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.

Students who are interested in working in a financial institution may want to take some classes in banking. Some common topics include banking principles, management principles, business law, finance, marketing principles, information technology and statistics.

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.