
MSc in Business Strategy & Consulting
Nantes, France
DURATION
26 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
30 Jun 2025*
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 27,800
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Early Application deadline on January 31
Introduction
Are you willing to implement impactful changes by tackling strategic challenges?
Are you motivated by mixing analytical and creative approaches, by developing a broad view of organizations while understanding specifics, by being a game changer for a more sustainable world?
The MSc in Business Strategy & Consulting will develop your expertise into strategic management and consulting as well as your critical thinking, relational, creative thinking, business management and leadership skills. You will be ready to evolve in a demanding environment to serve international clients.
The first year of this 2-year program is offered only on our Nantes Campus. The second year is offered on our Nantes or Paris campus.
Program Benefits
- The pedagogical team is composed of experienced professionals chosen for their ability to train you in the various facets and ethical issues of the consulting profession.
- The multidisciplinary pedagogy allows you to design and implement innovative solutions to meet the challenges faced by your future customers.
- The diversity of students' profiles and experiences (manager, engineer, lawyer, international, etc.) is an important source of enrichment, particularly during group work.
- Audencia unique expertise makes it possible to address the major ecological, social and technological transitions.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Thanks to our strong partnerships with public and private institutions, there are a number of scholarships available to international students,
International students can contact Campus France to check their eligibility for the scholarships offered
Curriculum
Global Management
- Advanced Management Courses
- GAIA Courses (Ecological & Social Transition Management)
List of courses
Here are just a few examples of the modules taught in the MSc Business Strategy & Consulting:
- Organization & Management of Consulting Firms
- Advanced Topics in Strategy Consulting
- Further Understanding Organizations
- Problem-Solving and Decision-Making: Consultant Toolbox
- Managing Transformations
- Consulting Challenge
- Communication & Facilitation Skills
- Consulting Proposals & Ethics
- Data & Business Analytics
- Cases of Strategic Management Consulting
- Digital Transformation
- Foresight & Innovative Strategies
- Implementing the Consulting Process
- Integrating Consulting Firms and Mastering Case Cracking
Internship or Work Experience in France or Abroad
Master's Thesis
Program Outcome
Following an experiential approach, you will apply the knowledge you acquire to real projects proposed by specialized companies.
Thus you will learn to:
- Establish a diagnosis of organizations and their environment to formulate relevant recommendations
- Identify key approaches to implementing change and apply them thoughtfully
- Manage client relationships, master key facilitation, analysis, and sales techniques, and apply them ethically
1st year of compulsory education in Nantes
Target Skills
- Establish a diagnosis of organizations and their environment
- Analyze complex situations
- Formulate relevant and innovative recommendations
- Identify key approaches to implementing change and apply them appropriately
- Communicate professionally in writing and orally
- Facilitate the production of collaborative work
- Manage customer relationships, master key facilitation techniques, business approach and apply them ethically
Career Opportunities
Here are a number of examples of positions you could occupy after completing the MSc in Business Strategy & Consulting:
- Consultant in a variety of functions and sectors, in particular consultant in management, strategy, organization, change management, digital transformation., in-house consultant
- Strategic project manager or member of a strategic project team
- Assistant Chief of staff or Chief of staff
Accreditations
Program delivery
Pedagogical methods
The program is based on alternating theoretical and practical sequences (face-to-face or distance learning) using business simulations, case studies and interactive lessons.
Assessment Terms
Continuous monitoring, Examens sur table, Final dissertation, Group work
Teaching methods
- Theoretical Courses
- Case Studies
- Practical Exercises
- Group Projects