• Target level of study

    Master's degree

  • ECTS

    120 credits

  • Duration

    1 or 2 years

  • Training structure

    Montpellier Management, CIHEAM IAM Montpellier - Partner Institution

  • Language(s) of instruction

    French

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Master's Degree in Management, Commerce, and Sales in the Agri-Food Industry (MCVA)

The Master's Degree in Management, Sales, and Marketing in the Food Industry is a program dedicated to management and sales applied to the food industry.

This Master's program prepares students for strategic roles in sales forces, as well as various commercial and category management positions.

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  • Adapting to the agri-food trade environment

    8 credits
    • Distribution law

      3 credits24h
    • Digital marketing and digital culture

      1 credit12h
    • Information systems design

      2 credits24h
    • Business English 1

      2 credits24h
  • Managing the agri-food business

    8 credits
    • Brand management

    • Responsible management of the agri-food company

      3 credits24h
    • Performance management in the agri-food industry

      2 credits24h
    • Marketing management

      2 credits24h
  • Practicing in the workplace (level 1)

    6 credits
    • Methodology of the thesis 1

      3 credits12h
    • On-the-job training period

      3 credits
  • Analyzing agri-food markets

    8 credits
    • Consumer and shopper behavior

      2 credits24h
    • Qualitative methods

      2 credits12h
    • Quantitative methods

      2 credits12h
    • Segmentation and positioning techniques

      2 credits12h
  • Managing organizations and teams

    8 credits
    • Business English 2

      2 credits24h
    • Project management

      2 credits24h
    • Personal effectiveness and team performance

      1 credit18h
    • Business management (serious game)

      1 credit15h
    • Responsible HR management

      2 credits24h
  • Managing customer relations

    8 credits
    • Customer strategy

      3 credits24h
    • Negotiation techniques

      2 credits24h
    • Community management

      2 credits18h
    • Negotiation challenge

      1 credit9h
  • Promote and clarify the offering at the point of sale

    8 credits
    • Planogram design

      2 credits18h
    • Shopping experience design

      2 credits12h
    • Merchandising

      2 credits12h
    • Trade marketing

      2 credits12h
  • Practicing in the workplace (level 2)

    6 credits
    • Applied Research Project Management 2

      12h
    • On-the-job training period

    • Supervised project

    • Internship

  • Optional

    • M1 MCVA Optional internship

  • Implement cooperation with distributors

    8 credits
    • Category management

      24h
    • Supply chain management

      24h
    • Negotiation/Listing with Supermarkets

      18h
    • Key account management

      24h
  • Identify developments in agri-food distribution

    6 credits
    • Changes in distribution channels

      24h
    • Shopper experience analysis

      12h
    • Eating out/away from home

      15h
  • Practicing in the workplace (level 3)

    8 credits
    • On-the-job training period

    • Methodology of the thesis 3

      12h
    • Professional conferences

      12h
  • Supporting changes in the environment

    8 credits
    • New trends in food consumption

      18h
    • Business English 3

      24h
    • Health crisis management

      12h
    • CSR/Circular economy

      12h
  • Practicing in the workplace (level 4)

    8 credits
    • On-the-job training period

    • Methodology of the thesis 4

      15h
    • M2 MCVA Internship

    • M2 MCVA Supervised project

  • Develop international sales

    6 credits
    • International management

      12h
    • International business development

      12h
    • Business English 4

      24h
  • Interacting with agri-food purchasing and production

    8 credits
    • Food science

      12h
    • Agri-food sourcing and purchasing

      12h
    • Institutional framework for international sourcing

      18h
    • Signs of quality

  • Manage the sales team

    8 credits
    • HR Marketing

      12h
    • Sales force management and leadership

      24h
    • Labor law

      18h
  • Optional

    • M2 MCVA Optional internship

Master's Degree in Distribution Management (MD)

The Master's in Distribution Management is a program dedicated to management applied to the distribution sector.

It is carried out through apprenticeships or continuing education in companies in the distribution sector.

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  • Leverage management tools

    6 credits
    • Digital tools

      21h
    • Management control

      27h
  • Practicing in the workplace (level 1)

    6 credits
    • Methodology of the thesis

      12h
    • Professional internship

  • Identify changes in distribution

    9 credits
    • e-commerce

      26h
    • Digital marketing

      10h
    • Sustainable and responsible strategic management

      27h
  • Managing teams and communicating (level 1)

    9 credits
    • Labor law

      27h
    • Business English 1

      27h
    • Employee management

      27h
  • Manage relationships with customers and suppliers

    5 credits
    • Shopper behavior

      21h
    • Negotiation challenge

      9h
    • Sales and negotiation

      24h
  • Practicing in the workplace (level 2)

    10 credits
    • Professional internship

    • Methodology of the thesis

    • M1 MDD Supervised project

    • M1 MDD Thesis

  • Manage distribution

    5 credits
    • Strategic distribution management

      24h
    • Point of sale regulations

      21h
  • Managing the flow of goods

    5 credits
    • Supply chain management

      24h
    • Merchandising

      21h
  • Communicating and managing teams (level 2)

    5 credits
    • Human resources management

      27h
    • Business English 2

      27h
  • Optional

    • M1 MDD Optional internship

  • Mastering management tools

    9 credits
    • Sales management and control

      3 credits20h
    • Safety of public buildings

      2 credits
    • Food hygiene and safety

      2 credits
    • Computer tools

      3 credits20h
    • Customer satisfaction and loyalty

      3 credits20h
  • Positioning oneself in the environment

    8 credits
    • Commercial urban planning

      2 credits12h
    • Location of the point of sale

      2 credits12h
    • CSR, Responsible Distribution

      3 credits
    • Point-of-sale security

      2 credits12h
    • Food hygiene and safety

      2 credits12h
  • Motivate and unite teams

    7 credits
    • Conflict management

      2 credits20h
    • Management of managers

      3 credits20h
    • Coaching and personal development

      2 credits20h
  • Apply and experiment

    6 credits
    • Diagnostic project management

      12h
    • M2 MDD Internship

      6 credits
  • Apply and experiment

    12 credits
    • M2 MDD Internship

      6 credits
    • Case studies and conferences

      20h
    • Memory and tracking

      6 credits
    • Research project management

      10h
    • M2 MDD Supervised project

  • Practicing point-of-sale management tools

    2 credits
    • Managing a point of sale in a competitive environment

      1 credit20h
    • Planigram design

      1 credit20h
  • Understanding expectations and communicating

    6 credits
    • Digital tools

      2 credits20h
    • Customer relationship tools

      2 credits20h
    • Customer satisfaction and loyalty

      2 credits
    • CSR, responsible distribution

      2 credits20h
  • Manage supplier relationships

    4 credits
    • Purchase negotiation

      2 credits20h
    • Category management

      2 credits20h
  • Proposing and implementing organizational innovations

    6 credits
    • Project management

      2 credits20h
    • Standards and quality management

      2 credits
    • Change management

      2 credits20h
  • Optional

    • M2 MDD Optional internship

Sustainable agri-food value chains: logistics, environment, strategies - CDVALES

Using multidisciplinary approaches, this program aims to help students acquire and master theoretical concepts, methods of analysis, and sustainability assessment, as well as their application in professional situations. The skills developed are aimed at understanding and analyzing: i) changes in the socio-institutional environment, ii) the behaviors and strategies of stakeholders, iii) the modes of organization and coordination of stakeholders from upstream to downstream, from production (agricultural, raw materials) and processing to distribution to the end consumer, iv) performance and value creation assessment, v) and to understand the role of logistics as a cross-functional strategic function in supply chains. >> Learn more 

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Master's in Management and Sustainable Transition - IDIL

The Master's in Management and Sustainable Transition is the Master's in Management track of the IDIL(Inter-Disciplinary & In-Lab graduateprogram).

This program aims to familiarize students with the world of research in laboratories affiliated with the University of Montpellier.

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  • In-Lab

    2 credits
  • EU NON-CORE TRAINING UNITS IDIL (CHOICE)

    2 credits
    • Choose 1 out of 9

      • Defusing quantitative nonsense

        2 credits
      • Plant health 2.0: a global war

        2 credits
      • Challenges in chemistry for health and the environment

        2 credits
      • Why is democracy difficult?

        2 credits
      • Innovations in clinical biomarkers, biotechnologies for pers

        2 credits
      • Mediterranean Terrestrial Ecosystems

        2 credits
      • Scientific openness to earth and water issues under global c

        2 credits
      • Mediterranean Aquatic Ecosystems

        2 credits
      • Fundamentals of sustainable management

        2 credits20h
  • EU Strategy

    3 credits27h
    • STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

      4 credits27h
  • EU Accountability

    2 credits20h
    • Contrôle stratégique

      19h
  • EU Entrepreneurship

    2 credits24h
    • International project management in SMEs

      24h
  • EU CSR

    3 credits24h
    • Sustainable development and performance in SMEs

      24h
  • Personal project: research project + English

    10 credits
    • Optional

      • Research Project

        8 credits
      • English

      • EU French as a foreign language

  • Cross-functional training units IDIL

    4 credits
  • EU Finance

    2 credits27h
    • Corporate finance

      27h
  • Research internship - Management

    30 credits
  • M1 MaST Supervised project

  • M1 MaST Thesis

  • M1 MaST Internship

  • Optional

    • M1 MaST Optional internship

  • UE1 Marketing

    3 credits
    • Business Plan in Marketing Services

      12h
  • UE2 Management Control

    2 credits20h
    • Enterprise Risk Management

      26h
  • UE5 Entrepreneurship

    2 credits15h
    • Business model and value

      16h
  • EU3 HRM

    3 credits20h
    • Managing people performance

      16h
  • EU4 Organization

    2 credits15h
    • Organisation of the internationalised SME

      15h
  • Multidisciplinary team project

    10 credits
  • Non-core EU

    4 credits
    • Choose 2 out of 9

      • Defusing quantitative nonsense

        2 credits
      • Innovations in clinical biomarkers, biotechnologies for pers

        2 credits
      • Challenges in chemistry for health and the environment

        2 credits
      • Why is democracy difficult?

        2 credits
      • The Bionic Man

        2 credits
      • Mediterranean Terrestrial Ecosystems

        2 credits
      • Scientific openness to earth and water issues under global c

        2 credits
      • Plant health 2.0: a global war

        2 credits
      • Fundamentals of sustainable management

        2 credits20h
  • Cross-functional units 2B IDIL

  • M2 MaST Internship

  • Research internship

    30 credits
  • M2 MaST Thesis

  • M2 MaST Supervised project

  • Optional

    • M2 MaST Optional internship

Master's Degree in Organizational Management and Responsible Development (MODR)

The Master's in Organizational Management and Responsible Development offers solid training in responsible organizational management, covering human resources management, corporate social responsibility, social and societal management control, communication, work organization, and social relations.

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  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT

    3 credits
  • RESPONSIBLE TRANSITION MANAGEMENT

    4 credits
  • Quantitative data analysis

    3 credits
  • STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

    4 credits27h
  • FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING

    3 credits
  • ENGLISH

    3 credits
  • LABOR LAW

    3 credits
  • MANAGEMENT CONTROL

    3 credits
  • Information monitoring and CSR

    3 credits
  • Optional

    • Spanish S1

      18h
    • German S1

      15h
    • Optional sport

  • RESPONSIBLE TEAM MANAGEMENT

    4 credits
  • SOCIAL INNOVATION PROJECTS

    4 credits
  • RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS

    4 credits
  • ENGLISH

    3 credits
  • Responsible management in challenging times

    2 credits
  • INTERNSHIP Minimum 308 hours - internship or research thesis

    5 credits
  • INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

    3 credits
  • SOCIAL MANAGEMENT CONTROL

    2 credits
  • LABOR LAW

    3 credits
  • M1 MODR Supervised project

  • Optional

    • Spanish S2

      18h
    • German S2

      15h
    • Optional sport

    • M1 MODR Optional internship

  • CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

    15 credits
    • Areas of application for CSR

      7.5 credits48h
    • Theoretical basis of CSR

      7.5 credits48h
  • RESPONSIBLE WORK MANAGEMENT

    15 credits
    • Employment and skills management

      7.5 credits42h
    • Social relations and communication

      7.5 credits36h
    • Quality of Life

  • PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT

    10 credits
    • Responsible management in the Terms and Conditions

      3 credits36h
    • Innovative educational project for students and businesses (2PI2E)

      4 credits27h
    • Project management and intermediation

      3 credits48h
    • Methodologies and diagnostics

      27h
  • COMPANY INTERNSHIP (minimum 616 hours)

    20 credits
    • Internship report

      15 credits
    • Internship pre-memorandum

      5 credits
    • M2 MODR Internship

    • M2 MODR Supervised project

  • Optional

    • M2 MODR Optional internship

Master's Degree in Ecological Transition and Circular Economy Management

The Master's in Ecological Transition and Circular Economy Management (MTEEC) trains students and future transition managers in the fields of ecological and circular economy projects and corporate and organizational social responsibility.

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  • Strategic management

    3 credits
    • Strategic management

      24h
  • Introduction to Energy Transition

    12h
  • Environmental economics

    3 credits24h
  • Human Resources Management

    3 credits24h
  • Positive behaviors in the workplace

    3 credits
    • Labor law and social protection

      5 credits27h
  • Environmental and resource law

    3 credits24h
  • Marketing

    3 credits24h
  • Accounting

    3 credits
    • Financial accounting

      3 credits24h
  • English

    3 credits24h
  • MANAGEMENT CONTROL

    3 credits
  • Finance and sustainability

    3 credits24h
  • Industrial risk management

    3 credits
  • Professional coaching and serious games

    4.5 credits24h
  • Business Model and Business Plan

    3 credits24h
  • Project management

    3 credits24h
  • Introduction to Ecology and the Circular Economy

    3 credits42h
  • Organizational Social Responsibility (OSR)

    3 credits24h
  • Internship - Thesis

    9 credits
    • Supervised project

    • Internship

    • Master's thesis in Mechanical Engineering and Energy

      9 credits
    • Research methodology for the thesis

      6h
  • English

    1.5 credits24h
  • Life cycle analysis and carbon footprint

    3 credits24h
  • Optional

    • M1 MTEEC Optional internship

  • Standardization, regulation, and innovative practices

    6 credits
    • Regulation, standardization

      3 credits18h
    • EFQM and ISO 26000

      2 credits12h
  • Entrepreneurship and innovation in the ecological transition

    8 credits
    • Open innovation

      2 credits20h
    • Entrepreneurship and innovation in the social economy

      1 credit12h
  • Accounting, control, and reporting for the green transition

    8 credits
    • ESG accounting, auditing, and reporting

      3 credits20h
    • Ecological accounting

      18h
    • Integrated control, management, and reporting

      3 credits15h
    • Life cycle assessment (LCA) and carbon footprint

      2 credits27h
  • Issues, challenges, and actors in ecological transition

    8 credits
    • Sustainable development and health

      1.5 credits20h
    • Ecology

      1.5 credits15h
    • Smart and circular cities and territories

      1.5 credits24h
    • Circular economy

      2 credits20h
    • Responsible consumption

      0.5 credits9h
  • Project scenario and thesis

    30 credits
    • Internship

    • M2 MTEEC Supervised project

    • Organization and/or participation in events

      6 credits5h
    • Memory

      12 credits
    • Conferences

      6 credits30h
  • Optional

    • M2 MTEEC Optional internship

Master's Degree in Management and Business Development (MBD)

The Master's in Management and Business Development trains students for careers in business development, sales, and customer relationship management.

He prepares them for the strategic and commercial challenges faced by large corporations and SMEs, in both a national and international context.

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  • Knowing and developing your markets

    • Consumer law

      4 credits27h
    • Business-to-business marketing

      3 credits
    • Satisfaction: concepts, methods, and indicators

      24h
    • Purchasing and consumption practices

      5 credits21h
    • Innovation

      3h
    • Innovation

      3h
    • Consumer law

      4 credits27h
    • Satisfaction: concepts, methods, and indicators

      2 credits24h
  • Mastering business development tools

    7 credits
    • Professional integration

      6h
    • Business analysis and management tools

      2 credits18h
    • Digital transformation

      27h
    • Sales and distribution

      2 credits27h
    • Team management tools

      3h
    • Team management tools

      3h
    • Digital transformation

      3 credits27h
  • Develop a development strategy

    12 credits
    • Responsible HR management

      2 credits18h
    • Business Plan in Marketing Services

      12h
    • Corporate strategy / CSR

      6 credits36h
    • CSR reporting

      2 credits12h
    • Mind Mapping 1

      6h
    • CSR reporting

      2 credits12h
    • Responsible HR management

      2 credits18h
    • Business plan in services marketing

      2 credits12h
    • Mind Mapping

      6h
    • Corporate strategy / CSR

      6 credits36h
  • Optional

    • Spanish S1

      18h
    • German S1

      15h
  • Develop commercial policy

    10 credits
    • Strategic decisions and action plans

      4 credits27h
    • Business English

      2 credits27h
    • International Business Environment

      4 credits
  • Managing teams and negotiating

    4 credits
    • Business negotiation techniques

      2 credits18h
    • Team coaching and management

      2 credits18h
    • Sales management

      6h
  • Become professionally integrated

    11 credits
    • M1 MBD Internship - Internship thesis

      7 credits
    • Qualitative/quantitative research project

      4 credits27h
    • Methodology of the thesis

      5h
    • M1 MBD Supervised project

    • M1 MBD Internship

    • Sustainable Business Case Study

      7 credits
  • Mastering digital tools

    5 credits
    • Website creation and management

      2 credits27h
    • Digital strategies and search engine optimization

      2 credits27h
    • Design software

      1 credit9h
  • Optional

    • Spanish S2

      18h
    • German S2

      15h
    • Optional sport

    • M1 MBD Optional internship

  • Develop new markets

    6 credits
    • Business transformation

      9h
    • Digital development

      18h
    • Graphic design

      12h
    • Collaborative innovation and creative techniques

      21h
  • Integrating into professional life

    6 credits
    • In-depth study and research methodologies

      25h
    • Career Plan

      3h
    • Improvisation techniques for public speaking

      10h
  • Managing customer relations and field teams

    6 credits
    • Managing emotions and stress

      10h
    • Leadership and team management

      21h
    • Business ethics

      24h
    • Customer and business partnership management

      21h
    • Business ethics

      12h
  • Implement a business development strategy

    6 credits
    • Complex negotiation

      15h
    • Outbound sales

      10h
  • Leading business development

    6 credits
    • Key account management

      10h
    • Business Game

      16h
    • Global and sustainable supply chain

      12h
  • Integrating into professional life

    30 credits
  • M2 MBD Internship

  • M2 MBD Supervised project

  • Optional

    • M2 MBD Optional internship

Master's Degree in Management and Business Development (MBD) via e-learning

The Master's in Management and Business Development (MBD) e-learning program trains students for careers in business development, sales, and customer relationship management.

It prepares students for the strategic and commercial challenges faced by large corporations and SMEs, in both a national and international context.

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  • Develop a development strategy with a view to

    11 credits
    • Strategy and CSR

      27h
    • Responsible HR management

      21h
    • Business Plan

      27h
  • Knowing and developing your markets

    11 credits
    • Purchasing and consumption practices

      18h
    • Satisfaction: Concepts, methods, and indicators

      27h
    • Consumer law

      21h
  • Mastering business development tools

    8 credits
    • Digital transformation

      27h
    • Business analysis and management tools

    • Business English

  • Mastering digital tools

    5 credits
    • Digital strategies and search engine optimization

      3 credits
    • Website creation and management

      2 credits
  • Developing a trade policy in a national context

    10 credits
    • Business English

      2 credits
    • Strategic decisions and action plans

      4 credits
    • International Business Environment (English)

      4 credits
  • Managing teams and negotiating

    4 credits
    • Coaching and Team Management

      2 credits
    • Business negotiation techniques

      2 credits
  • Become professionally integrated

    11 credits
    • Supervised project

    • A21 internship follow-up

    • Qualitative/quantitative research project

      27h
    • Internship

      7 credits
  • Develop new markets

    6 credits73h
    • Digital Development

      27h
    • Creative Design

      34h
    • Business transformation

      12h
  • Implement a business development strategy at the national level

    6 credits63h
    • Complex negotiation and sales techniques in B2B

      27h
    • International Project Management (in English)

      24h
  • Managing customer relations and field teams

    6 credits74h
    • Managing emotions and stress

      14h
    • Management of commercial partnerships

      21h
    • Business Ethics

      18h
    • Leadership and team management

      21h
  • Leading Business Development

    6 credits63h
    • Brand audit and development strategy

      21h
  • Integrating into professional life 1

    6 credits27h
    • Professional Seminar/Hot Topics

      6h
    • In-depth study and research methodologies

      21h
  • Integrating into professional life 2

    30 credits
    • Memory

    • Supervised project

    • A21 internship follow-up

Master's Degree in Research and Studies in Management (REM)

The Master's in Research and Management Studies provides students with high-level training in management.

It prepares them for professional integration in the fields of management science study and research, through integration into research offices dedicated to business and organizational management sciences or through integration into a university research team with a view to preparing a PhD.

To complete this master's degree, students must be enrolled in a dual master's program or have already completed a master's degree. The REM master's degree is worth only 30 ECTS credits, and the remaining 30 ECTS credits required to obtain the degree are earned by completing another master's degree program in management sciences or a program that includes significant coursework in this field.

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  • Specialization in management sciences research

    30 credits
  • RESEARCH PAPER

    20 credits
  • RESEARCH METHODS IN MANAGEMENT

    5 credits
    • Quantitative approaches

      3 credits
    • Qualitative approaches

      2 credits
  • EPISTEMOLOGY AND RESEARCH DESIGN IN MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

    5 credits
    • Epistemology of management sciences

      3 credits
    • Methodology and research project management

      2 credits
  • M2 REM Supervised project

  • Optional

    • M2 REM Optional internship