International Executive Masters programme OpT

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The International Executive Masters OpT:

Objectives

Training leaders and reinforcing the skills of executive managers in water and sanitation urban utilities in developing and transitional countries

Assets

OpT combines:

• lecturers who are internationally recognised professionals with at least 10 years’ experience in the field
• students training in fostering change when they return to the company. As a managemen leader, they will put their newly acquired skills to work for the company and in the field
• networking between services, lecturers, tutors and trainees accross countries to promote future professional exchanges

Prospects

The Executive Masters programme OpT is designed for established professional of water and/or sanitation utilities and prepares for a management position

Programme

The programme takes place over a period of 18 months, with a form of occupational training.
Personal mission : the trainee will have to conduct a 3 phase study on a service chosen with his regulatory authority: diagnostic, forecasting and strategic plan, operational plan of action.

It requires that the trainee has to return twice to his country inside the designated service.

The 18 month programme:

• 6 months of training are designed to:
  • learn key concepts and analytical techniques
  • apply management tools to areas of operation
  • acquire prospective methods for financing and strategy
• Two periods of 6 months each are spent in the department targeted for their mission to:
  • accomplish a plan of action that follows a logical, progressive approach,
  • guide change, define reforms and have them approved
    

Acquired skills

The Executive Masters programme OpT aims to enhance the trainees’ managerial skills and particularly, to give them the expertise to:

• diagnose their services and elaborate strategies that allow them to reach excellence in technical, social and financial objectives
• guide change in private or state-owned companies, through sustainable management methods
• define and then manage reform in their department or country

Useful information

Teaching language : English and French for 2013-14

Required level : Applicants must have a postgraduate diploma: Diploma of Master, MSc, engineering degree, etc. However, applicants with 4-year degrees are accepted, and may be admitted by the selection committee if warranted by their professional experience and abilities. They must already be in a position of responsibility or going to reach such a position in the near future.

Applicants must have a sufficient command of the working language of the Executive Masters OpT for the year in which they apply.

Schedule : Download the English Class schedule
Classes begin in Montpellier in January 2013 for English Class

Tuition fees : 15,000 €
The additional cost of living and housing in France during the program is estimated at 17,000 €. Costs of trips to and from training centers to their Company also need to be budgeted

Teaching location :Montpellier, at theAgroParisTech-ENGREF Center. Some courses will be held abroad with international training partners of AgroParisTech.

So that trainees and their employers have a single contact for all administrative procedures and logistics arrangements, AgroParisTech has formed a partnership with Campus France, a French public organisation specialised in welcoming students, researchers and professionals and organising their stays in France.

How to apply

Only applications sponsored by the applicant’s company or regulatory authority are admitted. 5-year diploma required (4-year diploma accepted for applicants with an exceptional career background.)
Send your application form to opt at agroparistech.fr
N.B: The OpT team can help you find financial support, do not hesitate to contact us

Selection
Selection and interviews: from July 2012
Registration
By the end of November 2012 for English session (if openings are still available) By the end of January 2013 for French session
English session: classes begin in January 2013 in Montpellier

Main Contacts

Jean Antoine FABY:Director
Tel: +33(0)467 047 148 - Mobile: +33(0)607 233 389
Claire JOLIET: Assistant
Tel.: +33(0)467 047 149 - Fax: +33(0)467 047 147
Laury DERNONCOURT: Assistant
Tel.: +33(0)467 047 141 - Fax: +33(0)467 047 101

Documents available to download

 Water for All Chair - presentation
 International Executive Masters programme OpT-Presentation
 2013-14 schedule (English Class)
 Application form