International economic expertise – 211 - Master’s Year 2

The program consists of around 400 hours of instruction between September and March.
The program is designed to offer a balance between theory and practice in both its content and its instructional methods. Classes work in small groups to encourage active pedagogy in the form of group work, projects, presentations, and so on.
The program offers a large number of electives, 30% of which are taught in English.
The year is structured on a rotational model, according to the following pattern:

• From September to March: 3 days at work, 2 days on campus;
• From April to September: full-time work.

Students do their rotations in a wide range of institutions in the private and public sector.
The apprenticeship is reviewed in regular meetings with an academic tutor and an apprenticeship mentor and results in two assignments and a thesis defense.

• The first mid-apprenticeship assignment presents the host company or institution and its environment; it describes the goals and projects for the second half of the apprenticeship.
• The second assignment is an economic thesis based on one or more of these projects; it also contains a summary of the apprenticeship. Students must then defend the thesis.

Over the course of the year, students also undertake interdisciplinary academic projects such as organizing a research trip and planning and putting on a conference.

Continuing education students must complete an internship of at least three months. They can do so at their current place of work.