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Master's degree Entrepreneuriat et management de projets Programme Ingénierie de projets entrepreneuriaux

Master’s degree certified by the French governmentLabel Bienvenue en France

This programme is taught in French.

field(s) of training :

Law, Economics, Management

diploma level :

Master's degree (five-year degree)

duration of the program :

2 years

location(s) :

Campus 1, Caen, Normandy, France

Course overview

You're interested in setting up, taking over or developing a business? You want to acquire entrepreneurial expertise to support business creation, development and takeover? The Master's in Entrepreneurial project engineering will train you to carry out any project!

Through interactive teaching methods based on learning by doing, this 2-year programme trains you in project management, as well as business creation, development and takeover.

Highlights

Professionals' input

The Master's in Entrepreneurial project engineering is rooted in the professional world. Nearly half of the programme is taught by professionals, including : 

  • Project managers
  • Chartered accountants
  • Company advisers
  • Company directors
  • Institutional directors
  • Professional coaches
  • Business developers

To support your first steps on the job market, the Master's programme offers hands-on assignments linked to the economic world and entrepreneurial ecosystem in Normandy.

Entrepreneurship support

If you have your own entrepreneurial project, the Master's provides personalised support to allow you to take part in regional or national competitions dedicated to entrepreneurship (social entrepreneurship competition, women's entrepreneurship competition, Les Entrepreneuriales, PEPITE prize, etc.).

Partnerships

Partnerships

The Master's benefits from a large professional network:

  • PEPITE
  • Club agile Normandie
  • Orange
  • KPMG
  • Polytechnique Tunisie
  • International exchanges

Research-oriented programme

You want to find out more about research about entrepreneurship and innovation? The Master's programme is supported by the Centre de recherche en économie et management de l'université de Caen Normandie (UMR CNRS 6211 CREM) (in French).

Application requirements

Entry requirements

 

To enter this Master's programme, you must have obtained a Bachelor's degree level diploma in:

  • Management sciences
  • Economics
  • Engineering sciences
  • Legal sciences
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

Your application will be examined based on the following criteria:

  • Quality of previous studies
  • Motivation
  • Resume
  • 180-second video presenting your profile and career plans (include the link in the application form)

If your application is selected, you may be interviewed by members of the teaching staff.

Language proficiency requirements

Minimum French proficiency level required: B2

Apply and register

The registration process takes place in 3 steps:

Application process

Admission and registration requirements may vary depending on your nationality, country of residence, foreign secondary school leaving certificate, and the nature of your programme of study. Discover how to apply to the University of Caen Normandy.

Welcoming international students

Read: Label « Bienvenue en France » : une 3e étoile pour l’université ! (in French)

Since 2019, the University of Caen Normandy has been awarded the "Bienvenue en France" label by Campus France, highlighting the quality of the university's welcome for international students.

 

 

Course structure

The programme

  • Takes place on Campus 1 of the University of Caen Normandie
  • Amounts to approximately 440 hours per year, or 35 hours per week
  • Includes compulsory internships
  • Is open to continuing education

Course units

To give you a comprehensive approach of project management and entrepreneurship, the programme relies on multidisciplinary courses:

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation
  • Accounting management
  • Project management
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Strategic intelligence
  • Business development
  • Marketing
  • English
  • Entrepreneurial support
  • Law

The programme also involves practical classes (projects, on-hands assignments, internships...).

In addition to training how to create technologically innovative companies, the Master's also gives insight into other stakes of entrepreneurship: intrapreneurship as well as social, female, family, immigrant, green, agricultural, cultural and disabled entrepreneurship.

Internships and placements

The Master's in Entrepreneurial projects engineering supports you in your professional project. As such, it includes 2 compulsory internships during the 2nd semester of both years:

  • Year 1: 3 to 5 months, starting in March
  • Year 2: 4 to 6 months, starting in February                 

Language of instruction

French

Study abroad

With the Master's in Entrepreneurial projects engineering, you can go abroad for

  • A semester at a foreign partner university (Missouri State University (MSU) in the United States or Ewha University in South Korea)
  • The end-of-studies internship in Year 2

Learning outcome

The Master's degree in Entrepreneurship projects engineering emphasise conceptual skills (analysis, understanding, action) and technical skills (methods, processes, procedures). As such, you will:

  • Develop creativity, autonomy, responsibility as well as leadership, team spirit and initiative.
  • Master the new managerial approaches used in start-ups and different ways to support entrepreneurs (consulting, coaching, mentoring, counselling).

Further study

A Master's degree aims at become a professional in your field. You can continue your studies with a doctorate in the field of economics and sustainable development.

Careers

Business developer/engineer

Do you want to obtain responsibility by starting new entrepreneurial projects within an established organisation? The Master's degree will train you in intrapreneurship, enabling you to join:

  • Start-ups
  • Young innovative companies
  • SMES AND SMIS
  • Social and community companies
  • Large companies operating in project mode
  • Companies wishing to launch subsidiaries abroad

Business advisor

Since a few years, various consulting or supporting structures have helped the creation or taking-over of businesses. Would you like to join one of these organisations? With a broad expertise in the field of entrepreneurship, there are many opportunities in:

  • Public and associative support structures
    • Incubators
    • Consular chambers
    • Local workshops
    • Microfinance institutions
    • Associative network
  • Private consultancy structures:
    • Financial and banking structures
    • Venture capital companies
    • Consultancy and training firms
    • Accountancy firms
    • E-consultancy agencies

Business startups or takeovers

You have your own business project or you would like to take over an existing business? The Master's in Entrepreneurial projects engineering can help you to:

  • Set up an innovative or traditional business
  • Set up a franchise
  • Create a subsidiary or a branch
  • Create a social enterprise
  • Take over a business, particularly a family business

Address

Université de Caen Normandie

UFR SEGGAT · Sciences économiques, de gestion, de géographie et d’aménagement des territoires

Esplanade de la Paix · CS 14032 · 14032 Caen Cedex 5

France

Course leader

Bruno Drouot · bruno.drouot@unicaen.fr

Haifa Naffakhi · haifa.naffakhi@unicaen.fr

Nathalie Delille · nathalie.delille@unicaen.fr

Location

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