emlyon Business School

About the Company

Since its creation 140 years ago, emlyon business school has been driven by entrepreneurship, innovation and humanism. Our vision and mission are nurtured by our global and digital world. The entrepreneur from emlyon business school is a maker and an early mover. He/she is an early maker. emlyon business school is situated in 6 campuses in 3 continents (Lyon, Saint-Etienne, Casablanca, Shanghai, Paris, Bhubaneswar), has an alumni network of over 31,000 graduates in 121 countries and is home to France’s premier start-up incubator.

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

Recognition as a top business school

Ranking #2 among French business schools and #38 worldwide in business and engineering schools – The Times Higher Education, Global University Ranking 2019.

The Triple-Crown accreditations, from AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA, is a means to assess for each school and for all programs, the relevance of the courses offer and their development projects. emlyon business school was one of the first in Europe willing to undergo such procedures.

In 1998, emlyon business school achieved the European EQUIS accreditation unconditionally, renewed in 2003, and again in 2008. emlyon’s International MBA and Executive MBA were acknowledged by the AMBA (Great-Britain) accreditation in 2000, and MSc in Management program followed suit. In 2005, emlyon business school was also awarded the American AACSB accreditation.

For several years now, the Triple-Crown accreditation, only awarded to 1% of business schools worldwide, goes to show the relentless efforts emlyon business school made in terms of pedagogy, resources and with regards to its dynamic strategy.