Duration
2 years
Component
Institute for Communication, Information and Documents
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
Are you interested in becoming a versatile professional in internal and external organizational communication?
The Master’s in Information and Communication — “Organizational Communication” track (CO-APP) via apprenticeship—trains you to design, coordinate, and implement communication policies and strategies for companies and organizations.
This program prepares you for today’s communication roles and helps you adapt to future changes in the field, providing you with recognized initial professional experience. The versatility of your profile will be an asset for your entry into the workforce and your career advancement.
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Capacity (in numbers)
Know-how and skills
• Understand changes in the organizational landscape and grasp the challenges of communication in these contexts.
• Serve as a communications consultant, providing perspective and decision-making support to for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
• Lead and coordinate information and communication initiatives.
• Design and manage communication policies and strategies.
• Master the design, drafting, implementation, and management of internal and external communication projects.
• Understand the social, organizational, and technological challenges of the changes affecting organizations
Training benefits
• Numerous partnerships with companies and government agencies in the socio-economic field of education.
• Access to a wide range of sectors and professional fields in communications: public and private companies, the civil service, and non-profit organizations.
• Two consecutive years of paid professional experience, under an employment contract, within the same host organization.
• Courses linked to GERiiCO laboratory research and in constant connection with the professional sector: presentations by professionals, supervised projects, case studies, etc.
Organization
• 2-year program.
• An apprenticeship-only track.
• The master’s program is organized around Knowledge and Skills Blocks (KSBs).
Each KSB represents a cohesive and coherent set of courses designed to develop complementary knowledge and skills that meet a specific educational objective.
→ See the list of courses in the program in the files available for download (right sidebar).
Open on a sandwich basis
This program is offered exclusively as a work-study program.
On average, students spend 2 weeks at a host organization and 1 week in classes at the Infocom department over the course of 2 years. The schedule is provided at the beginning of the academic year.
Admission
Admission requirements
• Application process: Application materials and interview
Registration procedures
• Application: Complete the application on the national "Mon Master" platform: https://www.monmaster.gouv.fr/
And then
Further studies
This master’s program includes research training, allowing you, if you wish, to continue on to a Ph.D. (admission is based on application).
A Ph.D. program typically lasts three to five years. It is carried out within the framework of a doctoral school and a research laboratory. In the field of communication, this specifically refers to GERiiCO (Interdisciplinary Study and Research Group in Information and Communication), a laboratory accredited by the Ministry.
Professional integration
Sectors:
• Businesses
• Local governments
• Industry
• Retail
• Media
• Cultural sector
• Education sector
• Communications consulting agencies
• Consulting agencies and organizations (internal communications, auditing, etc.)
• Advertising agencies
• Event planning
• Audiovisual and multimedia production companies
Target Roles
• Internal/External Communications Officer, Manager, or Director
• Public Relations Manager
• Communications Consultant
• Project Manager (companies, agencies, local governments, etc.)
• Public Relations Officer, Event Communications Specialist, Press Officer
• Internal/Social Communications Officer, Manager, or Director
Studies and surveys by the ODiF (Training Directorate Observatory) on graduate employment:
https://odif.univ-lille.fr/repertoires-demplois/master