Master – Gestion de l'archivage, des archives et des données at Paris-Saclay University

The Master in Archives trains versatile archivists for public services and private organisations across the whole document life cycle: records management, conservation of written heritage and management of scientific data. It is run with partner services including the Archives départementales des Yvelines and Hauts-de-Seine, the Archives nationales and La Poste group, with progressive specialisation in archiving and the management of archives and data. The M2 year is organised around professional modules followed by a long placement.

Faculty: Master mention Archives  |  Duration: 2 years (M1 and M2, 4 semesters), ending with a long end-of-studies placement in M2  |  Study mode: full-time; language of instruction: French  |  Intake: September/October  |  Location: Gif-sur-Yvette, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

M1 covers archival and data issues, heritage institutions, cultural policy history, introduction to archival science, project management, law of archives and data, digital sciences for information management, and a placement with report. M2 covers document production and archiving strategies, appraisal, description and classification of holdings, preventive and curative conservation, access and communication, scientific data archiving and metadata, project management, and a collective tutored project followed by a long end-of-studies placement.

Career pathways

Archivist, research or study engineer, records manager.

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