What to do after a DUT TC?

The DUT Techniques de Commercialisation (DUT TC, or Marketing Techniques) is a career-focused Bac+2 level university programme taught at IUTs (university institutes of technology). This diploma gives students solid skills in sales, marketing, customer relations and commercial communication.

After completing the programme, graduates have several options: entering the job market, continuing their studies at university or joining a business school to carry on to Master level (Bac+5).

Entering the world of work after a DUT TC

Thanks to its career-focused nature, the DUT Techniques de Commercialisation allows a rapid transition into working life. Students develop practical skills in a variety of areas linked to sales and customer relations.

Graduates can go on to a range of careers such as:

• sales representative

• technical sales representative

• customer account manager

• sales assistant

• department manager

• sales executive

• sales manager

The internships and work-study periods completed during the programme provide familiarity with sales techniques, commercial information management and the implementation of marketing strategies.

With experience, these profiles can progress to management or sales management positions.

Continuing your studies at a business school

Holders of a DUT Techniques de Commercialisation (Bac+2) can continue their studies at a business and management school through parallel admissions.

The EDC Paris Business School entrance exam allows students, for example, to join the third year of a Master in Management, leading to a Bac+5 degree at master's grade.

This third year generally allows students to:

• consolidate the fundamentals of management and business

• prepare their specialisation from the fourth year onwards

• develop new professional skills

Students can then choose a master's specialisation, either in their original field or in a complementary sector.

It is also possible to join a Bac+3 Bachelor, often offered on a work-study basis, in order to gain additional professional experience before continuing your studies or entering the job market.

Continuing with a licence or licence professionnelle

DUT TC graduates can also continue their studies at university by joining a general licence or a licence professionnelle.

The general licence

The general licence (Bac+3) is a more theoretical programme, often offered at IAEs (university management schools). It is good preparation for students who want to continue to a master's at university.

The licence professionnelle

The licence professionnelle takes one year after a Bac+2 and provides specific expertise in a professional field.

It remains a career-focused programme that makes it easier to enter the job market directly while also offering the possibility of going on to a master's.

The BUT Techniques de Commercialisation: the successor to the DUT

Since 2021, the DUT TC and the licence professionnelle have merged to create the BUT Techniques de Commercialisation, a Bac+3 level diploma.

After the BUT, students can:

• continue their studies with a master's at university,

• join the fourth year of a Master in Management,

• or go straight into the job market.

This programme therefore offers many prospects for progression, both in continuing studies and in entering the workforce.