At the USMB, there are 3 ways to combine your academic career with a business start-up project. The Pôle Entrepreneuriat and USMB's partners are there to support you and your entrepreneurial spirit.
Do you have a real entrepreneurial drive?
With or without a personal project to create your own business, the USMB offers you 3 ways to develop your entrepreneurial spirit and help you get started: the Student-Entrepreneur status, the Student-Entrepreneur Diploma (D2E) and the Entrepreneurship Course.
In 2022, 60 entrepreneurs, students from bac+1 to bac+8, from 8 USMB academics structures, formed the 11th Entrepreneurship class. Among their projects: development of a sensor to measure human activity, creation of an escape game kit, launch of a construction agency and a communications agency, development of a diary for top-level athletes, etc.
Throughout the year, they benefited from free coaching by professional speakers,professional workshops (project management, communication strategy, business law, etc.), meetings with experts (lawyers, chartered accountants, etc.),international schools organized in the Savoie Mont Blanc region and abroad, and a pitch competition.
Sucess stories and testimonials
The USMB Entrepreneurship Center works in partnership with the Club des Entreprises de l'USMB, the Fondation USMB, the PITON program, the Pépite OZER, the Réseau Entreprendre, the Savoie Technolac Incubator at Chambéry-Grand Lac économie and the Grand Annecy region.
Because together, we move forward even better!
Throughout the year, the Pôle also offers a wide range of networking, project support, entrepreneurship awareness and training events. These events enable you to get off to the best possible start with your project, or to gain an initial insight into the world of entrepreneurship.
To find out more, please contact our team! We'll be happy to answer all your questions.
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Do you have a business start-up project in mind? The student-entrepreneur status will provide you with the skills and resources you need to build your project over the course of a year.
You can obtain this status either during your studies, or if you already have a degree (minimum level baccalauréat or equivalent, French or foreign).
For one year, you benefit from :
Created to enhance your career as a student-entrepreneur, this diploma supports student-entrepreneur status with a personalized, dedicated academics qualification in entrepreneurship and project management. It favors learning by doing, and is based on digital teaching resources. This diploma enables you to carry out your project with maximum security and visibility.
Who is it for? All students with a business start-up project, whatever its nature or stage of development. The student-entrepreneur diploma (D2E) is compulsory for recent graduates and those with a baccalaureate to qualify for student status and related benefits (grants, social security, access to housing, catering). It is also compulsory for students at the end of their studies (L3 without continuation, M2, Doctorate).
La différence entre le Statut d’étudiant-entrepreneur et le Diplôme d’étudiant-entrepreneur
Avec le dispositif Diplôme d’étudiant-entrepreneur, vous avez tous les avantages du statut d’étudiant-entrepreneur plus d’autres privilèges liés à votre D2E.
For one year, you benefit from :
It's a semester of free training and coaching with speakers from the business world who specialize in project management, business planning, market research and one-to-one coaching.
The academics program takes place over 6 months, on Thursday afternoons in 3-hour modules from September to January, on the Bourget-du-Lac or Annecy campuses.
The Entrepreneurship Pathway is open to all students from bac to bac+8, with or without a personal project to set up a business, but with a real motivation and desire to become an entrepreneur.
For one year, you benefit from :
Here are the key stages and periods not to be missed.
How to apply?
Complete the online application form before September 22, 2025:
👉 I apply
Oral interview (10 minutes) with selection committee: week of September 22, 2025
Program start date: from October 2, 2025
Candidatures en ligne :
Du 1er juin au 25 septembre 2025
👉 Je candidate
Selection committees by date of submission :
Before June 9 → passage the week of June 23, 2025
Before August 17 → passage the week of September 8, 2025
Avant le 7 septembre → passage la semaine du 24 septembre 2025
(Dates de comité pour novembre 2025 et janvier 2026 à confirmer ultérieurement)
Introduction of status : from October 2025
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025 | Le OFF du financement : Startups, hack the secrets financing and investment.
Que vous vous lanciez dans l’aventure levée de fonds ou que vous soyez aguerris à l’exercice, vous êtes au bon endroit ! Profitez d’interventions des acteurs du financement et de l’invetissement qui lèveront le voile sur les secrets de la réussite d’une levée de fonds. Suivi d’une conférence avec la participation exceptionnelle de Maurice Oms, Directeur départemental et correspondant innovation startups de la Banque de France.
👉Programme et inscription : https://server.matchmaking-studio.com/fr/M6SS737s7e
