After much speculation, the Lyon institution has just unveiled its new identity. A rebirth, combining a tribute to its two founders, Paul Bocuse and Gérard Pélisson, to the city of Lyon, and an acceleration of the international strategy. The Institute thus becomes Lyfe Institute, Lyon for excellence, Lyon for education, Lyon for exploration, Lyon for experience.
The Institute, a school of higher education, research center, professional training center and foundation, began its shift five years ago. A 25 million euro investment plan was thus launched with the support of investors such as Gérard Pélisson. The latter injected 10 million euros into the project, while the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region and the Metropolis of Greater Lyon respectively provided aid of two million euros and the city of Lyon 500,000 euros.
Two renowned campuses.
These investments have made it possible to create the Gérard Pélisson Campus, which will host the entire hotel and management part of the Institute from the start of the next school year. It took the renovation of the Château de la Roseraie and the construction of two modern wings, designed by the Lyon architect Mathias Soulier and called “Audace” and “Innovation”, to create this new center.
The co-founder of the Institute, Paul Bocuse, remains anchored in the history, but also in the future of the establishment, since the historic campus dedicated to the Culinary Arts becomes the Campus Paul Bocuse. The investment plan should extend over the next five years, also giving the Paul Bocuse campus a second lease of life.
Big ambitions
These two campuses should offer French and international students an environment in which everyone strives for excellence. Here, the objective is to achieve a balance of 50% French students and 50% international students. The Institute also wishes to increase the number of international partnerships to 50, to encourage students to live the Lyfe experience internationally.
The ambition is to integrate the Conférence des Grandes Écoles from the summer of 2023. An ambition carried by a Gilles Pélisson determined to make the Lyfe Institute the reference business school in France and abroad.
Among the many projects announced today by Gilles Pélisson and Dominique Giraudier, the following should be noted:
- The launch of a program dedicated to wines and beverages,
- The launch of a business incubator,
- The passage of the bachelor from 3 to 4 years,
- New partnerships with great chefs to develop new sectors of excellence such as the school of sauces,
- Work on innovation, such as the use of artificial intelligence, or the deployment of the hotel-school concept, initiated at the Hôtel Le Royal 5* in Lyon, to new hotels…
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