ESDES Lyon Business School

France

The Business School of UCLy

A business school committed to the emergence of a responsible economy within a globalized and digital world. Its research and unique positioning create a distinctive training brand of “responsible manager-entrepreneur” by ESDES. ESDES is the Business School of the Lyon Catholic University (UCLy). The school delivers a Master Degree which is recognized and awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, as well as a 3-year Bachelor Degree, which both welcome French and international students.

ESDES was born more than 30 years ago within the Lyon Catholic University (UCLy), a 140-year-old multidisciplinary university (law, economics, science, humanities, etc.)

Ideally located in the center of Lyon, ESDES benefits from a dynamic economic environment and, being within the 1st industrial region in France, offers many internship and employment opportunities, at the heart of Europe.

ESDES is a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE), a consortium bringing together the top 40 French Business Schools.

ESDES delivers a Master Degree (graduate program) which is recognized and awarded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research as well as a 3-year Bachelor Degree (undergraduate program), which both welcome French and international students.

Both programs give the chance to follow the entire curriculum in English, go abroad in one of 130+ partner universities and have hands-on experience through various internship opportunities.

The 360 Pedagogy combines management methods and tools, development of managerial skills, and general culture & multiculturalism.

ESDES students benefit from a very personalized approach to career counselling, from the very first day they arrive on campus.

Thanks to this individualized career advising, a recent study shows that 75% of our students find a job before graduation (90% find a job in less than 3 months).

As we offer very diverse specializations (13 in total) career opportunities are very varied. Recent positions held by our alumni include: Brand Manager, CFO, chartered accountant, asset manager, projects manager, business developer, consultant, HR director, supply chain manager, country risk manager, marketing manager, sales director, corporate lawyer…

In July 2015, ESDES moved to the brand new campus. The former prison of Lyon was transformed to the high-tech equipped university campus Saint Paul. The campus is ideally located in the city center of Lyon.

35 000 sq. m includes:

· Amphitheaters

· IT department and computer rooms

· Educational Facilities

· Exposition halls

· Student’s Cafeteria

· Gym

· Student’s Facilities

· Library

The Lyon Catholic University has a second campus located 10 minutes by walk from campus Saint Paul.

http://www.esdes.fr/study-in-lyon/life-at-esdes/campus/

5 specializations taught 100% in English

- INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Build up a solid perspective on the nature of business competitiveness
Acquire skills to evaluate the complexity of the international business arena by providing them analytical tools for key decision-making processes
Develop communication, leadership and teamwork skills

- MARKETING & DIGITAL BUSINESS

Acquire key skills to work efficiently in an international context, both in B2C and B2B
Master tools and techniques of marketing and digital communications
Understand the main innovations of Big Data and coding

- INTERNATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT

Design and develop risk management expertise and governance to meet today’s business challenges
Get the competitive edge for risk management careers
Develop a critical understanding of the interaction between risk management corporate governance, internal control and compliance
Efficiently operate on the global stage

- INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Develop skills and abilities in order to manage persons, processes and technologies required by today’s supply chains (tighter deadlines and greater risks)
Manage strategic business issues and the international market competitively
Master key skills: managing processes in procurement, international sourcing, e-sourcing and outsourcing principles, designing and managing supply chains, operation management

- DIGITAL LAW & MANAGEMENT

UCLy Faculty of Law and ESDES have created a new specialization, offering the best of both Schools: management expertise and law in a digital world.
Double skills: Digital Law & Management
Double diploma with our partner university in New York, USA

-> Other specializations are offered in English & French: Marketing & Digital Business, Chartered Accounting, Audit & Finance, Business Development & Entrepreneurship, Management & Corporate strategy, HR Management, Management & Ethics of Biotech innovations

Number of Students: 10 000
Number of International Students: 2 000
Number of Female Students: 5 000

Admissions for masters

Requirements

Please note that this admission process is exclusively reserved for the French and foreign students who live outside of mainland France, or high-level athletes who would be unable to take the written and oral ACCES tests in France.

Admission is open to candidates already holding a valid undergraduate degree (such as a bachelor), equivalent to 180 ECTS credits.

Application process

After receiving the application, including supporting documents, the jury will review the complete file. Eligible candidates will then be invited for a personal interview by Skype.

After the interview, the final admission results will be communicated by e-mail.

The file is evaluated as follows:

Admission for masters	Weighting
Application form	10
Language Test (English or/and French) *	4
Personal interview (English or French) *	6
TOTAL	20

* Depending on the candidate’s mother tongue and the master he/she is applying to (whether the program is taught in French or in English)

Application checklist

Documents required for your application are:

Completed application form
Transcripts of your higher education studies
Transcripts of baccalaureate or equivalent high school diploma
Academic recommendation letter
Professional recommendation letter
Official English test results (TOEIC, TOEFL, IELTS, CAMBRIDGE,…)
Non-French speakers applying to a specialization taught in French: official results of a French proficiency test (BULATS, DALF, TCF, etc.)
Cover letter
Résumé / CV
Passport copy
ID picture
Application fees: € 180 (non-refundable).

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Contact

Anaïs RESSOT-GRANDE
Head of International recruitment
+33 (0)4 26 84 49 31
+33 (0)6 99 37 75 07