What is Mastère spécialisé?
A '''Mastère Spécialisé''' ('''MS'''), also called '''Specialized Master''' or '''Advanced Master''', is a [[France|French]] [[Academic degree|degree]] (created in 1986) that a person gets after completing a [[Master's degree]] and then continuing to study in a [[Grande École]] in some specific field. These students are considered to possess more advanced knowledge of the field that they study, as compared to those who only get a Master's degree. The course takes one year to complete, including at least four months of practical internship. == History == The history of the Mastère Spécialisé starts in 1986. During the end of the 1980s, the ''[[Commission des titres d'ingénieur]]'' required that a student spend two years in a school to graduate with the French [[Master's degree]]. But a lot of foreign students sometimes came one entirely year in the French schools and came back to their own country without a [[Academic degree|degree]]. Also, the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System was not yet adopted by all the schools. Otherwise, companies in [[France]] was looking for graduated students with specialized skills, for jobs in key sectors. For these two reasons, the French ''[[Conférence des Grandes Écoles]]'' has created the Mastère Spécialisé.<ref>{{in lang|fr}}[http://www.cge-news.com/main.php?p=130 25 ans des Mastères Spécialisés ! Label de qualité pour une vocation professionnelle affirmée] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005014852/http://www.cge-news.com/main.php?p=130 |date=2013-10-05 }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{France-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mastere Specialise}} [[Category:Academic degrees]] [[Category:1986 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:1980s establishments in France]]