The Junior Consultant Mission: when students from Master in Management step into the boardroom
The Junior Consultant Assignment, the final major milestone before students head abroad, brings the first cycle of the Master in Management to a close with a real-world scenario.
Four weeks, one company, one strategic challenge. And second-year students who, for the duration of their assignment, become consultants.
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Immersion, not simulation
For one month, students join a company in small teams and take charge of a high-impact operational issue, selected for its strategic value.
No theoretical exercise, no case study: a real brief, a real client, a real deadline. Teams are not chosen by the students, nor are the topics — a deliberate constraint that places them, from day one, in the conditions of professional consulting.
Anchored in the heart of La Défense
The mission draws on a network of companies and institutional partners committed to the school, including the Mairie de Puteaux, a reflection of EDC Paris’s anchoring in Europe’s leading business district. The alumni network is equally engaged, embodying the continuity that runs across generations of EDC graduates.
Three coaches, one academic direction
Each mission rests on three complementary pillars, under the oversight of the academic direction.
The host company entrusts students with a genuine strategic assignment and provides day-to-day operational supervision.
A business coach, an alumnus of the Master in Management, shares field expertise and guides students in shaping their professional posture.
A tech coach, a dedicated expert, supports them in applying the skills developed through the “Tech for Business” module. Three complementary perspectives, one shared standard: preparing students to deliver work of professional calibre.
Learning the consultant’s stance
The stakes of the mission go beyond the delivery of a project. Students learn to step into an organisation they did not choose, to work with a team they did not assemble, to steer a mandate within a tight timeframe. Agility, initiative, the capacity to collaborate effectively — these are reflexes that only direct exposure to the field can forge.
A deliverable, an Oral, Exam
Assessment is structured around two key moments. First, the submission of a deliverable that the host company can put to immediate use.
Then, an Oral Exam before a panel of professionals, where students present and defend their analyses, their strategic choices and their recommendations.
A demanding exercise that validates their command of analysis, synthesis and strategic argumentation.
At the end of these four weeks, students have done more than complete a project: they have crossed a threshold. The one that separates the student from the professional.