Advanced Master in Sustainable Economics and Management

In a rapidly changing world, marked by the degradation of biodiversity and profound climate disruptions, UNamur's one-year program, held in the evening, offers a unique opportunity to rethink public policies, corporate strategies, modes of collaboration or even production and consumption, in the light of current environmental and societal challenges.

Focused on the economic, managerial and entrepreneurial transformations linked to the ecological transition, this Master of Specialization is aimed at those who want to understand the crucial challenges of our time and become actors of change.

Dive into an immersive experience where you'll benefit from the insight and guidance of academics and professionals in the field, ready to share their concrete field experience.

• A University Education

  This program, co-organized by UNamur and Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, offers a unique learning experience.

  • UNamur's expertise in Economics and Management

    UNamur has an international reputation in economics and management, particularly in crucial areas of sustainable development such as natural resource management, collaborative consumption, inequality and sustainable finance. It is also home to the nationally and internationally recognized DeFiPP and Transitions institutes, which study the impact of transition on nature and our societies.

  • Partnership with the Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale

    UNamur surrounds itself with experts and collaborates with the Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale to give you the benefit of long experience in teaching sustainable development and specific support. This partnership ensures comprehensive, critical training that's open to territorial realities.

• Rooted in Field Realities

  The program aims to reflect the diverse contexts of the challenges of ecological transition, fostering close interactions with the economic and corporate world, through a seminar dedicated to sharing the experiences of practitioners, the use of real cases in progress, and project dissertations based on concrete field issues.

• A Schedule Adapted to Working Life

  Courses, taught on weekday evenings (from 6pm to 9pm) and/or Saturday mornings, take place in a department exclusively dedicated to adults returning to school. Thanks to hybrid teaching alternating face-to-face and distance learning (live or replay), you can reconcile training with your professional activity.

• A 1-Year Training

  The activities of the Master of Specialization in Sustainable Development Management and Economics comprise 60 teaching credits organized over one academic year.

• become economic and business experts, fully aware of sustainable development issues and the complex challenges linked to environmental, digital, social and economic transitions;
• rethink our development model and align it with aspirations that are truly sustainable, resilient, compatible with the finite limits of our planet and the preservation of our ecosystems ;
• propose new production and consumption logics with a circular, even "regenerative" focus;
• accompany companies, local and international public administrations, or even associations and NGOs in their transition process towards a decarbonized economy and adopt sustainable business models.

The Specialized Master's program responds to the need for specialized knowledge in the fields of economics and management, but also to the need to adopt cross-disciplinary approaches to understand and grasp complex problems linked to the challenges of the ecological transition towards (sustainable) development within organizations.

It is divided into 4 modules.

Modules 1 and 2 cover the fundamental concepts of sustainable development in management and economics.

The module 3 opens you up to essential sustainability themes outside the core disciplines or to viewpoints from players in the field. This module also accommodates cutting-edge teaching, such as water management or eco-design and life cycle assessment taught in the Master's degree "Environmental Management - Economics and Management of the Environment and Sustainable Development" at the Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale.

The module 4 is distinguished by the production of a dissertation, conceived as a project integrating a collective work phase and another individual one. The aim is to go beyond theoretical learning by producing a personal analysis. The dissertation is structured around the resolution of a concrete problem from the world of economics or business. It thus offers a unique opportunity to apply your learning to real, current situations, reinforcing your expertise in the field of sustainable development.

This specialization master's program is open to students with a solid background in fields that may be other than economics and management (e.g. law, biology, geography...).

This openness encourages heterogeneity within the program. Each student can bring his or her own particular perspective to sustainable development issues, which enriches exchanges during classes or when carrying out projects.