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Institut Lyfe

LEADING INTERNATIONAL CULINARY ARTS & HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL
For more than 30 years, the school has been training expert, committed and responsible leaders and managers of tomorrow in the culinary arts, hospitality, food service and pastry sectors and represents an ecosystem that is unique in the world for initial training, research and professional training.
Institut Lyfe welcomes 1,200 students encompassing 75 nationalities, offering an unrivalled multicultural campus, just a few minutes from Lyon. It provides excellence in training from Bachelor's to MSc degrees.
Our educational philosophy is based on experiential learning, on a unique training ground-school centred around project management, talent discovery, entrepreneurial spirit and creativity (6 restaurants including one Michelin-starred, 4 hotels including a 5-star hotel, 20 cooking and pastry facilities).
Today, the objective of Institut Lyfe is to be part of the world's top 3 higher education schools for the hospitality, gastronomy and service professions, confirming its status as a vocational school while guaranteeing the academic level of a business school. Also, our coaches provide personalized support to help you develop your soft skills and refine your career plan.
RECOGNITION & QUALITY THE EXPERIENCE OF EXCELLENCE
Our Bachelor's programs are approved by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, a guarantee of academic quality and international portability of your diploma.
We are the first private Culinary Arts and Hospitality school to be a member of the prestigious Conférence des Grandes Ecoles. Institut Lyfe is also an accredited member of The-ICE, AACSB and EFMD member, all international recognitions of our school's excellence.
At Institut Lyfe, you'll learn alongside the best and be supported by an international community of exceptional professionals, professors and researchers: 254 teachers, including a team of MOF chefs, pastry chefs, sommeliers and top-level lecturers.
Best Bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management in the Eduniversal rankings for 14 years. And 2nd in the Eduniversal 2025 ranking for our MSc in International Hospitality Management and our MSc Culinary Leadership & Innovation.
BECOME A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
The international dimension of Institut Lyfe has been rooted in its DNA since its creation: worldwide mobility, courses available in English, internships, conferences, lectures by professors from all over the world, our school actively encourages openness and sharing to foster intercultural exchanges. A community of graduates in over 90 countries will give you access to a solid professional network.
EXCITING JOBS OPPORTUNITIES
Choosing a career in hospitality not only means choosing a job with a human touch, a passion for passing on knowledge, but also the guarantee of finding a job quickly, with responsibilities and global scope. Your soft skills are easily transferable to many other sectors. You'll benefit from over 4,500 selected internship and job offers, and monthly career events to forge close ties with our 1,800 partner companies.
Which job is right for you?
> Hit the road with our career orientation course: https://apps.drimify.com/4ee5bOjT/
OPEN DAYS
Sign up for our next Open Days to live the Institut Lyfe experience and talk to our students!

October 25th, Virtual Open Day
November 22nd, Open Day at Institut Lyfe
December 13th, Virtual Open Day
January 17th, Open Day at Institut Lyfe
February 7th, Open Day at Institut Lyfe
February 28th, Open Day at Institut Lyfe
March 7th, Virtual Open Day
June 6th, Open Day at Institut Lyfe

Register on our school website
HOW TO JOIN US
If you have a French baccalaureate and would like to join one of our Bachelor's courses in the 1st year, go to Parcoursup for September 2026 enrolment.
If you are not in this case, apply directly on our school website.
 

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