Programme

The ÉCITE Advance Master programme offers comprehensive training of 371 hours of instruction, structured around a company assignment and a professional thesis.
The curriculum is based on a multidisciplinary approach integrating the technical, economic, social, organizational, and territorial dimensions of the circular economy.

The Academics relies on active pedagogy combining case studies, simulations, a flagship project, collaborative workshops, and interventions from experts in environment, industry, and local authorities.

📘 General Structure of the Academics

  • 371 hours of instruction
  • 75 ECTS
  • Project Management
  • Capstone Project
  • Corporate Assignment (6 months)
  • Thesis Support Tutoring

The programme is organized around an integration seminar and 5 major modules, each targeting a set of key skills in circular economy.

Integration Seminar (12h)

Getting Started – Understanding the Challenges – Establishing a Common Foundation

This seminar allows for:

  • acquiring fundamental concepts of the circular economy,
  • discovering territorial and industrial approaches,
  • creating a cohort dynamic around the collective Academics project.
    Module 1

    Module 1 – Challenges of the Circular Economy

    Volume: 6h – 2 ECTS

    This module lays the conceptual and strategic foundations:

    • Understanding the limits of the linear model
    • Identifying levers for circularity
    • Understanding major national and European frameworks
    • Connecting environmental, social, and economic challenges

    Objective

    Mastering key concepts and positioning the circular economy within public policies and organizational strategies.

    Module 2

    Module 2 – Towards New Products and Services

    Volume: 10h – 13 ECTS

    This module explores innovation levers at the product level:

    • Eco-design
    • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
    • Reuse, repair, re-use
    • New economic models (functionality, rental, sharing…)

    Objective

    Designing products and services compatible with circularity principles.

    Module 3

    Module 3 – Towards New Corporate Management Approaches

    Volume: 59h – 8 ECTS

    This module focuses on transition within organizations:

    • Sustainable and responsible management
    • Adaptation of internal processes
    • Change management
    • Integration of circularity into global strategy
    • Corporate social responsibility

    Objective

    Driving the internal transformation of organizations towards more sustainable and circular models.

    Module 4

    Module 4 – Towards New Territorial Approaches

    Volume: 84h – 11 ECTS

    A module focused on the territorial dimension of the circular economy:

    • Industrial symbioses
    • Local resource loops
    • Flow management and urban metabolism
    • Territorial governance
    • Public-private cooperation
    • Territorial decision-making tools

    Objective

    Understanding the territory as an ecosystem and implementing circular approaches at the local level.

    Module 5

    Module 5 – Assignment Monitoring & Professional Immersion

    Volume: 100h – 11 ECTS

    This module provides operational support:

    • Individualized support
    • Application of concepts learned in a corporate setting
    • Resolution of concrete problems
    • Investigation, analysis, and proposal work

    Objective

    Developing the professional skills required for managing concrete projects in the circular economy.

    Project Management (24h – 3 ECTS)

    Essential Academics for leading projects in the circular economy:

    • Management tools (planning, risks, budgets)
    • Agile methods
    • Coordination of multiple stakeholders

    Flagship Project (40h – 4 ECTS)

    Transdisciplinary project conducted in groups, enabling participants to:

    • address a real-world application case,
    • mobilize all acquired knowledge,
    • present a well-reasoned report.

    Professional Thesis Tutoring (36h – 4 ECTS)

    Individualized support for:

    • framing the professional project,
    • structuring the methodological approach,
    • preparing the writing and final defense.

    Corporate Assignment (6 months – 30 ECTS)

    The professional assignment is at the core of the training:

    • Direct application of skills
    • Analysis of a real-world circular economy issue
    • Production of a professional thesis defended before a jury

    Objective: to develop recognized and immediately marketable expertise.

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    Contacts

    Company and student

    ms-ecite@mines-stetienne.fr

    Academic coordinators

    Michelle MONGO-DESAGE

    Associate Professor
    Phone number
    +33 4 77 49 97 35
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    Audrey TANGUY

    Assistant Professor
    Phone number
    +33 4 77 42 01 90
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