DU – Introduction to entrepreneurship

The DU initiation to entrepreneurship is a training labeled Professional Specialization Diploma (DSP) by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR). This label, leading to an establishment diploma, identifies training designed with the objective of professional integration and defined in conjunction with stakeholders in the professional world. The DU is made up of two semesters and lasts one year. The total teaching time is 280 hours, plus 164 hours of internship. The objective of this training is to offer a complete training in initiation to entrepreneurship for any high school graduate who wishes to discover the world and activities of business creation/takeover.

The DU is an initial training created with the aim of offering complete introductory training in entrepreneurship for any bachelor who wishes to discover the world and activities of business creation/resumption.
To do this, the training provided will provide initial contact with the markets and the entrepreneurship ecosystem, practical workshops (identifying opportunities, imagining a project, pitches, etc.), and operational courses on business management (financing, legal structures, sales pitch, etc.). In addition, the DU will aim to enable students to develop their spirit of initiative, their potential for creativity and innovation, as well as an openness to the world of entrepreneurship. It will also aim to demystify entrepreneurship and make it accessible to as many people as possible.

The lessons will be carried out by academics, professionals working in the sectors of activity targeted by the DU, entrepreneurs and approved trainers.

This diploma offers a mixed pedagogy alternating theoretical and practical lessons with speakers from the academic and professional world. There will be practical application of learning directly on the projects carried out by the participants in the training in “learning by doing” mode. 

This training also offers strong interactions with the socio-professional world. In addition, students will be able to benefit from access to the coworking space as well as documentary resources and participate in various innovative business creation project competitions.

Detect and analyze useful information with a view to developing an entrepreneurial project:

• Detect market opportunities    
• Translate opportunities into entrepreneurial projects
• Know how to put together a business model and a business plan
• Develop the individual qualities necessary for managing an entrepreneurial project (communication, initiative, autonomy, etc.)

Master the different dimensions of managing an organization:

• Know the company and its environment
• Master the economic, legal, social, financial and commercial aspects of the company
• Manage and lead a team of collaborators

• Behavioral discovery
• The fundamentals of business management
• Entrepreneurship ecosystem
• Sectoral perspectives and opportunity detection
• Creativity and ideation
• Analyze a market and detect opportunities
• Takeover
• Innovation competition
• Internship in company / open innovation

Mandatory 164-hour internship

Not concerned

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Degrees in economics and management

Business manager in the commerce, services and craft sectors

Project manager

Team leader in an existing company

Management and coordination functions in Small and Medium Enterprises