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Training for urban local professionals

Graduates of the Urban School hold senior positions in local authorities, government departments, international organisations, consultancy firms, and companies in the energy, transport and housing sectors, among others.

Our master’s programmes train professionals capable of influencing the development of local strategies, the implementation of public policies, economic development, and socio-environmental transitions, to support the transformation of territories, from rapidly growing cities to rural and peri-urban areas.

98% of the cohort found employment within six months of graduation or of completing their degree⁽¹⁾

A wide range of sectors and career opportunities

The sectors that recruit students from the Urban School are varied: whether in a regional health agency, working for a local elected representative or with a major player in the transport sector, the career paths of our graduates demonstrate a strong ability to adapt, moving constantly between sectors, organisations and even different territorial levels.

The main sectors of activity are:

Public institutions and local authorities
Consultancy firms and design offices
International organisations – NGOs – Associations
Services – Industry – Energy – Transport and mobility
Ecological transition, risk management & sustainable development
Property - Housing - Living environments
Urban planning and spatial planning
Research

Designing, managing and evaluating local and national public policies.

Examples of roles:
●    Territorial Policy Officer
●    Urban regeneration project manager
●    Public policy analyst

Examples of organisations:
●    City of Paris
●    Lyon Metropolitan Area
●    Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Council
●    National Agency for Territorial Cohesion

Support public and private-sector stakeholders in defining territorial strategies, evaluating public policies, and managing complex projects.

Examples of roles:
●    Public policy consultant
●    Urban research officer
●    Sustainable mobility consultant/project manager

Examples of organisations:
●    Algoé Consultants
●    Auxilia
●    CMI Strategies
●    Egis
●    Evidence
●    Ernst & Young Advisory
●    Groupe Huit

Work on issues relating to urban governance, international cooperation, climate change and sustainable development at European and global levels.

Examples of roles:
●    Urban Strategy and Policy Officer
●    Policy Officer
●    Reporting Officer

Examples of organisations:
●    Eurocities
●    ICLEI - Europe
●    UN-Habitat
●    United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
●    United Cities and Local Governments

Contribute to the strategic and operational management of major urban infrastructure and services (mobility, water management, waste management, energy, networks, digital).

Examples of roles:
●    Mobility Project Manager
●    Head of Mobility Planning
●    Cycling Infrastructure Project Manager
●    Water and Sanitation Policy Officer

Examples of organisations:
●    EPT Est ensemble
●    Public Water Development and Management Authority (EPAGE)
●    MENELIK
●    RTE
●    Transdev

Support local authorities in their climate, energy and environmental strategies, in line with local and national public policies.

Examples of roles:
●    Agriculture and Food Policy Officer
●    Climate Change Adaptation Officer
●    Carbon credits analyst
●    Low-carbon strategy consultant

Examples of organisations:
●    ADEME (French Agency for Ecological Transition)
●    Cerema
●    Ministry for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion
●    Observatory of Sustainable Real Estate
●    Veolia

Contribute to the development, management and transformation of property projects and housing policies.

Examples of roles:
●    Real Estate Project Manager
●    Property Development Officer
●    Housing Policy Manager

Examples of organisations:
●    ICADE
●    CDC Habitat
●    Vinci Immobilier

Contribute to the creation and regeneration of urban spaces by integrating environmental, economic and social considerations.

Examples of role:
●    Urban Development Project Manager
●    Action Cœur de Ville Regional Expert
●    Urban planning consultancy

Examples of organisations
●    Anjou Loire Territoire
●    EPT Plaine Commune
●    Grand Paris Aménagement
●    Grand Paris Sud-Est Avenir

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Get ready for professional life: tools

Academic training dispensed in the various programs of the Urban School allows the acquisition of essential analytical skills to the professionalization of the students. That it is disciplinary courses of social sciences, regional courses or teachings of methods, all participate to forge their rigor of analysis.

Every Master's degree organizes within its program training courses distributed by practitioners:

Also called a capstone, the group project puts students in a professional situation. These have to respond to a request of a private or public structure on an urban or territorial problem (housing environment, planning, economic development, transport, mobility, etc.).

Over 9 months, each team of 4 to 5 students works under the supervision of a tutor, a specialist in the subject being handled. The project ends with an oral presentation by the students to the partner. This period of renditions takes place from the end of May to the middle of June.

How to propose a group project?

The internships and the alternation are supervised at the same time by referents of internship, educational tutors (alternation) and the academic advisors to ensure a follow-up to the students.