M2 Network Industries and Digital Economy

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  • Places available
    15
  • Language(s) of instruction
    English
    French
  • Enrolment type
    Formation initiale
    Formation continue
Présentation
Objectives

The network industry is at the centre of today's changing economy: on one hand, it is progressively opening up to competition, which has disrupted organisations and the way their markets function, and on the other hand, it serves as the infrastructure for the entire economy. The rapid digitisation of the economy which involves networks, IT and knowledge technologies, has given rise to new industrial stakeholders and new services and modifies the way we design, produce, distribute and consume goods and services. It is important to understand this complex ecosystem, which has become a key factor in our economy.Possible jobs:
• Regulatory institution manager
• Consultants in a consultancy firm
• Companies in the Network and Digital Economy sector
• Teaching/Research
• Administrations and local governments

Skills

  • Analyse and understand the economic, societal and legal issues.

    • Career prospects

    The Master's programme leads to a wide range of opportunities. It provides the skills and adaptability to occupy key positions in:

    • sectors driving innovation and involve a high degree of network phenomena such as those of digital technology and energy, as well as biotechnologies, nanotechnologies, aeronautics, etc.
    • the banking and investment sector (seed capital, risk capital & development capital)
    • business consultancies, technology incubators, entrepreneurship, spin-offs, etc.
    • the regulatory agencies and authorities of the sectors concerned.
    • any organisation in the industrial, service, social, public or territorial sectors called upon to design and deploy innovation strategies or to steer projects linked to network industries or digital industries
    • services that design and manage supply chains or the production processes of services offered by complex systems
    • research organisations.

    The main career openings are:

    • for the professional path: the strategic or operational departments of major industrial groups, banks, consulting companies and large research centres, as well as innovative SME-SMIs, innovation and strategy consulting companies, large organisations steering scientific and innovation policies, regulatory agencies;
    • for the research path, more specifically: careers in teaching at tertiary level and careers in public research; European, national or regional public institutions in charge of developing innovation and research, industrial policies or competition policies.
    • Due to the cross-disciplinary nature of the programme, the jobs available at the end of the Master's course are highly varied:
    • For the professional path: Innovation manager, Technical-scientific auditor, Expert in innovative projects, Innovation financing specialist, Regulatory specialist, Competition analyst, Manager of a science and technology monitoring unit, Industrial marketing manager, Project manager in the innovation or digital field, Business analyst, Product manager, Strategy consultant, Study engineer, Business engineer, Manager of innovation intermediaries.
    • For the research paths: in industry: positions in R&D laboratories, in innovation organisation, in marketing, in prospective or strategic think tanks; in higher education teaching and research: university lecturers, development and partnerships officer in universities or engineering schools, or public research organisations; in international organizations: junior economist, sector project manager, analyst

    The Master's programme also prepares students for entrepreneurship. A number students carry out internships or their apprenticeship at start-ups and may be asked to stay and work there.

    Course Prerequisites

    Engineering schools, universities.

    Transfer paths

    non

    Location
    PARIS 16
    Tuition fees

    Find out more about the registration fees

    Collaboration(s)
    Laboratories

    Réseaux Innovation Territoires et Mondialisation
    Laboratoire Génie Industriel.

    Institut interdisciplinaire de l'innovation (i3), CNRS (UMR 9217)
    Dauphine Recherches en Management (UMR CNRS 788).

    Programme

    The schedule will be posted shortly.

    Modalités de candidatures
    Application period
    From 01/02/2026 to 31/03/2026
    Admission criteria
    Dossier
    Interview
    Compulsory supporting documents

    • Motivation letter.

    • All transcripts of the years / semesters validated since the high school diploma at the date of application.

    • Curriculum Vitae.

    Additional supporting documents

    • Certificate of French (compulsory for non-French speakers).

    • Detailed description and hourly volume of courses taken since the beginning of the university program.

    • VAP file (obligatory for all persons requesting a valuation of the assets to enter the diploma).

    • The application procedure, which depends on your nationality and your situation is explained here : https://urlz.fr/i3Lo.

    • Supporting documents :
      - Residence permit stating the country of residence of the first country
      - Or receipt of request stating the country of first asylum
      - Or document from the UNHCR granting refugee status
      - Or receipt of refugee status request delivered in France
      - Or residence permit stating the refugee status delivered in France
      - Or document stating subsidiary protection in France or abroad
      - Or document stating temporary protection in France or abroad.

    Contact(s)
    Course manager(s)
    Fabrice Le Guel - fabrice.le-guel@universite-paris-saclay.fr
    Administrative office
    Myriam Turpin - myriam.turpin@telecom-paris.fr