Lyon is located in the east-central of France. It is city with more than 400,000 inhabitants. Lyon city has numerous universities, colleges and other minor establishments of higher learning.

Event management is a diverse field, as no two events are ever the same. The type and scale of the event will greatly influence the specific requirements of the event manager, so many event management programs include information on how to produce various kinds of events.

France is currently among the 20 best performing countries in terms of the economy due to their excellent results-oriented higher education learning. Most of the courses at universities are offered in the French language. France has 60 public and 100 private universities.