Année préparatoire pour un MSc en alternance

Programme presentation

Created specifically for students who want to continue their education after earning a three-year Bachelor’s degree or for those who have not had any management training. This Preparatory Year opens the doors to part-time Master of Science programmes at NEOMA Business School.

This programme can expand your career prospects in France and abroad. Over a twelve-month period, you will develop and fine-tune your skills in strategy, management, leadership and administration. Upon successful completion of this preparatory year, you can enter one of the 6 specialised programmes that you’ve previously selected to become an expert highly sought after by various companies while learning about the school’s values.

5 good reasons to join the programme

Perfect and/or expand your knowledge in key management subjects while developing your leadership skills

Enter the Master of Science programme of your choice

Enter the Master of Science programme of your choice

Prepare yourself for a professionalisation part-time programme

Build your professional career and join the NEOMA Alumni network

Imène HAOUET

Head of programme

A springboard for accessing a high-level specialisation

Performance indicators

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88% Satisfaction rating on instruction

Sources : Course Evaluations 2021-2022

Programme presentation

FIRST YEAR – FULL TIME – Paris Campus FIRST SEMESTER

  • Team Building seminar
  • Management control and performance guidance
  • English for Business
  • Finance
  • Marketing Management
  • Innovation and digital transformation
  • Strategic company management
  • Business development
  • Big Data
  • Introduction to Supply Chain Management
  • Project management
  • Human resources management and leadership
  • Corporate communication
  • Introduction to coding via the Coding School
  • Shape your career
  • Digital literacy
  • Business game – New

SECOND SEMESTER

Mandatory six-month Internship or professional training post

  • Shape your Career (E-learning)
  • Business Case (E-learning)
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SECOND YEAR – PART-TIME – Paris Campus SPECIALISED MSc PART-TIME PROGRAMMES

  • MSc Analyse Financière Internationale
  • MSc Business Development & Key Account Management
  • MSc Brand Influence & Social Media Strategy
  • MSc Etudes et Décision Marketing
  • MSc Management de Projet
  • MSc Supply Chain et Transformation Digitale

Programme highlights

Team building seminar

This seminar at the start of the school year represents a genuine moment of class integration. It’s aim is to give students the opportunity to meet one another and learn to cooperate for two and a half days, just as they will have do to during the programme and in their professional life, while also learning about how a company operates.

Individual coaching session

CV and covering letter creation, professional interview preparation, part-time programme research…

Participation in company forum

Meet with companies attending events organised on the Rouen and Reims campuses.

Mandatory six-month internship or professionnal traning post

Coding school

Introduction to coding

 

Continued studies

Once you have completed your preparatory year, you can enter on of our 6 specialised programmes that you select before registering:

Distance learning

The distance learning programmes implemented at NEOMA meet two key needs: to train managers capable of adapting to hybrid working arrangements and to prepare employees to engage in lifelong self-directed learning.

This is why NEOMA organises its learning activities around the NEOPEDAGOGIE model. This model keeps face-to-face teaching at the heart of the student experience (around 90 per cent), supplemented by periods of independent distance learning (around 10 per cent).

These distance learning sessions take the form of so-called ‘asynchronous’ sessions. Each asynchronous session is designed to represent a workload equivalent to a 3-hour face-to-face session.

Students generally complete this workload on their computers, but the tasks set may be experiential and/or non-digital in nature.

As such, lecturers retain the pedagogical freedom to propose the content best suited to the continuity of the course and its objectives; they determine the appropriate assessments, as well as the point at which this distance learning will fit logically and seamlessly into the course schedule.

Distance learning arrangements therefore provide an opportunity for students to work on a variety of content, such as:

•    Content specifically designed and organised on the Courses platform

•    Harvard case studies

•    Fieldwork (surveys, interviews)

•    Carrying out complex projects, either individually or in groups

•    e-learning content (ranging from high-quality ‘Made in NEOMA’ distance learning content to interactive web series)

In addition to these formats integrated into NEOPEDAGOGIE, lecturers sometimes also offer ‘flipped classroom’ approaches, where students are encouraged to review content between face-to-face sessions to foster discussion and debate during lessons.

Evaluation procedures

The programme is recognised through a dual validation:

  • Ongoing assessment: evaluations conducted throughout the length of the programme in the form of individual or collective reports to be submitted
  • A final evaluation: performed at the end of the course, it can be done under different forms – it is, for the most part, individual

At the end of the programme, the programme participants have to validate 60 ECTS credits.

If some modules were not validated and thus no credits were earned, the programme participant can redo the evaluation during a period set up for this purpose.

The preparatory year for Masters of Science (MSc) is open to French and international students. Beyond the minimum eligibility criteria, the programme is aimed at applicants who are motived in acquiring a specialisation and a high level of key expertise and who want to advance and develop their professional prospects.

This programme is accessible to people with disability.

Support for students 

Whether you are a high-level athlete, an artist or living with a disability, NEOMA’s Wellness team is here to support you. Together, we will identify tailored solutions to help you balance your studies with your commitments and specific needs. For more information, please write to : wellness@neoma-bs.fr

Eligibility

  • 3-year Bachelor’s degree from a business school (180 ECTS credits validated)
  • 3-year Bachelor’s degree (Applied Foreign Languages, Psychology, Economics, Management, International Trade, Logistics, Law, etc.)

2nd stage: Admission tests

Applicants deemed admissible after review of their applications then have a motivation interview.

Definitive admission is communicated to each candidate within 7 days of the date of the motivation interview. Application fee: 100 €

Calendar

Applications are accepted between October and August, subject to availability.
Given the limited number of places available, we advise applicants to apply as soon as possible. 

Participant testimonials

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After graduating with a two-year diploma (Diplôme Univertiare de Technologie, DUT) and a Bachelor’s degree in Canada, I joined the preparatory year at NEOMA campus Paris for the many possibilities it offers. The 6-month work placement and the work-study year proved to be an excellent means of pro...

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Practical information

Tuition & fees:

  • Tuition: €10,500
  • Administrative fee: €500 

Location:

Paris / Ile de France

Language of instruction:

French

Next intake date:

September 2027

Entry requirements:

3-year Bachelor’s degree

Degree awarded:

Validation of 60 ECTS credits