Applying for a master's degree

Centrale Lyon offers some twenty high-level scientific masters programs on its Lyon-Écully and Saint-Étienne campuses. Students can apply for the first or second year, depending on their profile and background.

Application period

International masters

French Masters

  • Complementary application phase for Master 2 "Civil engineering".
    • This campaign is only open to European students or students residing in the EEA.
    • Application until 30/04/2026 | Admissions committee response 29/05/2026
  • First application phase: admissions committee response 30/04/2026.

Application procedure

All applications are considered on the basis of a dossier during the recruitment periods indicated above. The procedure differs according to the candidate's profile:

Two essential steps

  1. Applying on Études en France : some students are concerned by the "Études en France"1 procedure and must make a specific application to enroll in an educational establishment via the Études en France platform. This must be done in order to obtain a visa. Please note that the timetable differs from country to country.

Apply on Études en France

  1. Apply on the institution's platform: by selecting the desired course.

Apply on: candidature.ec-lyon.fr

 

1 List of countries covered by the Études en France procedure: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Benin, Burma, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Honk Kong, India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United States, Indonesia, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam.

 

Apply on the school's platform by selecting the desired course.

Apply on: candidature.ec-lyon.fr

Exception for first-year applications for "International Master in Acoustics" and "International Master Biomimicry and Surface Engineering" which must take place on MonMaster
 

Students studying at a partner institution have the opportunity to apply to one of Centrale Lyon's Masters programs as part of an exchange program. Applicants should find out about application and registration procedures directly with their home institution.