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
Key Summary
Introduction
The MSc in Management for Sustainable Business is an essential program for:
- Situating business in social and environmental systems; exploring complex global challenges and how they relate to business and different business functions;
- Developing holistic, inclusive and sustainable strategies and business models to bring stakeholders and sustainable development to the heart of business;
- Acquiring the technical expertise required for CSR certification, auditing and reporting as well as the latest developments in sustainability from different business functions such as strategy, supply chain, finance and accounting;
- Developing skills necessary to be proactive, innovative and forward-thinking and to instigate and lead change;
- Exploring critical issues such as waste, circularity, diversity and inclusion from interdisciplinary experts and actors in the field;
- Fostering a critical, inquisitive and creative spirit;
Program Benefits
- Broad sustainability vision combined with state of the art knowledge and specific tools and skills
- Latest academic research and insights from experts and practitioners
- Professionalising orientation including external carbon footprint assessment certification and focus on business functions
- Interdisciplinary approach including business, engineering and law
- Learning by doing, place-based pedagogy through consulting and city projects
- Attention to personal development, reflection and critical thinking, emotional intelligence and eco-anxiety
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
- Systems Thinking and Sustainability
- Sustainability across cultures
- Sustainability Strategies
- Building Sustainable Supply Chains
- Leading Change for Sustainability
- Materiality, Reporting and Auditing
- Sustainability Certification
- Financing for Sustainable Impact
- Multi-capital accounting and ESG rating
- People, Diversity and Rights
- Recycling, Materials and Waste
- Sustainable Design, Marketing and Consumption
- Business Consulting Project
- Sustainable Cities Project
Internship or Work Experience in France or Abroad
Master's Thesis
Program Outcome
The MSc in Management for Sustainable Business is the essential training for:
- Understanding the role of business in addressing complex grand challenges
- Developing holistic, inclusive and sustainable strategies and business models
- Gaining insights into innovations in different functional areas of business and how to develop and implement these in practice
- Engaging with different stakeholders including experts from a variety of sectors including engineering and law
- Acquiring the technical expertise required for carbon footprint assessment, CSR certification, auditing and reporting
In addition to a broad sustainability vision, functional insights and technical knowledge and skills, the program puts a strong emphasis on personal development and aims to foster a critical, inquisitive and creative spirit. It also includes essential soft skills such as managing stress and eco-anxiety and developing emotional intelligence, adaptability and empathy.
The course takes a learning by doing approach and encourages collaboration. You'll play an active role in your training by learning to problematize issues and situations in context and then moving to take action, contributing to real-world projects, participating in challenging practical case studies, and engaging in ongoing reflection on your personal development.
1st year of compulsory education in Nantes.
Target Skills
- Developing a holistic, systems thinking approach to evaluate business strategy in relation to its context and impact on surrounding social and ecological systems.
- Applying critical thinking to innovations and initiatives in order to identify their potential and limitations.
- Identifying ways to engage different stakeholders in strategy and decision-making
- Instigating and leading change within the organisation and beyond
- Assessing carbon footprint
- Identifying relevant sustainability certification and initiating relevant processes to reach compliance
- Evaluating different materials and their properties and impacts on waste, the environment and consumer behaviour in the context of a circular economy
- Identifying and evaluating discrimination and developing and implementing inclusive strategies
- Acting in collaboration with others to achieve sustainable development
Career Opportunities
The MSc in Management for Sustainable Business combines the most recent advances in theory and practice from scholars working on state of the art research and professional experts in different fields. Upon completion of this MSc graduates will be ready to act and well-placed to move into sustainability-related roles such as:
- Sustainability Manager
- CSR/Sustainability consultant
- Head of CSR
- CSR Analyst
- Social Entrepreneur
The MSc in Management for Sustainable Business is also complementary to previous, subsequent or external specialisations in other disciplines such as:
- Sustainable finance
- Circular economy
- Law/Compliance
- Human Resources
- Public sector
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
Teaching methods
- Theoretical Courses
- Case Studies
- Practical Exercises
- Group Projects