Licence 1

First year of Bachelor’s degree in Management

General Information

Access level

A-levels or equivalent

Location

IAE NANCY Manufacture Campus

Study methods

Initial training, Lifelong learning

Diploma obtained

One year of further education

Internship

Optional

Eligible for the Personal Training Account

Yes

RNCP Code

35922

Presentation

The Bachelor’s degree in Management offers the opportunity to acquire solid knowledge in the various fields of management and to develop real managerial know-how. The programme includes finance, marketing, human resources, accounting and business English, as well as cross-disciplinary management subjects (languages, IT, quantitative techniques, etc.). The degree provides an introduction to the theoretical and technical tools needed to understand how companies and, more broadly, organisations work.

Several courses are offered in 3rd year:

  • Management with 3 orientations in the different branches of management;
  • Comptabilité – Contrôle – Audit trains high-level accounting professionals.

Strengths of the course :

  • Gradual development of your study path,
  • A student project, based on a real-life professional situation, to be carried out in a group,
  • CCA course: 1st stage of the university course leading to public accounting and auditing,
  • The opportunity to study for a semester or complete an internship abroad,
  • Customised courses available from L2: Research (ORION – Dare to Research), Sustainable Development (Agiles), Entrepreneurship, Health, Top-level sportspeople, etc.
  • A wide range of further studies in all areas of management.

Objectives

The Bachelor’s degree in Management is a generalist course in the various areas of business management. Its main aim is to provide a methodical approach to management issues and the ability to communicate in foreign languages in everyday situations and in everyday professional situations.

English is taught every semester, with a clear focus on business English. Methodology is taught in the second semester of each programme, enabling students to study methodological analysis in management, analysing information and defining a problem.


Skills acquired
  • Situate your role and mission within an organisation so that you can adapt and take the initiative.
  • Use the methods and techniques of day-to-day organisational management to prepare and implement organisational decisions.
  • To be able to observe, describe and assess how an organisation implements fundamental managerial principles.
  • Situate management decisions in their historical, geographical and cultural context.
  • Use the main concepts of organisational management to analyse accounting, finance, marketing, strategy, human resources management and information systems.
  • Analyse the interactions between an organisation and its environment.
  • Use quantitative methods and tools for observing and analysing the economy and organisations.
  • Use fundamental tools, methods and languages (quantitative and IT techniques) applied to the social sciences.

Further study after L1

Validation of the first year givesautomatic access to the second year of the Management degree.

From L2 onwards , the Management degree offers students the opportunity to choose pre-professional courses which foreshadow one of the 2 options available in L3, depending on their plans:

  • The ‘Accounting, Controlling and Auditing (ACA)’ course is designed for students who wish to go on to the corresponding Master’s degree in Accounting, Controlling and Auditing (ACA) and go on to become chartered accountants.
  • The “Management” pathway, with its 3 options, enables students to study one of the four main areas of management in greater depth, so that they can plan their studies more effectively or, where appropriate, find employment directly
    • Finance and Accounting
    • Human Resources
    • Marketing
Learn more about the second-year Management degree

Student associations

Find out about all the student associations at IAE NANCY

Student associations

Organisation

Work placements are optional in L1 and L2 and can take place from April or May depending on the year of study.
year.

An internship of at least 6 weeks in L3 is compulsory after teaching in semester 6.

START OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR: the pre-entry week takes place in the last week of August / 1st week of September

Course programme

Core Management 1 (6 ECTS)
  • Introduction to Management
  • Business Organisation
Core Tools (6 ECTS)
  • General Accounting S1
  • Mathematics
Core Economics (6 ECTS)
  • History of Economic Development
  • Microeconomics
Core Sociology & Organisational Psychology (3 ECTS)
  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Introduction to Organisational Psychology
Core Cross-disciplinary Module (6 ECTS)
  • Methodology & Documentary Research (Law and Socio-Economics)
  • Personal and Professional Project S1
Law Reinforcement (3 ECTS)
  • General Theory of the State
Internationalisation (3 ECTS)
  • English S1
  • Institutional Law of the EU

Core Management 2 (6 ECTS)
  • Money and Finance
  • International Management
Core Tools (6 ECTS)
  • General Accounting S2
  • Statistics S2
Core Economics (6 ECTS)
  • Macroeconomics
  • Contemporary Economic Issues
Fundamentals of Societal Issues (6 ECTS)
  • General Sociology
  • Introduction to Politics
Introduction to Law (3 ECTS)
  • Civil Law
Internationalisation (6 ECTS)
  • English S2
  • Modern Language 2: German or Spanish
  • Optional internship

Careers and further study

What happens after the Management degree?

The various L3 courses lead to entry into specialised Masters in the various fields of management, with job prospects in private companies or public organisations. The ‘Controlling-Accounting-Auditing’ pathway leads more specifically to a master’s degree in CCA, and in particular to careers in chartered accountancy.

The following master’s degrees are offered at IAE NANCY as a continuation of the bachelor’s degree:

  • Control and Corporate Finance
  • Financial Analysis and Asset Management
  • Accounting, Controlling and Auditing
  • Marketing and Sales Management
  • Strategic Human Resources Development
  • Management of Health and Social Sector Organisations
  • Consulting and Research

Graduates of these Masters are employed in the following professions in particular:

  • Financial Director / Management Controller
  • Financial analyst / Portfolio manager
  • Chartered accountant / Statutory auditor / Auditor
  • Sales manager / Product manager / Communications manager
  • Human Resources Director / Training Manager
  • Retirement home director / Private clinic executive
  • Teacher-researcher / Consultant / Expert

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graduates with a Bachelor’s degree in Management go on to study for a Master’s degree.

Find all the figures on the integration of our graduates

Surveys on the future and professional integration of graduates carried out by the Observatoire de la Vie Étudiante de l’Université de Lorraine.


International

Student exchange programmes (Erasmus +, bilateral programmes) enable students to gain international experience as part of their university studies. They also prepare qualified young people with an open mind and cross-cultural experience for a career in an increasingly international environment.

IAE Nancy has around forty agreements with foreign universities. Every year, around 30 IAE NANCY students spend an academic semester abroad.

Find out more about our exchange programmes and partner universities

Application


Conditions of admission

The course is open to students with a baccalaureate who wish to embark on at least a three-year course leading to a Bachelor’s degree. Certain conditions favour success in the Bachelor’s degree in Management:

  • Hold (or expect to hold) a baccalaureate or equivalent
  • An interest in law, economics, management and the humanities
  • Keep up to date with economic and political news
  • Solid written and oral expression skills
  • A good ability to summarise
Profile of students enrolled in 1st year :

The breakdown of first-year students (new entrants between 2013 and 2016) is as follows:

  • Bac ES: 33
  • Bac L: 04
  • Bac S: 15
  • Technological baccalaureate: 00
  • Vocational baccalaureate: 00

Population surveyed: Students entering this degree for the first time between 2013 and 2016.

Source: Study ‘Trajectoires et réussites en licence 2018’ – OVU – DAPEQ – UL

Continuing education

Employees, jobseekers, the self-employed

The Bachelor’s degree in Management can be taken as part of a programme of continuing education or as part of a programme of validation of acquired experience (VAE).

Learn more

Selection procedures

Access by right for baccalaureate holders after registration.

Recruitment for the first year of a Bachelor’s degree is carried out via the PARCOURSUP platform.


How to apply

Registration for the 1st year of a Bachelor’s degree for future baccalaureate holders :

STEP 1: Pre-registration for university on the www.parcoursup.fr portal from mid-January to mid-March.

> Select Université de Lorraine then Licence Gestion à Nancy

STEP 2: Once your application has been accepted, go to www.univ-lorraine.fr as soon as you have received your bac results to confirm your enrolment.


Registration fees

For European students undergoing initial training, registration fees for national diplomas are set annually by ministerial decree. In 2026, they will amount to :

  • 178 for a licence
  • 254 euros for Masters

There is also a Student and Campus Life Contribution of €105 in 2025/2026. This contribution must be paid by students not receiving a grant to cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr