Master Cycle of the Grande École Program
Program start date | Application deadline |
2025-09-01 | - |
Program Overview
Master Cycle
2-year Program
A cycle of knowledge enhancement, open-mindedness and development of leadership skills
- A skill-based approach: Learning through experience and experimentation: students engage in case studies (data provided by companies or organizations) and projects. The Master Cycle consists of a set of courses, a thesis or consulting project and a 6-month internship.
- Development of leadership skills in the “Positive Leadership” core course, applied in the “Managing Diversity in Vivo” course, where students gain real-life experience of group management.
- Active pedagogy based on interactions between professors and students, combining online and on-site courses.
- Personalized coaching by experts to help students prepare for their professional projects.
Objectives of the Master Cycle
- Acquire a solid set of interdisciplinary skills and expertise
- Advance forward in professional projects with the ability to think differently and ask the right questions
- Work on leadership, change management, CSR, creativity, and innovation as well as analysis and decision-making in a complex environment
Organization of the Master Cycle
- 120 ECTS/4 semesters, according to the following structure:
- 3 semesters of courses: 2 semesters of major courses and 1 semester of minor courses
- 1 semester of Executive Internship (also known as end-of-studies internship) alongside the thesis or consulting project
Program of the Master Cycle
- Overall structure of the Master cycle
- Tailoring your path: from core curriculum to specialization
Core Courses
Introduction
All Master’s degree students benefit from a common core curriculum, accounting for 36 ECTS credits, spread over the three semesters of the Master’s program.
Courses
- Business Game
- Career Bootcamp
- Career Program
- Change Management for Sustainability Strategies
- Data Visualization
- Geopolitics and Strategic Foresight
- Master Thesis Methodology
- No-Code and Generative AI
- Personal Data Management and Protection
- Positive Leadership Development
- Research and Consulting Tools
- Understanding Business Cycles for Strategic Decisions
Majors
Presentation of the 7 Majors
In the Master’s cycle, students choose a major from the 7 available.
- Financial Management & Control
- Finance
- Marketing
- General Management & Strategic Consulting
- Operation & Supply Chain Management
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Minor
Choosing a minor to tailor your profile to your career aspirations.
Examples of minor courses:
- Audit & Control
- Managerial Decision-Making
- Digital Transformation
- Managing People and Organizations
- Sustainability and Transition
- General Management & Strategy Consulting
Final Thesis or Consulting Project
Completed in semester 4 (2nd year) of the Master cycle.
- Objectives
- Final Thesis
- Students write a thesis involving in-depth personal research with the assistance of their thesis supervisor.
- Students can choose to work on a particular case or a broader issue illustrated through precise examples.
- Consulting Projects
- Educational work where students work as consultants for a company.
- Business Consulting Project
- Entrepreneurship Consulting Project
Executive Internship
- End-of-Studies Internship (Executive Internship)
- Completed during the Master program, where students take on “junior executive” responsibilities and demonstrate their ability to analyze a problem and propose solutions."
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