Sports and personal development

Over 45 sporting activities are currently available on the various campuses and at sites that are either nearby or easily accessible by public transport. Offering students this wide choice of sports, all programs combined, contributes to their well-being and helps strike the right balance between their studies and their personal development.

emlyon business school firmly believes that playing sport helps develop the skills required for a successful career. Through sport, we are seeking to develop soft skills, defined as the personal qualities necessary for a successful career. Adaptability, the ability to work in a team and surpass oneself, rigor, perseverance, self-confidence, the ability to make decisions, to work in complex environments or to manage stress and the risk/security pair are just some of the skills that the team manager or company head of tomorrow will be able to develop by playing sport.

Through the various experiences provided by the activities in the Sport Program, students must be able to use and develop these various forms of useful knowledge, skills and soft skills, which are transferable to a future position in management.

In this context students can validate ECTS credits linked to sport practice at school. It can help them validate their school year, sport class being a requirement to graduate in some programs.