Who are we?
A world-renowned management school of excellence
Founded in 1872 by the Lyon Chamber of Commerce at the initiative of silk entrepreneurs, emlyon business school is one of the oldest management schools in Europe. It belongs to the top 1% of business schools worldwide, holding a triple accreditation from EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA.
emlyon business school welcomes 9,260 students of 130 nationalities across four global campuses (Lyon, Shanghai, Paris, and Mumbai). The School relies on a Faculty of 180 international research professors and a network of 220 academic partners worldwide to offer excellence in learning and global exposure. It has a community of 45,000 graduates in more than 130 countries.
As a Mission-driven company since 2021, emlyon's purpose is to: "provide lifelong training and support to enlightened people who effectively change organizations to build a society that is fairer, show solidarity for others and respect the planet."
emlyon business school cultivates the ability to drive change in resonance with the world, by placing scientific knowledge creation, skills hybridization, and social & environmental responsibility at the core of its training programs, and by supporting on a teaching method that closely combines action and thinking.
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we are makers
Our School
Our vision
Challenging the socio-economic world
Global transformations and changes impose new challenges on organizations. As a management school, emlyon aims to train change entrepreneurs, enlightened individuals capable of questioning established models and shaping a more just society that respects the planet:
through its research, to contribute to the global scientific conversation with the most advanced knowledge
through its training programs, by encouraging complex thinking, structured reflections, and connection of students to different disciplines, cultures, and perspectives.
The maker spirit
The maker spirit, based on a multidisciplinary approach, develops creativity, mutual support, and learning by doing: "Do to learn and learn to do." Inspired by this mindset, emlyon's pedagogy:
focuses on initiative and decision-making: based not only on the transfer of academic knowledge, but also on experience and experimentation.
cultivates the ability to act and design solutions in response to the major challenges of the present and future.
Social and environmental commitment
emlyon is committed to the common good and seeks to embody, through all its activities, the figure of a citizen organization serving the transformation of socio-economic environments.
The School promotes the capacity to plan ahead in order to explore sustainable futures, nurture creator and transformer postures, by developing both an open, positive mindset and also a desire to create, build and engage.
It puts research and its pedagogical model at the service of a radical commitment: the spirit of exploration and entrepreneurship for the prosperity of our ecosystem and our planet. emlyon is a engaged School, a driver for sustainability: its Faculty of research professors and its academic training allow it to bring transformation to the core of the economic system, by promoting the creation of economic, social, and environmental value with a long-term vision.
Mission-driven company
As a Mission-driven Company since 2021, emlyon has embedded its purpose, with a social and resolutely responsible commitment, at the core of its identity.
Strategy
The "maker" spirit, at the heart of emlyon's DNA, guides its academic model and strategy. Its strategic plan Résonances 2028 is built around the 5 qualities expected of a maker.
Institution and governance
emlyon's governance is pluralistic and operated through various complementary boards to ensure transparency and stability.
Commitments
Guided by its mission of general interest, emlyon makes social and environmental commitment the common thread running through all its activities and trainings.
Our history
Our teaching model
emlyon's unique pedagogical approach, closely combining reflection and action, cultivates the reflexivity and entrepreneurial spirit that have been the school's DNA since its creation.
Our programs
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