The Master in Sustainable Corporate Management (SCM) is a 2-year national Master’s degree (MAE – Management and Business Administration) awarded by the Université de Lorraine and delivered by IAE NANCY – School of Management.
The programme is taught entirely in English. It is aimed at students from all geographical backgrounds who have completed at least a bachelor’s degree in another academic field and wish to acquire additional skills in business economics and management in a multicultural context, with a particular focus on sustainability, responsibility, and organizational transformation.
The SCM programme provides students with an in-depth understanding of the fundamental disciplines of management while integrating sustainability as a central strategic and operational dimension, with a view to developing dual expertise in relation to skills previously developed in other fields (law, engineering, science and technology, humanities, social sciences, etc.).
The programme combines:
It prepares graduates to lead teams and projects in multicultural, international, and sustainability-oriented environments, addressing contemporary challenges such as ecological transition, technological change, and globalization.
The programme attracts students from all over the world, offering a rich, multicultural academic experience in an English-speaking environment. Teaching is based on both individual and teamwork and encourages autonomous, in-depth learning, as well as the ability to take the initiative and make suggestions.
It prepares graduates to lead teams and projects in multicultural, international, and sustainability-oriented environments, addressing contemporary challenges such as ecological transition, technological change, and globalization.
The programme attracts students from all over the world, offering a rich, multicultural academic experience in an English-speaking environment. Teaching is based on both individual and teamwork and encourages autonomous, in-depth learning, as well as the ability to take the initiative and make suggestions.
Graduates of the Master in Sustainable Corporate Management will be equipped for leadership roles in diverse sectors, integrating sustainability into organizational practices. The programme emphasizes ethical decision-making and prepares graduates to address ecological and technological challenges, drive organizational change, and implement strategies for environmental and social responsibility. With a global perspective, they will be capable of managing teams and projects in multicultural environments.
Upon successful completion of your Master’s 1 in SCM, you are automatically eligible to progress to the Master’s 2 in SCM.
Find out more about the M2 SCM
PACE OF TRAINING
Students may complete an exchange semester at a partner university (subject to approval by the Program Director) :
START OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR: mid-September
Great Challenges of Transition
S&T Culture on transitions 1: Resources Management (6 ECTS)
Strategy and Organisations
Law, Competition and Business strategy (6 ECTS)
HRM
Human resources, Interculturality and communication (6 ECTS)
Stakeholders
Responsible marketing fundations (6 ECTS)
Methods
Entrepreneurship (6 ECTS)
Great Challenges of Transition
S&T Culture on transitions 2: The Industrial Transition (6 ECTS)
Strategy and Organisations
Organizational studies (6 ECTS)
HRM
Human Resources Management (6 ECTS)
Stakeholders
Corporate Social Responsability in practice (6 ECTS)
Methods
Project management (6 ECTS
Employees, jobseekers, self-employed individuals
Continuing professional development enables everyone in the workforce, regardless of their professional or personal circumstances, to update their skills and advance their career.
Employees, jobseekers and the self-employed can obtain a qualification through short or long-term training programmes, delivered face-to-face or remotely, via work-study schemes, or by undertaking a pathway to the validation of prior learning…
The Master in Sustainable Corporate Management is available as part of a return-to-study programme within Continuing Education, a Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process, or the Recognition of Professional and Personal Experience (RPPE).
Our Career Development and Support Service will support you in your plans to return to study by offering personalised consultations, guiding you through our range of courses, and informing you about the funding available depending on your circumstances.
Learn moreThe careers available depend on the combination of previous academic background with the SCM master’s degree. Graduates of the SCM program are prepared for positions such as:
The program equips graduates to integrate ethical decision-making, sustainability performance, and strategic leadership across sectors.
of graduates feel that their job matches the level of their education
Surveys on graduates’ career paths and employment outcomes conducted by the University of Lorraine’s Student Life Observatory.
Holders of a degree in business economics & management are not given priority and may be accepted only on the basis of their particular profile or project.
Language requirements
Employees, jobseekers, the self-employed
The Master 2 in Accounting, Controlling and Auditing is available as part of a Continuing Education programme, a Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE) programme or a Validation of Professional and Personal Acquired Experience (VAPP) programme.
En savoir plusSelection includes:
Tuition fees depend on:
Fees follow national public university regulations and include:
Students may apply for scholarships below:
The programme does not offer independent scholarship but tuition fees are reduced or cancelled for those who obtain one of these scholarships mentioned above.
