Summer Closure and Information on the 2025-2026 Intakes
emlyon business school will temporarily close its doors in August before the upcoming academic intakes and start of classes across its campuses. Find all key information regarding the summer closure and the schedule for the 2025-2026 academic intake.
Summer Closure
The emlyon campuses will be inaccessible to students and participants on the following dates: the Lyon and Paris campuses will be closed from Saturday, August 2, to Sunday, August 17, inclusive. They will reopen for students on Monday, August 18.
Calendar of intake dates
Throughout more than a month, nearly 3,500 students will commence their new academic year at our Lyon and Paris campuses or via remote learning. Find the program-specific and city-specific dates here:
emlyon's 2025–2026 academic yeartheme
For the 2025-2026 academic year, emlyon business school has chosen to align the intake with the UN's Sustainable Development Goal No. 3: "Good Health and Well-Being." This goal seeks to Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. This theme resonates with emlyon’s historical positioning in the Lyon ecosystem, at the convergence of scientific, industrial, and educational dynamics within the health sector. It will be a focal point at various integration events all along the intakes experience,, encouraging students from all programs to reflect on and propose concrete solutions related to this theme.
Since adopting the status of Mission-driven company" in 2021, emlyon has embedded its social and environmental commitment into the heart of its training, research, and operations. emlyon reaffirms its ambition to be recognized as a leading business school in the health domain.
As the School prepare to welcome them, all teams and professors at emlyon wish students and participants a wonderful summer and look forward to seeing them from August 25 onwards!