



The Research Master "Studies and Consulting in Management Science" prepares students to access a doctoral programme which meets the high standards of international research.
It opens up to academic studies and prepares for careers in teaching and research. It also provides training for senior positions in consultancy and for management functions in national and international organisations. Most courses are taught in English.
This programme offers a wide range of courses and opens to specialisation in each student's domain of choice. Schedule runs from September to June. The first semester is devoted to the core curriculum and the second semester focuses on specialised courses.
(Semester 3) provide the methological foundations of research in management science:
Speciality: finance – audit – control
Speciality supervisor: Pr Patrick Rousseau
Specialty: marketing
Speciality supervisor: Pr Véronique Cova
Specialty: strategy and human resources management
Speciality supervisors: Pr. Emmanuelle Reynaud and Pr Olivier Roques
Specialty: public management
This course is taught at the Institute of Public Management and Territorial Governance (IMPGT)
Dissertation work is approached as a full research activity. It has to be homogeneous and thoroughly carried out. It has to show the student's ability to build a relevant problematic and to implement the related research methodology in a rigorous way. The dissertation therefore presents a problematic and highlights its interest. It also includes a literature review, research hypotheses and an empirical field study. The research student works under the guidance of a dissertation supervisor and aims at completing a tentative research publication. The dissertation is defended orally in front of a jury composed of two teacher-researchers.
Half of the Research Master students apply for doctorate training in management science for careers as teacher-researchers at university or in "grandes écoles". To that effect, the team of the Master's professors provide students with guidance to define their thesis projects, to choose their research supervisors and to pursue their doctoral studies at the IAE-backed CERGAM research centre (Centre d’Études et de Recherche sur la Gestion d’Aix-Marseille Université). The CERGAM is France's leading research centre for the number of defended these in the domain of management. Professors also assist students in procedures to apply for study-funding schemes: regional grants, doctoral contracts and CIFRE contracts (doctorates carried out in firms).
The other half aims at finding positions in consulting or in senior management (in marketing, human resources, strategy) in companies or in national or international organisations. The international reach of Aix-Marseille University attracts students from the five continents and recognised guest professors. This diversity is a real advantage for the programme.
Specialty: public management
Applicant file content includes:
Most applicants come from management and economics departements (in universities and "grandes écoles"). The Research Master is also open to students from other disciplines: engineering schools, sociology, law, mathematics, philosophy, politics.