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Lyon Unlocked: international students choose IUT Lyon 1

Cutting through clichés, layering memories, and hitting fast-forward on daily life: welcome to "Lyon Unlocked". In this first episode, we've put the daily lives of Kaitlin (Ireland) and Javier (Spain) into the edit: two students who came to IUT Lyon 1 to shake up their routines.

As students in the MMIC (Marketing and Management in an International Context) program within the department of Business and Administration Management, Kaitlin and Javier chose IUT Lyon 1 to fast-tracktheir journeys. In this high-energy video, built like a collage of life moments, they share their new reality, completely unfiltered.

  • Clichés vs. Reality: are the French really what they say? Kaitlin sets the record straight.
  • Local slang: Javier has already mastered the essential phrase for passing as a true Lyonnais.
  • Street-food: forget fine dining, our two students have agreed on a local must-have.
  • Studying at IUT Lyon 1: from accessible professors to effective study hacks, they share their secrets for staying productive.


From the Parc de la Tête d'Or to those first unforgettable parties, somewhere between homesickness and the essentials forgotten in their suitcases, discover the essence of a successful Erasmus year.

Watch their "Lyon Unlocked" interview !

Publié le 21 avril 2026