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Why choose Executive Education?

Career advancement and leadership responsibilities

Ready to reach the next level? An executive course is the ideal catalyst for your career progression. Gain the strategic perspective needed to take on senior management roles and transform your potential into real-world impact.

Career change and professional transition

Changing direction requires both a structured method and expertise. Our programmes facilitate career changes for executives and managers by securing your professional transition. Capitalise on your past experience to successfully move towards new professional horizons.

Developing skills in management and finance

Tomorrow’s leadership is shaped today. Refine your expertise: choose a professional management course to develop your leadership, or a professional finance course to master strategic performance.

Executive Education programmes

Executive MBA (EMBA)

More than just a degree, the Executive MBA is a transformative experience. Our EMBA is a high-level executive education programme offering a global and international vision, essential for propelling your career towards director-level positions.

Certificates and short courses

Need to upskill quickly? Our executive education certificates offer high-level professional training in key areas of expertise. Target your needs precisely to become immediately operational without putting your career on hold.

Management, finance, and leadership training

ICN supports you with a structured range of training for managers and leaders. From continuing education to specialised programmes, cultivate your leadership stance with management training that makes a difference.

Funding your executive education

CPF and professional development funding

Your CPF account is a major lever. Using CPF funding for professional development allows you to optimise your personal investment. We support you in mobilising your CPF to bring your training project to life. Your Personal Training Account (CPF) is a key asset for your professional growth. Far more than a mere administrative formality, it is a right earned by every employee: throughout your career, you accrue funds every year to build your training pot.

However, many are unaware that this account has a limit: once the €5,000 ceiling is reached, you no longer accumulate new rights. Using your CPF for training is therefore a strategic move: by mobilising your current balance, you free up space in your account to start accruing funds again, thus optimising your long-term personal investment. To support you in this process, we provide our expertise and our Qualiopi certification. This state-recognised label guarantees that our training meets the most demanding quality criteria, ensuring a learning experience that is as rigorous as it is effective.

Do not let your rights sit idle. We guide you step-by-step to mobilise your CPF and transform your credits into concrete new skills for your future projects.

OPCOs and employer funding

Excellence in training is a shared investment, not a burden you should carry alone. To turn your ambitions into reality, your OPCO (Skills Operator) is a key partner: it can fund your continuing education as part of your company’s skills development plan.

Our role is to support you in this financial planning. We help you structure your Executive Education funding request optimally, with one clear goal: to maximise external funding to limit, as much as possible, the use of your personal funds.

Personal funding and complementary schemes

Don’t let anything hold back your ambition! If necessary, personal funding and complementary schemes can bridge the gap. Whether you opt for a work-study executive programme or other banking solutions, ICN guides you towards the best option. Thanks to our expertise in funding mechanisms, we transform administrative complexity into a concrete opportunity for upskilling, while protecting your budget.

Executive Education and Career Impact

Return on Investment (ROI) of an executive course

The return on investment of a training programme is measured in concrete terms: promotion, salary increase, or entrepreneurial success. Investing in an executive course, whether with our Paris Executive Education team or at our other campuses, is a strategic move to boost your market value.

Investing in executive education is a strategic placement in your own human capital. Thanks to the Qualiopi certification, this pathway becomes both a financial lever and a tangible career accelerator.

Opting for a certified programme ensures measurable results:

• Career acceleration: Over 80% of executives move into new responsibilities or director-level positions within 12 months of completing their training (Source: CGE 2025).
• Immediate salary gain: High-level pathways generate an average salary increase of 15% to 22%, allowing for a full return on investment in less than two years (Source: Financial Times 2025).
• Long-term employability: 92% of certified graduates strengthen their credibility with senior management in the face of market shifts (Source: APEC Barometer).
• Influential network: Immediate access to 35,000 alumni transforms your qualification into a continuous stream of business opportunities.

By mobilising your funding (CPF, OPCO) for a Qualiopi-certified pathway, you minimise your personal contribution while maximising your market value. This is the choice of recognised expertise, profitable from day one.

Professional opportunities after Executive Education

Your career following an Executive Education programme opens up new horizons. Thanks to the power of our network and the expertise gained, our graduates secure high-responsibility roles aligned with their ambitions.

We frequently see engineers or production managers transition into CEO (Chief Executive Officer) or COO (Chief Operating Officer) roles, while finance or HR executives establish themselves as strategic pillars within prestigious groups, the “Big Four” firms, or by launching their own ventures.

Beyond a change in job title, it is a change in dimension: our Executive Education graduates no longer simply execute a strategy; they design and lead it at the highest level of global organisations, whether joining top-tier management or choosing the path of entrepreneurship.

What funding options are available for your profile?

Are you a job seeker?

• Individual Training Grant (AIF): Funded by France Travail to meet specific needs not covered by other training schemes.
• Personal Training Account (CPF): If you have sufficient credits on your CPF for the chosen course, your project is automatically validated as part of your Personalised Employment Access Plan (PPAE). No prior authorisation from France Travail is required.

However, if your credits are insufficient, France Travail must validate the training project to arrange additional funding (Opacif, State, Region, etc.).

• France Travail can now directly top up your CPF to cover any remaining costs. In all cases, you must inform your France Travail advisor during your appointments.
• Professional Securisation Contract (CSP): Available in the event of redundancy for economic reasons in companies not required to offer redeployment leave. The CSP is offered to employees and includes training funding.
• Individual Operational Preparation for Employment (POEI): This aims to develop the specific skills required for a particular job role. Initiated by an employer, it allows a job seeker to undergo training to acquire the skills needed for a job vacancy registered with France Travail. Maximum duration: 450 hours (up to 600 hours for specific groups).

Are you self-employed?

Your profession’s Training Insurance Fund (FAF) can provide financial support for your project, subject to conditions.

• Liberal Professions: Interprofessional Fund for Liberal Professionals (FIF-PL).
• Medical Professions: Training Assurance Fund for the Medical Profession (FAF-PM).
• Retailers and Non-salaried Managers (Commerce, Industry, Services): Association for the Management of Training Finance for Business Leaders (Agefice).
• Artists and Authors: Training Assurance Fund for the Culture, Communication, and Leisure sectors (AFDAS).
• Craftspeople and Tradespeople: Training Assurance Fund for Craft Business Leaders (FAFCEA).
• Farmers and Forestry Managers: Fund for the Training of Entrepreneurs in the Living World (Vivéa).
• Fishing Professionals and Shellfish Farmers: Subject to the relevant OPCO.

PLEASE NOTE: Self-employed individuals with a turnover of €0 over 12 consecutive months are not eligible for training cost coverage.

Are you an employee?

Company Skills Development Plan

• Conditions: During working hours for mandatory training; otherwise, training may take place outside working hours.
• Funding: Provided by the employer. For companies with fewer than 50 employees, funding is managed via OPCO (pooled funds).

Personal Training Account (CPF)

• Conditions: Accounts are credited with €500 per year for all activities at half-time or more (€800 for unskilled workers or recognised disabled workers).
• Eligible training: Courses registered with the RNCP (National Directory of Professional Certifications), CQP, Specific Directory, VAE (Prior Learning Assessment), skills assessments, driving licences, and training related to business creation or takeover.

Redundancy Support Plan (PSE)

Employers planning redundancies for economic reasons must, in certain cases, implement a PSE to limit job losses or facilitate redeployment. The PSE may include training funding.

Transition CPF (formerly CIF)

• Conditions: Funding for certified training for employees wishing to change profession.
• Eligible training: RNCP/CQP/Specific Directory. A free prior assessment must be conducted by the training provider.
• Funding: Managed by CPIR (Interprofessional Joint Commissions). Note: Applications must be submitted several months before the course start date.

PRO-A: Reconversion or Promotion via Work-Study

• Conditions: Qualifying training to facilitate a career change or promotion. For employees with a maximum level of 3 years of higher education (Bac+3).
• Duration: 6 to 12 months (minimum 150 hours), up to 36 months for certain young, unskilled profiles. Includes mandatory in-company tutoring and a contract amendment.
• Funding: Covered in whole or in part by the OPCO.

National Employment Fund (FNE-Formation)

Still active in 2025, the FNE-Formation allows companies affected by economic or sectoral shifts to fund training pathways for their employees. Training must be provided by a certified body such as ICN Business School and align with State priorities: ecological, digital, or demographic transitions. Additionally, ESF+ (European Social Fund+) may support training in regions undergoing industrial reconversion.

Are you a worker with a disability?

Whatever your professional status, your training can be fully or partially funded by Agefiph (or Fiphfp in the public sector), subject to specific conditions.

Are you a Luxembourgish or Cross-border employee?

• Co-financing is possible through the Luxembourgish State.
• Funding via ADEM is also possible, even if the training takes place in France.
• Cross-border apprenticeship: For individuals under an apprenticeship contract with a Luxembourgish company, overseen by the Luxembourgish Ministry of Education and ADEM.