Exchange students - Master in Management
Welcome to emlyon business school!
Attend the MSc in Management as an exchange student
Welcome!
As a student at one of emlyon business school's 230 international academic partners that has chosen to spend part of their studies at our institution, we look forward to welcoming you in France!
Choose you academic period
Coming to emlyon business school for an academic exchange grants you the status of Exchange Students. You can choose the period that matches the best your ambitions: Fall Semester or Spring Semester. You can also come for a full academic year.
Get credits recognized by you home institution
The grades received from the Global BBA courses allow you to obtain the credits needed for your home institution's degree program (credit transfer system).
- Students holding a minimum of a Bachelor degree from an emlyon partner university
- Obtain the ECTS needed for your home institution's degree program
- 1 semester: Fall Semester, Spring Semester or Summer Session
- Taught in French & English
- Delivered on Lyon campus
Courses & content
You will follow a minimum of 2 courses up to 6 per semester from a portfolio of over 180 electives per year.
50 % of the courses are taught in English.
On average, a course is usually 24 face-to-face contact hours, i.e. 8 sessions (5 ECTS credits).
One session lasts 3 hours (180 minutes): 1h30 class, 15 minutes break and another 1h30 class. It can occur once or twice a week, depending on the course.
One contact hour corresponds to 2 or 3 hours of personal preparation (readings, case studies, etc…) Online course registration will take place on our virtual campus Brightspace on a first come first served basis, subject to availability.
Course registration is scheduled at the same time as emlyon business school's 2nd year of MSc student course registration. In any case emlyon business school cannot guarantee the exchange students will get all the courses listed as 1st choice on the learning agreement. For that reason we strongly advise exchange students to select a few replacement courses.
You are subject to the same obligations as emlyon business school MSc in Management students. It is therefore imperative that you take the final exams, even if some of the classes are not credited by your home institution. If these rules are not respected we reserve the right to refer the matter to the home institution.
Exams are to be taken at the scheduled date and time and under the form requested by the teacher. There will be no re-sit exam in case of failure.
Exchange student must comply with the starting date of each trimester, including the orientation days. He/she must ask the agreement of emlyon business school for any late arrival.
Attendance at classes is compulsory. The student can be excluded from the class if he/she misses more than 1 or 2 classes, depending on the classes.
If the student plans to miss one week, he/she has to ask emlyon business school beforehand for its agreement (which is not guaranteed).
The student must attend the workgroups in which he is enrolled.
Plagiarism or cheating will be sanctioned by the grade 0.
Non–validated courses will appear on the transcript of records and won’t be removed.
This is an information package for auditors where you can find all the details of the grading system, ECTS system and the number of ECTS credits allocated in the MSc in Management.
Download the following document and get an answer to all your questions about the program, the life in Lyon, and so on...
Academic calendar
Key dates
Arrival dates (including orientation days)
- Exchange Students arriving for Fall Semester: August 26, 2024
- Exchange Students arriving for Spring Semester: January 2nd, 2025
- Exchange Students arriving for Summer Session: May 2nd, 2025
Specific welcome arrangements are offered to exchange students. It is therefore imperative to be present at emlyon business school on the above mentioned dates.
- Fall Semester (1S): August 26, 2024 – December 14, 2024
- Spring Semester (2S): January 2nd, 2025 – April 24, 2025
- Summer Session (3B): May 2nd, 2025 – July 31, 2025
To be confirmed
Deadlines for receiving the applications from the partner institutions for 2025-2026 academic year: to be confirmed
I am an Italian student and I have been enrolled for 4 months at emlyon business school. My Erasmus period in Lyon was one of the best period of my life: I had the chance to attend very interesting classes. I experienced also great student association’s activities that helped me to meet new people and discover a new culture.
Double Degree
Get a double degree from emlyon business school and your institution
Students from partner institutions follow the Master in Management according to the existing agreements between their home institution and emlyon business school. The individual study program/schedule is established in collaboration with emlyon business school, prior to arrival.
The degree requirements (*) are :
- To validate specific courses and/or elective courses
- A 6 month-internship outside the home country
- A final Master's Dissertation
- A written and oral presentation of your personal project
(*) Your double degree curriculum might include specific requirements. Please verify them beforehand.
In accordance with French regulations, should your internship go beyond 30 September 2024, you will be required to re-register for the academic year 2024/2025. In such a case, registration fees will not need to be paid. In addition, proof of medical insurance for the academic years when you study at emlyon business school will have to be provided, or proof of membership of the National Social Security System supplied. Also a third part liability insurance (or AXA insurance at emlyon business school) will have to be taken out.
Formalities
Checklist of administrative formalities
Here is the checklist of administrative formalities you need to consider for your stay:
- Residency permit : students from outside the European Union staying more than 3 months must prepare all the documents necessary for the resident permit
- Insurance - all students must be insured for the entire length of the stay in France
- Accommodation : accommodation service is provided on and off campus (off campus only for Fall Semester / on & off campus for Spring Semester & Summer Session)
Health Care and Insurance
The “sécurité sociale” is the French healthcare system, also called CPAM (“Caisse Primaire d’Assurance Maladie”) operated through the offical website ameli.fr. The healthcare system reimburses covers 15 to 80% of your medical expenses if you have registered.
Health reimbursements in France can be broken down into two parts:
- The mandatory part: covered by Sécurité Sociale
- The complimentary part: also called ‘ticket modérateur’, which remains at your expense (or your "mutuelle" if you have signed up for it).
Check out the downloadable document called “The French health Insurance system_ENG” for a better understanding of this !
Once you are registered with the Sécurité Sociale, you will receive your “Carte Vitale”, which you need to have with you during your medical appointments.
The French “Sécurité Sociale” is mandatory for non-European students enrolled in a French school.
If you are staying more than 90 days in France, then you have to register to the CPAM through a dedicated website (available in English and French): etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr
The registration to CPAM has to be done after your administrative registration at emlyon business school is complete, as your enrolment certificate will be required.
If you are staying less than 90 days, you have no obligation to register to the French insurance plan.
However, we strongly encourage you to subscribe to an international insurance back in your country that will cover you during your stay in France.
European Students/ Swiss nationals must have a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). If not, they have to subscribe to the “Sécurité Sociale”. Your card must cover you for at least the whole academic year.
Our insurance partner HEYME can help you with your registration to the Sécurité Sociale. You will find all the information about them in the dedicated section.
A “mutuelle” in France is an additional health insurance you can subscribe to as a complement to your healthcare expenses reimbursed by the French Social Security. This service is not free and requires annual subscriptions. It covers all of part of the medical expenses that remain for you to pay (known as the "ticket modérateur" in French) once the French Social Security system has reimbursed its share. It includes doctors and dentists fees, optical expenses, fee surcharges, hospital charges and more.
Heyme is emlyon’s partners offering a 10% discount with the following code: EMLYON-10. They offer different types of coverage, from level 1 to level 4.
Click here to register.
The World Pass Schengen Insurance for short stays (short-stay students)
This offer is mainly meant for exchange international students on a short exchange of one term, to get your medical expenses covered while you are in France.
Heyme is one of emlyon’s partners offering as such, a 10% discount with the following code: EMLYON-10.
Click here to register.
This mandatory insurance covers you when your responsibility is involved in the event of damage or accidents that you may cause to third parties (people or property) in your school/private life.
That guaranty can be included in some insurance contracts:
- Your housing insurance or your parents'
- Your bank
- Your car insurance
Make sure your contract contains:
- Name of people covered
- Possible deductibles
- Limits of guaranties expected (exclusions, maximum amount covered...)
If you do not have a personal insurance, note that you can subscribe to emlyon’s partner Mutuelle St Christophe insurance company for 10€ through the IAEL platform when you do your administrative integration.
Residency permit
Citizens of European Union countries only require an identity card to enter France, but citizens from other countries require a passport issued in their country of origin. The passport must not expire before the end of the planned stay.
First of all, please check if you are concerned for a Visa on france-visas.gouv.fr..
If you need a Visa
You must also check if you need to go through the “Etudes en France” pre-consular procedure.
If you have to go through the Etudes en France procedure
Please note that going through the “Etudes en France” platform is only for the pre-consular visa procedure. The admission to emlyon business school require a separate process on the school’s platform. Once the process with emlyon completed and accepted, you have to go back to your “Etudes en France” account and click on “I am accepted.” You will then need to provide your passport and your admission letter from emlyon.
Once you have validated the pre-consular procedure through “Etudes en France,” you can then apply for your visa.
Visa application process
For most of emlyon programs, you will need to apply for a long-stay study visa (more than 90 days). The application process differs depending on your country of residence. For a majority of countries, the application process will be through the France Visas website.
Please note that you need to start the process at least 3 months before your arrival in France.
Validate your VISA
Do you need to validate your Visa?
Long stay visa need to be validated upon arrival in France. This visa, also called VLS -TS: “Visa Long Séjour valant Titre de Séjour”, is marked with the letter D. It allows you to stay in France for a period of 3 months or more. It serves as a residence permit once it has been validated.
You do not need to go through the procedure if you have a temporary long stay visa, also called VLS - T: “Visa Long Séjour – Temporaire”.
This visa is marked with the letter D and is labeled “Dispense temporaire de carte de séjour”. It is valid for 4 to 12 months and is nonrenewable.
You do not need to go through the OFII procedure if you have a short-term study visa. This visa is marked with the letter C.
Visa Validation online – How to proceed ?
The whole procedure can be done online through the ANEF platform. Log in to the dedicated website and follow the instructions: https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/#/.
This procedure is mandatory and must be done within 3 months upon your arrival in France. Otherwise, your immigration situation in France will be considered irregular and you will face serious consequences.
Life@emlyon
A unique and deeply rooted business school
The school hosts 9,375 undergraduate and postgraduate programs for students from 135 different nationalities, and 4,000+ senior managers on executive development programs. It operates now on different campuses with a network of 220+ international academic partners and a community of 48,000 alumni in over 130 countries. Throughout its history, the school has remained true to its origins: entrepreneurial, innovative, and humanist.
The teaching model: learning by doing
emlyon business school’s mission is to reveal “makers”, actors of the transformation who can anticipate, straddle frontiers, build and contribute positively, learn how to take action, and bring values in their collaborative approach. The “maker” notion mirrors emlyon business school’s vision of what is an entrepreneur, someone who tries, experiments, makes mistakes, starts again, learns as they go along. Our students may develop such skills within the framework of the next generation pedagogy, associating academic research of excellence and innovating learning tracks.
Rankings and accreditations
emlyon business school was founded in 1872 by the Lyon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It is a private higher-education establishment recognized by the French State. It is one of the oldest business schools in Europe. emlyon is among the 1% of global business schools to be accredited by the three main international accreditation systems: AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA. As such, it merits its status as a global-ranking school of business and management.
The Faculty
emlyon business school's faculty comprises highly-qualified professors and researchers working in our research centers. They take on social and economic challenges through papers published in the most prestigious international academic journals and in wide publications. Their expertise covers a very broad spectrum, ranging from artificial intelligence to the social sciences and entrepreneurship.
Faculty members are united by a common desire to generate the theoretical and practical answers to the major issues of the 21st century. This mindset is the keystone of the academic vision promoted by the school.
A campus in the heart of the city
In the run-up to its 150th anniversary, emlyon business school was keen to craft a place of education in keeping with its history and prestige, addressing the current upheavals in technology and society, and continuously adapting to the uncertain changes that will be the hallmark of the next few decades. This new campus opened in September 2024.
Housing
It's not easy to find an accommodation, especially in French cities. However, there are many different solutions. The first tip is to start your search as soon as possible:
- Don't wait until you are in France to start looking for housing. Submit your request before you leave, whether it is for a room in a CROUS residence, in a student residence or in a private residence.
- Don't hesitate to send in several requests for student lodging to increase your chances of finding a flat or a room quickly.
- Try to find student rental accommodation that is furnished, especially if you are in France for a short period.
- In general, be careful and make sure the organization offering the lodging is reliable. Never send money without first signing a lease and speaking directly with the organization.
- You will need to find a property that fits your budget and with bills that you can afford to pay every month.
- When living in France, you will have to find an apartment on your own.
Download the student accommodation guide
Livinfrance
You can book your accommodation directly on the platform. Livinfrance manages the booking process from start to finish, providing pre- and post-booking monitoring. They offer almost exclusively shared accommodation, because they want international students to have an exchange within the shared apartment. These are often shared flats where the bathroom is private, it's just like an appartement.
With Livinfrance you won't have to pay anything extra when booking your accommodation. Even better, you won't even need a guarantor - Livinfrance takes care of everything.
Thanks to our partnership, Livinfrance will be able to offer you support throughout your arrival in France, your stay in France, and even your departure from France. Whether it's a question of residence permits, housing, insurance or health, a Livinfrance team is exclusively dedicated to emlyon. The aim of this partnership is to be able to offer you even more services and facilitate your integration.
Studapart
Studapart Network requires your emlyon business school email address to log in to the housing platform, or your personal email address with the activation code HOUSINGEMLYON.
Access hundreds of exclusive offers for periods of 1 to 24 months near your campus but also throughout France during your search for internship: studios, flatshares, rooms in private homes ... and benefit from a personalized support! From the rental file to the reservation of the accommodation, all the steps are done online. The rental file is simplified and in 100% digital format.
You can also benefit from services after your reservation. You don't have a guarantor living in France? Thanks to the Studapart guarantee, Studapart is your guarantor for the whole duration of your rental. A multilingual team awaits you at booking@studapart.com.
Many private student residences are open to foreign students. You can also choose to rent your own room or flat from an individual or a real estate agency. You can search for individual or shared accommodation.
SPOTAHOME
SPOTAHOME was founded by 4 Erasmus students. It is one of Europe’s leading online platforms specializing in mid to long-term furnished accommodation. With 150 000 properties in more than 100 European cities, as well as Dubai and Istanbul, SPOTAHOME properties are personally visited by SPOTAHOME home checkers.
- Enjoy 25% discount on service fees using EMLYON25 discount code.
Feel free to contact: partners@spotahome.com
Intergenerational housing
Benefit from a very competitive rent price by living at a senior’s home or a senior residence. Our partners:
ColombAge is another co-living model. ColombAge gives young people the opportunity to live with a senior in a meaningful, intergenerational shared home. They carefully match compatible profiles, connect you with welcoming seniors, and support the co-living experience every step of the way.
Students in mobility (academic exchange, internships…)? Exchange your accommodation with Swwitch !
Swwitch offers a simple, free and legal way to sublease your flat. Swwitch is a real estate agency specialising in subletting student accommodation in France.
They manage your apartment during your absence (internships, Erasmus, holidays...) and pay you 100% of the rent each month.
As a specialised agency, they will help you to obtain the authorisation to sublet from your landlord.
- Subletting is legal with the permission of your landlord
- Their service is free of charge. They earn their income from subletting
- The flat is insured against any possible damage or material deterioration
Get an exclusive 90€ discount with code: EMLYON
CROUS residences
The CROUS is a government service that provides food, housing, and subsidies for students in France. French students are given priority in CROUS residences.
GESTITUD
Gestetud offers a wide range of furnished accommodation, also develops services and guarantees monitoring to facilitate students' daily lives.
At Gestetud, you will be welcomed by a manager who listens to his residents. Each residence offers a space dedicated to students.
You may have access to social student housing, which has more affordable prices.
More info: social housing website (in French).
Staying in a homestay with a host family is a great way to practice your French, discover the local culture, and reduce your housing costs. In most cases, this would be a private room in a house or flat.
- Camarage
- ensemble2générations
- Cohabilis
- colibree
- Colocation 40+
- toitchezmoi
- hihostels
- alter-hostel
- leflaneur-guesthouse
- cis-lyon
- escale-lyonnaise
- morningcroissant
- airbnb
City of Lyon
Lyon: an enticing European metropolis
Since the Renaissance, the banks of the two rivers, the Rhône and the Saône, that flow through the city, the Fourvière basilica that dominates the city centre, and the Old part of Lyon, are sights that make Lyon an extremely pleasant place to live in.
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 center 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.
Ranked again this year as one of France's top 5 student cities, Lyon offers students from all over the world a quality living and studying environment. With over 150,000 students, Lyon is a major European university hub.
Want to know more about Lyon? Visit the tourist office website.
- 2 big teams in soccer and basketball: Olympique Lyonnais: French Champion for 7 consecutive years, 3 times quarterfinalist in the European Champions league and LDLC ASVEL, also French champion and Euroleague participant.
- Some strong individual talents: Gwendal Peizerat & Nathalie Pechalat (ice skating), Yann Cucherat (gymnastics)…
- Many sports meetings: The World Rugby Championship, the World Gymnastics Championship, and other yearly events such as the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix, Lyon Marathon.
Lyon is well known for its gastronomy and the quality of its food. Since the early 20th century, Lyon has been widely considered as the French capital of gastronomy. In 1935, the French gastronomy writer Curnonsky, who was then the most celebrated in the trade, along with Marcel E. Grancher, wrote a book called “Lyon, the World Capital of Gastronomy”. Lyon gastronomy is often a quite simple way of cooking with local products. Typical dishes from Lyon might sometimes be rich, but Lyon's gastronomy is a high quality traditional cuisine.
Want to know more about Lyon's museums, shopping areas and other activities you could do in the city?
My budget in Lyon
Monthly budget example
- Rent: €600 to €700
- Transportation: €25/month student price. [Regular price: €69.50)
- Food: €300
- Books, photocopies…: €40
- Miscellaneous (insurances…): €100
- · Mobile Phone: plans starting at €2 (depending on the provider)
- Leisure: €100 - € 200
Please note that this is a tentative budget which may be subject to change depending on the type of accommodation you find, the transport card you buy etc.
Lyon is well known for the quality of its food. You will have no difficulties to find what you need in the city. There are many supermarkets around Lyon as well as markets providing you with fresh food throughout the week. emlyon business school is equipped with a cafeteria where you will be able to enjoy lunch and socialize with the students. A menu will cost you less than €7 including a meal, a dessert and a drink. You can also get hot meals, sandwiches and snacks from the vending machines and connected fridges.
Cost of meals:
- A complete meal at R.U. (Restaurant Universitaire): €3.26. You will find a RU on the campus of Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 5 minutes away from emlyon business school.
- A meal in a fast food restaurant: €8
- A meal in a local restaurant in Lyon: €18
- A sandwich: €5
- A butter “croissant”: €1
Lyon is a great city to live in. You will have plenty of activities to do during your spare time.
- A ticket to the cinema: €7 to €9 at student price
- A ticket to the theatre: between €10 and €20
- A ticket to the stadium «Parc Olympique Lyonnais», new home of the Olympique Lyonnais (football team): between €10 and €25
- A ticket to the sports Hall «Astroballe», home of LDLC ASVEL (basketball team): from €7 to €15
If you get your “Carte de séjour" (residency permit), you will be able to work up to 20 hours a week, without needing a working permit. For further information, visit www.service-public.fr (in French).