The Master in Entrepreneurship & Business Development in detail
The Masters Cycle of the Master in Management – Grande Ecole program comprises a two-year curriculum officially recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and is awarded with a Master’s-level diploma (5 years of post-secondary studies – Level 7*). It benefits from being delivered by a triple crown internationally accredited school (AACSB, AMBA and EFMD).
The Entrepreneurship & Business Development specialization can be accessed via parallel admissions in the fourth year of studies (Master 1).
This specialization makes it possible to adopt a cross-functional perspective on a company as well as the skills required to assume supervisory and responsible entrepreneurial positions.
*The level 6 (NSF 313) "Diplôme en management général et international" awarded by PSB Paris School of Business is RNCP registered under the reference number 36785 by the Director General of France compétences as of 01/09/2022.
Aim of the specialization
The main objective is to instil an entrepreneurial mindset within students and train them to become enterprising managers who are creative and open to the world at large.
Strenghts of the program
The Entrepreneurship & Business Development specialization enables students to:
- Progress within all departments of a company
- Grasp the various positions within a company in order to better understand its workings and master the main tools and techniques of management
- Combine strategic and functional perspectives in order to acquire the skills needed to carry out various supervisory positions
- Improve awareness of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship
- Provide a toolkit designed to help create, take over, develop or evaluate a company
- Acquire techniques for supporting an entrepreneurial project
- Develop a pronounced entrepreneurial culture and a grasp of the entrepreneurial support ecosystem
Partnership network
Over the course of the curriculum, students will have regular opportunities to meet and work with our corporate partners:
CCI France
Ulule
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academy
Student Department for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship / PÉPITE Hésam
Bpifrance
ENACTUS
MOOVJE
IME France / Institute for Entrepreneurial Mentoring
GO Entrepreneurs Trade Show / Les Échos-Le Parisien groups
ADIE Île-de-France
Réseau Entreprendre
2 280
Work-study contracts signed per year
15
Specializations 100% in work-study mode
3000
Corporates partners
18 846
Alumni
*Paris Business School figures 2023
A word from the Head of Specialization
"Whether you want to become an entrepreneur, work within a start-up ecosystem, provide support to entrepreneurs, or work as an intrapreneur, this Master is tailor-made for you!"
Madjid YAHIAOUI
Head of Master
The 2-year Entrepreneurship & Business Development Master's program
1st year:
The first year comprises the first specialization semester and the opportunity to receive training in approaches to entrepreneurship in an operational manner with experts and in a more conceptual way with our teacher-researchers.
Our active teaching approach offers a chance to experiment with the entrepreneurial process in order to master the key tools needed for an entrepreneur and to become familiar with the support ecosystem.
2nd year:
Taken in work-study format, the second year is more hybrid in nature, investigating essential cross-functional skills needed by entrepreneur-managers in areas including design, digital, and project management.
Total class time is 511hrs for the fourth year and 504hrs for the fifth.
Admission to the Master in Entrepreneurship & Business Development program
To be admitted onto the Master in Entrepreneurship & Business Development program, candidates have to go through an examination procedure.
File review
- ID photography
- Copy of passport or identity card
- A copy of high school diploma and any other diploma obtained since high school, with a translation in French if the original is not in English or French
- A school certificate for the current academic year (2023/2024) if applicable
- French test results obtained (TCF, DELF/DALF) if French is not the native language.
- Supporting statement from a teacher, head of institution, or an employer (not mandatory but strongly recommended)
- Resume and a cover letter
- Reference letter from a professor or a former employer, or any relevant person including contact details of the referral
- €100 for the application fees (€50 for state scholarship students upon presentation of the notified final decision)
English test
English test results obtained (IELTS/TOEFL TOEIC) in last 2 years for applicants to have already taken a test.
If you are not in a position to provide this official grade, you will receive a link to an online test.
Minimum level required for applicants to programs in English:
1st-3rd years : IELTS 5.5/TOEFL 70
4th year : IELTS 6 / TOEFL 80
Individual interview
The aim of this interview is to assess your degree of motivation and open-mindedness, as well as to evaluate the complementarity of your personality, your knowledge and the teaching delivered at Paris School of Business.
It is also designed to assess your ability to imagine/construct an idea and suggest an original solution to an issue.
Personalized support
We offer personalized support for people suffering from disabilities as well as for sportspeople, artists, and entrepreneurs.
To find out more, consult our specially dedicated page.
What to do after the course ?
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Professional integration
Following successful completion of the Entrepreneurship & Business Development specialization, graduates can aspire to a wide range of positions, such as the following:
Business Creator/Buyer
Intrapreneur within a large corporation
Cross-functional Project Manager
Business Developer within a start-up
Business Creation Consultant within a support organization
The school does not offer any track beyond graduation from this program.
86%
of graduating students are in full employment
82%
found a job within six months following graduation
Results indicators 2022
89%
of students have found employment in line with their level of studies
96%
of Masters in Management – Grande Ecole students graduated
€40 350
average salary
Apprenticeship contract break rate: 3%
Rate of break from studies in progress: 2.52%
Specific indicators are calculated by ministries in charge of professional training programs and State Education. Available at: inserjeunes.education.gouv.fr/diffusion/accueil
How to finance your training?
Tuition fees
This training program costs €11,865 per year and will be covered in their entirety by your host company since you will be registered on a work-study contract.
In addition, as an employee of the company you will receive a salary.
The Master in Entrepreneurship & Business Development's pedagogy
Assessment methodology
Successful completion of the five required blocks delivers the intended Master in Management – Grande Ecole program diploma and the associated level 7 RNCP certificate.
The skill validation frame of reference is based upon written and oral assessment methods, including the following:
Case studies :
- Professional simulation exercises
- Roleplay exercises
- Individual and group projects
- Professional placement report
Current academic year: 2023-2024
Teaching format
Over the course of their time at Paris School of Business, students receive a varied teaching approach in order to nurture their creativity and adaptability.
Teaching formats :
- Groupwork
- Theory classes
- Professional simulation exercises
- Inverted classes
- Business Games
- Common-theme projects
- Workshops
Competency targets
For successful completion of their Masters, students must validate the five following skillsets.
If students do not validate all the skillsets required for obtaining the professional certificate but successfully complete all skills related to one of the sets, each of the skillsets concerned will have been definitively validated.
- Devising a departmental/organizational strategy
- Planning, optimizing, and managing the budget and coordination of z department and/or organization’s financial affairs
- Managing a transformation and/or innovation project in a national and/or international context
- Managing individual staff and teams
- Implementing a business development strategy in France or abroad (entrepreneurship)
This program cannot be combined with another training program.
However, partial certification with another program is possible (see the RNCP diploma file).
In addition, prior professional experience may be validated with credits upon request, which must be submitted by email to: vae@ggeedu.fr
For further information on the validation of prior experience at PSB, please visit the following page.
For any questions regarding the Entrepreneurship & Business Development specialization, please contact the Admissions service.
Céline Renault
Head of Master in Management – Grande Ecole program admissions
Testimony
Louaï BAZZI
Sales Manager, Groupe GEMA
I took the Entrepreneurship & Business development specialization for its multi-disciplinary nature. I would also highly recommend it for the way in which the program is taught. Students work in an autonomous fashion on cross-functional projects whilst benefitting from the support provided by faculty.
Paris School of Business has provided me with the kind of technological knowledge that is currently essential to progress as a manager, and above all the soft skills that make all the difference: spoken fluency, self-awareness, open mindedness, and adaptability.
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