Bachelor in Business – Bac +3

The ESDES Bachelor program is 3 years to professionalize in one of these fields:

• Marketing and Digital Communication
• Management and International Business
• Entrepreneurship and Business Development
• Luxury and Retail Management
• Industrial Business and Marketing

The Bachelor in Business is also available on the Annecy campus.

The ESDES Bachelor in Business program is organized in two stages:

• the first two years, as a common core, include the fundamentals of management, a reinforced base of general culture and human training, as well as international and collective academic immersion for all students in the promotion
• the third year in work-study or initial prepares for a business specialization and allows to deepen the knowledge of different sectors of activity: wine & gastronomy, health and well-being, social business, industry, collaborative economy.

International school in Lyon

Stay at a partner university in New York, Buenos Aires, Casablanca, Ho Chi Minh City, Athens, or Edinburgh in the 2nd year for 10 to 12 weeks.

New ! Bachelor in Business students now have the possibility of carrying out their 3rd year of study abroad. ESDES Lyon Business School has signed a partnership agreement with the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pècs (Hungary). This agreement provides for the reception of ESDES students in Pècs for a year of study, crowned by a double diploma: the Bachelor in business of ESDES (Visé, accredited AACSB) and the Bachelor of Pècs (accredited EFMD ).

The Bachelor in business already includes an expatriation semester, compulsory in the 2nd year. It is therefore now 3 out of 6 semesters that students can follow abroad

Discover the 6 good reasons to join the Bachelor in Business program at ESDES Lyon Business School

1. An active and open pedagogy

4 days of lessons per week in 1st, 2nd and 3rd year (for initials):

• Weekends freed up to allow you to live your passion or to have a student job or to follow the Manager's Legal Tools DU to develop a dual skill.
• Thursday afternoons devoted to community life

The learning pedagogy is dynamic, innovative and participative: the student is pro-active and most often works in groups. The learning is concrete, based on real and current cases: case studies, real business issues, business game...

2. A triple specialization

• A functional specialization with the choice of a business specialization in the 3rd year
• A sectoral specialization with the discovery of a flagship sector of the regional economy
• A geocultural specialization with the choice of an international destination in the 2nd year

This triple specialization allows students to refine their professional project and to stand out in an increasingly competitive market.

3. An international opening

• 1 semester abroad during the 2nd year, on one of our associated campuses: BUENOS AIRES / CASABLANCA / EDINBURGH /NEW YORK / HÔ CHI MINH /ATHENS
• The possibility of carrying out internships and missions in France or abroad
• International campuses: 20% international students and 35 different nationalities
• The opportunity to obtain an international double degree, in the 3rd year, at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Pècs (Hungary) (EFMD accredited)

4. A professionalizing program

• The Bachelor in Business program is organized in two stages:
• 2 years of common core to acquire the fundamentals of management, put into practice during 2 professional experiences
• 1 year of specialization offered as an initial or work-study program to train in management, business, international professions, etc. and meet market needs
• 1 sectoral minor: 1 week to discover a promising sector of activity in the region, to be chosen from: wine and gastronomy, health and well-being, social business, industry, collaborative economy, etc.

5 specializations are offered in Lyon, on a work-study or initial basis

5. Community and civic engagement

• SoliCity: 2 months of humanitarian, social and civic mission, in France or abroad, in contact with those who need it most
• Involvement in one of the 20 student associations of the school
• Priority to human training with à la carte courses: general knowledge, personal development and support in the construction of the professional project

Each student will receive a Certificate of Human Formation. It includes an introduction to public speaking, emotional intelligence tests and a reflective component on training and skills.

6. An open future: towards the 1st job... or the pursuit of studies

The Bachelor in Business is designed to meet the recruitment needs of companies in booming activities and professions, with significant openings.

• The PEP'S program, combined with business experience, allows successful professional integration (71% in employment less than 1 month after graduation (2021 integration survey); 100% in employment less than 6 months after graduation (2021 integration survey)
• Pursuing studies in the Master's cycle (subject to meeting the recruitment conditions) allows you to deepen your strategic vision and your professional expertise.

A double competence in law and management!

Studying management and law simultaneously from the 1st year of higher education is possible! The ESDES university diploma (DU) “Legal tools for managers” has been specially designed to enable students enrolled in the ESDES Bachelor in Business program to strengthen their legal skills.

The proliferation of regulations and standards has made the managerial universe more sensitive to the law. Exercising the profession of manager thus increasingly requires mastery of the rules of law specific to his sector or his function (employment law, commercial law, intellectual property law, etc.). This dual skill is sought after by companies. Having a double manager/lawyer degree thus offers young graduates more and better paid job opportunities.

• 1st year – Semester 1: Company Law and Commercial Leases
• 1st year – Semester 2: Consumer Law and Tax Law
• 2nd year – Semester 3: Intellectual Property and Collective Proceedings
• 2nd year – Semester 4: Employment Law and Competition Law

Created in 1987 within the Catholic University of Lyon (UCLy) Esdes (School for Social and Economic Development) is a post-baccalaureate school of management, a member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles. Esdes is engaged in the process of international accreditation with EPAS and AACSB.

Its vocation is to train managers and entrepreneurs, able to create and manage sustainable governance for the rise of a responsible economy. Collective performance, citizenship, and openness are the values carried out by Esdes.

3 programs:

• Master's Degree in Management (PGE) in 5 years
• Bachelor's Degree in Business in 3 years French 3 & English 1 track.
• Master's Degree in Management in 2 years French 3 & English 4 track.
• Training for the DSCG diploma

Esdes is the Business School of UCLy (Catholic University of Lyon). The School therefore enjoys the resources and facilities of an international university, two campuses in Lyon and Annecy, and exchanges between the five faculties and five professional schools. This offers Esdes students original ways of accessing backgrounds that are complementary to the managerial aspect of their education. The result: unique profiles with cross-disciplinary skills that are sought-after by companies.

Key figures

1,400 students, 50 permanent faculties including 35 teacher-researchers and 160 professionals involved in the curriculum.