MSc in Leading Sustainable Transformations
Paris, France
DURATION
18 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
EUR 28,750 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* The tuition fees indicated are valid for 2025-2026 academic year
Key Summary
Introduction
MSc in Leading Sustainable Transformations
Address the challenges of sustainability and change management
Master sustainability in business
This MSc program will prepare you to become a responsible leader, capable of driving change and making an impact in organizations.
In this program, you will:
- Analyze business environment changes and assess how organizations are ready for change, focusing on corporate sustainability.
- Design transformations using innovative approaches and hands-on experience to create sustainable solutions at relevant scales while integrating sustainability management principles.
- Lead transformations by driving autonomous projects within cross-functional teams to enhance your organization's competitiveness and promote sustainable development.
Drive change management
Shape the future of organizations with a degree in sustainability. Environmental, societal, and technological changes are reshaping the economy. For responsible, sustainable, and profitable growth, businesses must evolve.
Through hands-on learning and cutting-edge research, this program will equip you to lead change management initiatives. The MSc in Leading Sustainable Transformations provides expertise in sustainability management, leadership, and problem-solving, alongside skills like critical thinking and curiosity. Strengthen your leadership abilities and interact with diverse stakeholders through sustainability and corporate responsibility courses.
Lead sustainable projects with an interdisciplinary approach
Master sustainability change projects with an interdisciplinary mindset. The program offers an innovative, hands-on format with seminars, site visits, workshops, and leadership training.
The MSc in Leading Sustainable Transformations emphasizes change management and corporate sustainability. The program is taught at emlyon’s Paris campus for the first two periods. Enhance your intercultural skills with an immersive experience at The London Interdisciplinary School, an international seminar, and apply your strategic knowledge through a global internship. Pursue this MSc to develop global expertise in sustainable development.
Careers
As a student of the MSc in Leading Sustainable Transformations, you will benefit from a dedicated career track which will include workshops, expert panels, fairs, events, company visits, etc. The Careers Services Department provides all students with continual support in identifying career goals and developing action plans. Program-specific careers services include:
- Workshops: Careers workshops help you prepare for your internship search and future career. Self-assessment tools and individual coaching provide you with the opportunity to prepare your next move.
- Tools: Our wide range of career tools help you find out more information on partner companies and sector specific resources, including databases with internship and job offers.
- Events: Over 200 companies visit emlyon business school campuses each year and provide students with continuous access to the business community.
Visit the MSc in Leading Sustainable Transformations page on the emlyon business school website for more details!
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
emlyon scholarships
As a socially responsible organisation, emlyon business school helps students finance their MSc in Leading Sustainable Transformations degree by offering scholarships of up to 50% to eligible students.
To find out more about the specifics of our scholarship policy and how to benefit from it, we invite you to contact your program advisor.
To download the Scholarship Policy information, create or log onto your emlyon business school account.
Loans and other bursaries
emlyon business school and its partners are committed to investing in tomorrow’s entrepreneurial leaders by helping qualified students further their education:
- Campus France: discover some scholarship options available depending on your country of residence and your eligibility.
- Banking Partners: You may obtain a bank loan through emlyon business school financial partners only if you have a fiscal warrantor in France. If not, we advise you to obtain a loan in your country of origin before your arrival.
Please note: Master of Science programs at emlyon business school, including the MSc in Leading Sustainable Transformations, aren’t eligible for either the CROUS scholarships nor the following financing schemes: FAFSA, FONGECIF, DIF, CPF or other funding from Pôle Emploi. For further information regarding potential state scholarships, we recommend you contact your region or your department, as some of them have specific scholarships available for students going to another department in France to study.
emlyon business school is committed to investing in tomorrow’s entrepreneurial leaders by helping qualified students further their education. Reductions in tuition fees can be offered through needs-based scholarships and may, in certain cases, be granted in addition to guaranteed scholarships.
Curriculum
First period
E-learning Corporate & ESG Fundamentals
Before the official start of classes, you take a series of brief online courses on sustainability and change: Transformations in the environment (e.g., climate change), in technology, and the society, through emlyon business school digital resources. You will first follow a core syllabus that will enable you to acquire the fundamentals of leadership and to understand transformations.
September to December - Paris
Evaluate Transformations, Sustainability and Change
You will learn how to assess transformations in the business environment across all functions. Courses will be organized in the form of seminars, practical exercises and coaching.
- Sustainability & Business Fundamentals - Evaluating Sustainability and change
- Transversal and soft skills for change
You will learn to use the Python and R programming languages to effectively evaluate organizational change at any scale and propose sustainable solutions.
January to March - Paris
Initiating Change - Design Sustainable Transformations
You will study with innovative methods and practical experiences to develop sustainable solutions and propose change initiatives in major business areas, at relevant scales, including:
- Strategizing for sustainability – Sustainable futures
- Leveraging technology and Artificial intelligence for sustainability
- Designing sustainable marketing
- Managing cultural change for sustainability through leadership
- Sustainability and the consulting industry
Transversal techniques and soft skills for change
- Creativity for sustainability
- Methods for changing behaviors
- Negotiation techniques for sustainability
- Agile project management
- Self- and leadership development for sustainability
International Seminar
This International Seminar is a unique opportunity to visit companies that are leading the way in building sustainability and learn from their top managers how they are implementing change. Finally, it is a way to start building your international network.
Second period
April to July - The London Interdisciplinary School
Implement Sustainable Transformations
You will study sustainability as a systemic, multidimensional and interdisciplinary concept. You will take key courses at The London Interdisciplinary School and learn how to manage interdisciplinary skills to deliver successful projects and increase your organization's competitiveness.
Course examples:
- Integrating sustainability in culture and behaviours
- Analyzing sustainability as the interdependence of systems and resources
- Developing ethics for sustainable change
Structuring the Red Thread project
Crucially, in Term 3 you will be responsible for developing a project in small teams and as a class: Mentors will guide your work throughout the semester as you research, formulate proposals, and synthesize your findings. You will produce a professional publication on the year's theme: Leading Sustainable Change in Food & Nutrition. The result will be a website that will serve as your portfolio for all to see - starting with your next employer. You will learn how to master some of the leading project management platforms used in business: Trello, Slack, Notion, etc.
Third period
July to December - Anywhere in the world
Professional Thesis
To conclude your graduate studies, you will have to write a professional thesis. The topic will be chosen in coordination with your academic supervisor and in line with your missions during your internship or first job.
Internship
The professional mission will last from 4 to 6 months and can be an internship, a VIE (international volunteering mission), a fixed-term contract or a permanent contract. This is a great opportunity to put your academic knowledge to the test and acquire tangible experience within the industry. The school will give you all the support and tools you need to find the right job for you.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Embarking on the Master of Science in Leading Sustainable Transformations at emlyon business school offers comprehensive career support in sustainability leadership and transformative innovation. This program combines cutting-edge knowledge of sustainable practices and strategies with hands-on courses in change management, preparing you for roles such as sustainability consultant, transformation leader, or positions in corporate social responsibility on a global scale.
Targeted jobs
Careers in corporate transformation missions offer a wide array of possibilities. These professions are characterized by their dynamic and ever-evolving nature, providing individuals with the opportunity to shape the future of businesses and societies. Whether you aspire to be a project manager, a CSR auditor, a consultant or an ESG analyst, this Master of Science equips you with the knowledge and skills needed to drive change and make a positive contribution to the organizations.
- CSR Project Manager
- Sustainable Development Consultant
- Digital Project & Change Manager
- Sustainable Innovation Catalyst
- ESG Analyst
- Climate Risk Analyst
- Sustainable Finance Analyst
- CSR Auditor
- Business Operations Manager
- Transformation Director
- Chief Diversity Officer
Career Center
As a student of the MSc in Leadership & Sustainable Transformations, you will benefit from a dedicated career track which will include workshops, expert panels, fairs, events, company visits, etc.
The Careers Services Department provides all students with continual support in identifying career goals and developing action plans.
Program-specific career services include:
- Workshops: Career workshops help you prepare for your internship search and future career.
- 1-to-1 coaching: Self-assessment tools and individual coaching hours provide you with the opportunity to prepare for your next move.
- Tools: Our wide range of career tools (including Jobteaser) helps you find out more information on partner companies and sector-specific resources, including databases with internship and job offers.
- Events: Over 30 events and conferences are organized every year by our Career Services Department to help our students network with prospective companies in all types of sectors and job prospects.
- Links with companies: Over 200 companies visit emlyon business school campuses each year and provide students with continuous access to the business community.
- Career booster: After graduation, students have access to a 3-year career booster with our Career Services Department to help them make the first important decisions in their careers.
Accreditations
Program delivery
- 18 months including a 4 to 6-month internship (120 ECTS credits)
- Taught in English
- 1st and 2nd periods: delivered on our campus in Paris, including an international seminar / 3rd period: International immersion at The London Interdisciplinary School