The aim of the Master’s in Business Administration and Management (MAE) is to provide a generalist education in organisational management, enabling non-specialists, students undergoing initial training, managers in employment or changing careers, to acquire additional or dual skills in management sciences to facilitate their professional integration and/or career development.
This course is recognised and appreciated by companies seeking to fill positions requiring both expertise in a particular field (law, economics, psychosociology, engineering, pharmacy, IT, etc.) and a general knowledge of management tools and methods. The course is also sought after by people from public or voluntary organisations who need to strengthen their managerial skills and implement management tools and approaches.
The MAE Master’s degree is aimed at students from :
For the latter, the master’s degree is a way of developing a reflexive approach to their practices, validating their skills and updating them, particularly with a view to internal or external promotions.
The Master 2 MAE is open to continuing education in the classroom and by distance learning (E-learning).
The course aims to :
The generalist content of the course is structured by major management science disciplines, each corresponding to a course unit: Accounting-Finance/HRM/Marketing/Production and Projects/Quantitative Tools/Strategy/Corporate Law/Control and Information.
PACE OF TRAINING
The two-year Master’s in Accounting, Controlling and Auditing offers the opportunity to follow specialised courses while developing professional skills through a 16-week work placement in a company, including the writing and presentation of a dissertation, during the second year of the Master’s programme.
From Master 1 onwards, students can join a company or professional organisation during their course, via the following professionalisation schemes:
More e-learning courses
The partnership with the Conseil Régional de l’Ordre des Experts-Comptables (Regional Council of Chartered Accountants) gives students the opportunity to learn about the accountancy profession, its missions, organisation and rules of behaviour via e-learning, in addition to the core curriculum. This course is part of our students’ participation in the Grand Concours de la Filière Comptable de Lorraine, an annual event that brings together teams from different accountancy training courses in Lorraine to compare their skills and knowledge of the different areas related to public accounting (economics, accounting, law, etc.). As well as being fun and stimulating, the game provides an opportunity to meet the profession.
START OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR: From mid-September
Accounting and Financial Management (6 ECTS)
Marketing (6 ECTS)
Human Resources Management (6 ECTS)
Process and Project Management (6 ECTS)
Languages and Management Tools (6 ECTS)
Strategic Management (3 ECTS)
Legal Environment (3 ECTS)
Information and Control Systems (3 ECTS)
Introduction to Research (3 ECTS)
UE 1010 Dissertation – Work Placement (18 ECTS)
Employees, jobseekers, the self-employed
Continuing vocational training enables all employees, whatever their professional or personal situation, to update their skills and promote their professional development.
Whether you’re an employee, a jobseeker or self-employed, you can obtain a diploma, a short or long training course leading to a qualification, either face-to-face or by distance learning, on a sandwich course, or even take part in a validation of prior learning scheme…
The Master 2 in Business Management and Administration is available as part of a Continuing Education programme, or as part of a Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE) or Validation of Professional and Personal Acquired Experience (VAPP) programme.
Our Professional Integration and Career Development Department will help you with your plans to return to education by offering you personalised interviews, guiding you through our range of training courses and informing you about the funding available depending on your status.
Learn moreThe Master’s degree in Business Administration complements a higher education course in another scientific field (dual skills), which means that it can be applied to a wide range of careers. Holders of this degree can work as managers and executives in all types of public, private or non-profit organisations:
employment rate 18 months after graduation
have a permanent contract
of graduates feel that their job matches the level of their education
Surveys on the future and professional integration of graduates carried out by the Observatoire de la Vie Étudiante de l’Université de Lorraine.
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.
Eligibility is decided after examining the candidate’s application and, where applicable, the VAPP file.
Admission is decided after an individual interview with a panel of judges. The interview focuses mainly on the applicant’s career plans and motivations.
PRESENTIAL
INITIAL TRAINING
CONTINUING EDUCATION
E-LEARNING
Further information
Candidates holding a foreign qualification: the application will be examined by the qualification equivalence committee.
Non-French-speaking applicants: sufficient knowledge of French is required: B2 level required.
For Campus en France applicants, please consult this page: https: //www.campusfrance.org/fr/candidature-procedure-etudes-en-france
For European students undergoing initial training, registration fees for national diplomas are set annually by ministerial decree. In 2026, they will amount to :
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
