MSc Circular Economy and Sustainable Innovation

This program answers the need of the employment market for highly skilled professionals in:

• Developing an innovative circular economy strategy
• Implementing the strategy of circularization
• Evaluating the performance and the societal and environmental impacts

The MSc, Master of Science in Circular Economy & Sustainable innovation aims to train professionals in the circular economy capable of defining a strategy for transforming the business model of a company or an organization by proposing innovative and sustainable solutions, in accordance with the concepts and challenges of the circular economy. The program develops the necessary skills for the successful completion of activities related to the targeted positions (CE consultant, CE project manager).

Objectives

• Develop an innovative circular economy strategy
• Implement the strategy of circularization
• Evaluate the performance and the societal and environmental impacts
• Initiate and support change
• Mobilize and produce highly specialized knowledge

Highlights

• Ideal for students who want to study business in France and wish to follow a program taught in English, within a multicultural group.
• A balanced mix of academic and professional learning
• Acquire a solid and lasting foundation for an evolutionary career
• Develop your managerial skills and reveal your leadership potential
• 13 months program (470h), 90 ECTS
• Core classes and electives, an in-class program within a multicultural spirit
• A permanent faculty at the forefront of research and working professionals from leading companies in the field of the circular economy
• 4 months internship
• Corporate based case study to experiment with new competencies acquired
• Final thesis based on field observation during the internship for a ready-to-use management recommendation

Students will develop skills and specific competencies to manage activities required in the career opportunities :

• Development of the business model, the development plan, and the corporate culture, taking into account the transition to the circular economy;
• Participation in the design of integrated and innovative solutions for services and goods for identified beneficiaries (including customers) by adapting material resources and developing the company’s intangible resources (employee skills, trust, occupational health, organizational relevance);
• Developing cooperation between the actors of the product/service value chain around the company project, including through the implementation of training for employees and stakeholders, including the company’s customers;
• Leading a complete internal and/or external project team involving all functions to design a proposal based on the circular economy;
• Participation in the creation of value for all stakeholders (internal and external);
• Initiation and support of a change in employee attitudes to better embody the new model (moving from the causal method to the effectual method)
• Setting up evaluation systems for the company’s activities, particularly cooperation within the sector, and performance indicators based on the satisfaction of customer needs, environmental and social impacts and on the territorial impact of the company’s activities;
• Prospective monitoring of new sustainable business models.

• Managers in the circular economy
• Consultant in sustainable development strategy and/or circular economy
• Functionality economy strategy manager
• Industrial Ecologist (IE)
• Consultant in Ecology
• Sustainability Programmes Manager
• Carbon Accountant
• Project Manager