Master of Science Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship
A high level program focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation, 100% in English, bringing together student managers, designers and engineers. No less!
Practical info
Duration:
12 months
Level of entry:
after 4 or 5 years of higher education
Type:
Full time
Language:
English
5 good reasons to join the MSc ICE course
- 100% taught in English
- 40 students per cohort
- 15-month multidisciplinary program: syllabus that mixes the courses of a school of engineering, management and design
- Learning based on real business projects and personalised coaching of entrepreneurial teams
- 100% of students find a job before graduating
Program content
Developed in partnership with the EPF Graduate School of Engineering, this program is designed to train agile entrepreneurs, aware of business ethics and multiculturalism.
It gives students the opportunity to discover the world of business in a different way, placing them in an educational ecosystem that mixes managerial, engineering and design skills in response to the real needs of the local area (through multidisciplinary team projects, challenges, hackathons, etc.).
- Launching your own business
- Design thinking and innovation
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Confronting business ideas to market realities
- Rethinking and designing new business model
- Ecodesign
- Entrepreneurial Finance
Key point: for three months, the students will work in multidisciplinary teams (designers, engineers and managers) on real business projects (start-ups, project leaders, SMEs, major corporates, etc.), supported by a professional coach. To complement the training, several modules will be delivered in parallel.
- Crisis strategy
- Business Growth Strategy
- Supply Chain
- Connected Objects
- Business Game
Key point: for three months, the students will work in multidisciplinary teams (designers, engineers and managers) on projects with a social or environmental dimension that they have chosen themselves, supported by a professional coach. To complement the training, several modules will be delivered in parallel.
In the final semester of the MSc ICE, you have the choice of either finalising your project or working in an innovative company. It’s up to you!
- Option 1: Internship – Innovation Oriented (final project)
- Option 2: Business Project (Incubation at YEC, after validation by a panel of experts and awarding of student-micro-entrepreneur status)
Partners
EPF Graduate School of Engineering
EPF is an engineering school that provides generalist training in the engineering sectors, using the most advanced methods and tools. EPF has a strong entrepreneurial culture, as its students take part in practical projects from the first year of study. EPF brings genuine expertise to this Master of Science.
Troyes School of Design Like SCBS, this school is part of Y SCHOOLS. The Troyes School of Design offers 3 or 5 year courses, training designers to adopt a global, cross-cutting approach. Design is a tool of strategic analysis, which is where the real business challenge lies. Designers must be able to offer new scenarios to the company – and therefore to the user – in line with the corporate identity. The School of Design’s contribution to project creation on the MSc ICE is therefore a great opportunity!
Aube Technopole in Champagne Founded 18 years ago, the Aube Technopole in Champagne is now a major tool in economic and technological development in the Aube region. The mission of the Aube Technopole in Champagne is to identify, assess and select innovative projects, then support the project leaders and entrepreneurs in starting up and developing a new company. The Technopole has over 66 companies, with over 550 jobs in the incubator and the serviced offices.
Young Entrepreneur Centre The mission of the YEC is to support local students and recent graduates in their projects. This student incubator is unusual as it is backed up by a Technopole! This specific characteristic and its expertise directly benefit students who want to join the incubator. The YEC offers a professional, personalised pathway to students on the Master of Science Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship.
Directors’ Association The Master of Science Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship is part of an ecosystem that has links with various directors’ associations: the Young Directors’ Centre, the Aube Business Start-up and Buyers Club and Créez comme Elles, a women’s business organisation. This close relationship to local associations is another asset in building your project.
Careers and opportunities
Nearly 60% of graduates move into roles as business engineers or project managers, while just under 25% decide to start their own business, relying on the support of our ecosystem (employment survey 2019).
Graduates earn an average salary of €41,000 when they leave the program, and 100% of them find jobs before graduating.
Where?
How to be an entrepreneur
Each SCBS program includes awareness sessions. This is an initial chance to explore and talk to the lecturers from the Innovation and Entrepreneurship department. Each session is a unique opportunity to discuss your entrepreneurial desires, the ideas floating around in your head or the questions you need an answer to.
Many stakeholders in the local entrepreneurial ecosystem (incubator, technopole, directors, BPI investment bank, investors, etc.) visit the school to tell the students about entrepreneurial life and help them build up a network.
Hackathons, challenges and creative events, held both at SCBS and at the Aube Technopole in Champagne, help to match up student profiles with additional skills (engineers, designers, IT technicians, etc.) who could become their partners.
Admission
For students with a French or foreign degree at level Bac+4 (4 years of higher education) who can prove they have earned 240 ECTS credits or equivalent.
Type of test: application and motivation interview in English
Tuition fees
The tuition fees are some of the most affordable within the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles.
European students:
€10,000
Non-European students:
€11,500
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