C&D network

The Compétences et Développement network is a network of schools and training centres with over 30 campuses in France and abroad.

Its 14 "grandes écoles" and apprentice training centres offer courses from Bac to Bac+5, preparing students for a wide range of careers in a variety of specialisations: responsible management, IT engineering, interior architecture, business development, commerce and marketing, tourism, environmental technologies, management and entrepreneurship, accounting and corporate finance, agri and agro business, international relations and political science, communication, technology and digital expertise.

With more than 16,000 students, the Compétences et Développement network is one of the leaders in private higher education in France.

Its mission is to train professionals who are operational, autonomous, sensitive to innovation and entrepreneurship, and open to international opportunities. We select our students not only on the basis of their academic results, but also on the basis of their achievements, their potential, their values and their life path. This method of selection, to which we are very attached, enables us to integrate a wide range of talent into our schools.

While our selection process is greatly appreciated by young people who do not want to be selected solely on the basis of their marks, it is certainly our teaching methods that most attract learners to our schools.

In addition to encouragement and support, our schools' teaching methods include :

Openness to the business world, professionalisation and employability,
Offering varied, tailor-made courses,
Systematic double diplomas for students,
Encouraging international mobility and the use of foreign languages,
Opening up to the world by welcoming foreign students,
Teaching behavioural skills: people skills,
Experiences and adventures: fewer classroom lessons,
Inclusive campuses: diversity is a wonderful opportunity to open up to the world and learn from others,
Speakers who are 'outside the box' and 'role models', able to pass on skills as well as life experiences,
Access to art and culture on all our campuses,
Sport: essential for balance and health.

On a daily basis, all Compétences et Développement schools and training centres implement our own teaching methods based on support and encouragement, which aim to promote the personal and professional development of each learner.

The ambition of the Compétences et Développement network is to contribute to a youth that is fulfilled, a youth that is happy and well-balanced, a youth that will be able to play an active role in the world of tomorrow, a world that we hope will be more united and more inclusive.

To achieve this, all our schools' staff and teachers do a remarkable job working with young people. Day after day, they put their energy and passion into :

Encourage them,
Support them,
Show companies and society as a whole their many talents,
Enable them to express their potential,
Turn them into people who have the self-confidence to dare to realise their dreams.

These same ambitions extend to jobseekers and employees on continuing education courses. The individualised training courses we offer provide a valuable opportunity for professional retraining and skills development, enabling people to adapt to changes in their professions and improve their employability.