UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS CREATION

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Diploma
University Diploma
Input level
BAC
Duration
8 months
Graduate
Yes
Locations
Campus Hannah Arendt - Bâtiment Nord
Study plan
Initial, Continuous
Internship
no
Cost of training
  • Free for Avignon Université students as part of the Entrepreneurship Programme
  • 50€ for Avignon Université students not enrolled on the course
  • 150 for external students
  • 500 for non-students (employees; jobseekers, etc.)

For more information, please contact us: du-createur-entreprise@univ-avignon.fr
*University fees in addition to tuition fees

Sector

Presentation

The aim of this diploma is to develop an entrepreneurial spirit that can be applied to all areas of life. Adopting the entrepreneurial spirit means taking action, planning a project, taking the initiative, working as part of a team, creating a network and gaining self-confidence. Entrepreneurship fosters personal and professional openness.

Whether you're thinking of creating an innovative start-up, getting involved in the social economy, setting up an association project or simply discovering entrepreneurship, this university diploma (DU) could be of interest to you! You can carry out your own project, set up a fictitious project or link up with the project of others enrolled in the course. The aim is not necessarily to actually set up a business, but to learn about the process of doing so.

The aim of this course is to acquire the basic skills needed to set up or take over a self-employed business.

The course, designed for teaching at distanceThe course is as interactive as possible, giving you a great deal of freedom of organisation, while still being supervised by face-to-face meetings every 15 days. It is based around 4 essential aspects of setting up a business: sales, management, legal issues and starting up the business, for a total of 130 hours distributed from October 2025 to June 2026.

You will learn the skills you need through videos, interactive exercises, quizzes and case studies, as well as resource sheets and personalised tools. Regular virtual classes will be organised to support you. In addition, to put the concepts into practice, you will set up a creative project in groups of four with a personalised support from a professional coach.




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Domain: Culture, Heritage and Digital Societies

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Director :

Teaching and laboratory team

Séverine Graugnard, Head of Education.

Stefan Ré (Managing Director, Entent - Cleantech incubator), Ophélia Grangeon (Chartered Accountant), Catherine Chiabodo (A2CDE Economic Therapist - support for entrepreneurs), Florence Levasseur (Initiative Terres de Vaucluse),

Admission

Admission requirements

The DU is open to all, with no diploma requirements, but selection is based on a portfolio.


The number of places available is limited to 40.
This text will be updated shortly.

Courses and levels

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Code
Courses and teaching units
Hourly volume
Coefficient
ECTS
D-U09-3701 UNIT 1 DISCOVERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND DEFINING AN OFFER Hourly volume : 35h00 Coefficients : 1.00 Credits :
D-U09-3702 UNIT 2 FORECASTING Hourly volume : 35h00 Coefficients : 1.00 Credits :
D-U09-3703 UNIT 3 MASTERING THE LEGAL ASPECTS OF SETTING UP A BUSINESS Hourly volume : 20h00 Coefficients : 1.00 Credits :
D-U09-3709 UE 4 COMMUNICATING Hourly volume : 30h00 Coefficients : 1.00 Credits :
D-U09-3704 UNIT 5 CREATING A DESIGN PROJECT Hourly volume : 10h00 Coefficients : 1.00 Credits :

Job opportunities

Target professions :
Company director, entrepreneur.

Target skills :
- Presenting yourself and speaking in public,
- Working as part of a team,
- Managing a project,
- Adopting an attitude of constant monitoring of its environment,
- Present and defend a business start-up project,
- Communicating and convincing stakeholders,
- Mastering the stages of a business plan,
- Develop your professional network.

Lifelong Learning

Relais Handicap

Training accessible to people with disabilities. Contact the Relais Handicap :
univ-avignon.fr/campus/accessibility/disability/

The SFTLV has a disability advisor:
accueil-fc@univ-avignon.fr
04 32 74 32 20

Applications

Application file

Contact

Lifelong learning
74 rue Louis Pasteur
84029 Avignon
Tel: +33 (0)4 90 16 27 80

 

Secretariat 

du-createur-entreprise@univ-avignon.fr

 

Important documents and links

Presentation brochure

 

 

Once you have registered, you will be asked to use the Digital Working Environment (ENT). Find out how to use it: Digital Working Environment (ENT)

Continuing education rate
  • Free for Avignon Université students as part of the Entrepreneurship Programme
  • 50€ for Avignon Université students not enrolled on the course
  • 150 for external students
  • 500 for non-students (employees; jobseekers, etc.)

For more information, please contact us: du-createur-entreprise@univ-avignon.fr
*University fees in addition to tuition fees

Practical information

Lifelong Learning

 

 

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Contact

Practical information
Institute for Culture, Heritage and Digital Societies

Avignon University

74 rue Louis Pasteur

84029 AVIGNON

Tel :04 90 16 26 79
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