Master Territories and TransitionsProgramme flyer

1. Goals
2. Strong points of the programme
3. Who is it for?
4. How to apply?
5. Career propects
6. The programme
7. Grants and scholarships
8. Contact

The master's degree in Territorial Development Consulting (CDT) is changing to better meet the challenges of transition, and will be called Territoires et Transitions from the start of the 2024 academic year. Choosing the Territoires et Transitions master's degree means joining a course at the Saint-Etienne School of Economics (SE²) that combines academic excellence and professionalisation through work-study programmes, so that you can become a public or private sector executive capable of designing, helping to make decisions and organising projects or public policies that contribute to the transition towards more sustainable societies and economies.

Goals

At a time when the challenges of transition are becoming increasingly significant at local level, they are strengthening territories as major players in sustainable economic development. The Master's degree in Territorial Development Consulting (renamed Territories and Transitions from the start of the 2024 academic year) trains public or private sector executives capable of designing, assisting in the decision-making process and organising projects or public policies that contribute to the transition towards more sustainable societies and economies.

Strong points of the programme

Partnership and a multidisciplinary approach

The second year of the Master Territories and Transitions is organised in partnership with Sciences Po Lyon. Students from SE², learn alongside students from Sciences Po Lyon and from other backgrounds including geography, law and town planning.

Support for the transition into employment

To help you gain work experience and facilitate your transition into employment, you will take part in an internship lasting between three and five months in the first year of the master’s. The second year takes the form of a 10-month traineeship during which you will carry out a study commissioned by a local or regional authority.

Who is it for?

> Students who have completed the first year of a master’s degree or who hold an engineering degree equivalent to four years of higher education in economics, political science, geography, town planning or economic and social administration.

> Candidates applying as mature students and employees on a retraining programme who hold a university degree or who have professional experience judged sufficient by the University Executive Education Department (fr).

How to apply?

Admission is by application. There is a limited number of places.

• If you are in full-time education: apply from March if applying to Year 1 and from April if applying to Year 2 of the master’s programme. Apply through eCandidat (fr)
• If you are applying as a mature student: contact the Executive Education Department (fr)   as early as possible (applications can be made from the beginning of March).
  
  

Entry into MASTER 1 TERRITORIES AND TRANSITIONS:

- January 29, 2024: publication of the training offer opening in September 2024
- From February 26 to March 24, 2024: phase for submitting applications for initial training or work-study training. www.monmaster.gouv.fr
- From Tuesday June 4 to Monday June 24, 2024: main admission phase
- From June 25 to July 31, 2024: additional phase:
         - From June 25 to June 30, 2024: application phase and classification of applications still on the waiting list, for the management of withdrawals
         - From July 1 to July 12, 2024: Examination of applications
         - From July 15 to July 31, 2024: Admission phase
 

Entry into MASTER 2 TERRITORIES AND TRANSITIONS:

1st wave:
As the number of places is limited, it is advisable to apply as early as possible.
- Start date for submission of applications: 04/03/2024 (e-Candidat)
- End date for submission of applications: 04/09/2024
- Closing date: 04/12/2024
- Confirmation deadline: 04/26/2024
- Supporting documents: (Curriculum vitae + Cover letter + Baccalaureate transcripts + Diplomas + Identity document + Post-Baccalaureate transcripts)

2nd wave:
As the number of places is limited, it is advisable to apply as early as possible.
- Start date for submission of applications: 04/17/2024 (e-Candidat)
- End date for submission of applications: 06/14/2024
- Closing date: 06/20/2024
- Confirmation deadline: 06/28/2024
- Supporting documents: (Curriculum vitae + Cover letter + Baccalaureate transcripts + Diplomas + Identity document + Post-Baccalaureate transcripts)

Career propects

• In local or regional authorities: local government manager, economic development or sustainable development director, policy officer in charge of attractiveness, innovation, transition, etc.
• In national public bodies (e.g. national regional development agencies, ecological transition agencies): programme manager, policy officer, analyst
• In consultancy work: local development consultant, analyst
• In local or regional industry, sector or professional bodies or competitiveness clusters: director, project manager, policy officer. In local or regional development agencies or associations: project manager
  
  

The programme

The MASTER 1 Territories and Transitions consists in a year of pre-specialization. It prepares the students to integrate the master 2 Territories and Transitions. 
The objective is to train territorial economic developers capable of carrying out territorial diagnoses to guide public policies, implement and lead these policies and evaluate their relevance, particularly from a sustainable development perspective.  
It mobilizes basic skills in microeconomics, macroeconomics and data analysis, and specific skills in spatial data collection and processing, public policy evaluation, strategic management and environmental economics. 
An important place is given to project-based teaching and professional training through a compulsory internship of 4 to 6 months. 

The MASTER 2 Territories and Transitions runs over 12 months, 10 of which are spent on a traineeship contract. You will alternate between one week attending classes at SE², followed by three weeks in your host organisation. 
The course is taught by lecturers and researchers in economics, political science, law and management, as well as by experienced professionals (consultants, presidents of national associations, administrative directors of local or regional authorities and regional national parks, etc.).

MASTER 1 TERRITOIRES ET TRANSITIONS
TERM 7
UE 7-1 : Economie et politique économique

- Economic policy
- Evaluation of public policies
- Politique de développement durable (option)

UE 7-2 : Economie appliquée

- Economics for competition law
- Démarche de veille
- Economics of innovation 1
- Economie de l’environnement

UE 7-3 : Méthodes quantitatives et outils pour l’économie

- Econometrics 2 (option)
- Data analysis
- Management stratégique
- Anglais des affaires
- Autre langue étrangère

Prérequis (rentrée 2023/2024)

- Anglais
- Théorie des jeux
- Econométrie

TERM 8
UE 8-1 : Economie et développement territorial

- Economie géographique
- Politique publique et management public des territoires
- Intelligence économique territoriale
- Enjeux écologiques (facultatif)

UE 8-2 : Méthodes quantitatives et outils pour l’économie

- Econometrics of program evaluation
- Politique et outils de l’aménagement durable
- Systèmes d’information géographique
- Anglais des affaires

UE 8-3 : Unité d’Expérience Professionnelle

- Gestion de projet
- Projet veille et analyse de données
- Research methodology
- Master class
- Insertion Professionnelle - Préparation du Projet professionnel
- Stage 7

MASTER 2 PARCOURS TERRITOIRES ET TRANSITIONS
TERM 9
UE 9-1 : Pilotage et évaluation des politiques publiques

- Prospective territoriale
- Conception d’un projet de développement
- Evaluation des politiques publiques
- Finances publiques locales et stratégies budgétaires
- Marchés publics et développement durable

UE 9-2 : Démocratie locale et aide à la décision

- Construire la décision politique
- Facilitation, participation et design des politiques publiques
- Lobbying

UE 9-3 : Stratégies territoriales

- Outils et méthodes de l’analyse territoriale
- Atelier du développement
- Diagnostic stratégique
- Stratégie et conduite du changement

UE 9-4 : Recherche

- Anglais
- Méthodologie de la recherche

TERM 10
UE 10-1 : Entreprises, économie et territoires

- Développement économique et Union Européenne
- Economie des politiques territoriales
- Outils du développement économique territorial
- Entreprises, territoires et attractivité
- Création d’entreprises et d’activité d’utilité sociale

UE 10-2 : Environnement, durabilité et transition

- Politiques de transition
- Politiques énergétiques territoriales
- Economies alternatives
- Gestion d’un projet urbain
- Gestion des espaces naturels

UE 10-3 : Enjeux du développement durable des territoires et ouverture

- Séminaires d’actualité et d’ouverture
- Territoires et action internationale

UE 10-4 : Apprentissage

- Expérience professionnelle en alternance
- Retour d’apprentissage
- Relations professionnelles 
- Suivi des compétences et projet professionnel Encadrement individuel

Grants and scholarships

The Saint-Étienne School of Economics offers a number of grants and scholarships each year for students starting the Master Territories and Transitions:

• Scholarships awarded based on academic achievement
• Research grants for master’s students intending to continue to a PhD.
  
  

Contact

Programme Directors
Nelly Exbrayat
Joint Director of the Master Territories and Transitions
se2 @ univ-st-etienne.fr (se2 @ univ-st-etienne.fr)

Anne Pisot
Joint Director of the Master Territories and Transitions
se2 @ univ-st-etienne.fr (se2 @ univ-st-etienne.fr)

Registrar
Sandra Idir
sandra.idir@univ-st-etienne.fr (se2 @ univ-st-etienne.fr)
Phone : + 33 04 77 42 13 85