) employing about 165,000 people.

• A major education capital in Europe: around 150,000 students

• Lyon gathers many International Headquarters: Atari, Bayer CropScience, BioMérieux, Plastic Omnium, Rhodia, Sanofi Pasteur... and renowned international organisations: Interpol (international criminal police organisation), Euronews (Europe's #1 non-stop television news channel), Handicap International (NGO), International Agency for Research on Cancer, IARC (WHO), European Center for Humanitarian Health (CESH), European Center for Virology and Immunology (CERVI).

• 2,000 years of history: its Gallo-Roman heritage, its Italian architecture and cosmopolitan population testify to the city's openness to multiple influences.

• A multitude of landscapes, and leisure activities: Lyon Rhône-Alpes among the top 5 tourist destinations in Europe.

• The cuisine is a source of great pride: Lyon is home to 22 of the best restaurants in France, according to the Michelin Guide.

Lyon, a cultural centre

• Throughout the year, the city of Lyon hosts many outdoor festivals and events bringing the community closer together and stimulating the curiosity of locals and foreigners. Among others the city hosts the renowned “Fête des lumières”, the “Nuits Sonores” and the “Nuits de Fourvière”.
• The city also has a lively art scene where musicians, dancers, painters and many other artists join forces to create and reinvent themselves. Special events such as the “Biennales de la Danse”, the “Biennales d’Art Contemporain”  and the national music festival, « Fêtes de la Musique” in June are the result of Lyon’s great artistic minds.
• The historical heritage of Lyon is found not only by going to legendary museum such as the famous “Musée des Beaux Arts” but also by walking or biking around the city. The stones of Lyon burst with history and neighborhoods in downtown Lyon such as the “Pentes de la Croix Rousse” 

Excellent travel connections to other major European business centres and destinations.
Lyon is less than two hours away by car from the French Alps, and a three-hour drive to the Mediterranean Sea. London, Barcelona, Milan, Zurich... can be easily reached within an hour flight from Lyon. Lyon is also 2 hours by high-speed train from Paris.