The Cnam offers a wide range of training programmes,from undergraduate to graduate through to doctoral levels. It delivers professional certificates of French national standards (RNCP), and universally recognised degrees in line with the Bologna scheme: Bachelor, Master and Doctorate
Training programmes are open to everyone: employees, freelance workers or job-seekers, irrespective of qualifications, and at any stage in their working lives, across the Cnam network.
Each person has the opportunity to construct an individual "made-to-measure" programme and to train at a pace suited to personal circumstances.
1 in 5 students is trained by distance-learning programmes
To meet the growing demand from people wishing to learn independently, at home or in the workplace, the Cnam is significantly increasing the number of open and distance learning options (internet, e-training, etc.). Currently, there are more than 35% of distance-learning programmes on offer .
The Cnam has significant expertise in the validation of personal attainments and experience. In order to meet the many requests it receives, the Cnam has set up a network of 70 VAE (validation of life and work experience, from its French acronym) advisors, 8 juries per year and a distance-learning guidance website
The Cnam provides companies, organisations and local government agencies with training programmes designed to help fulfil the needs of their employees and therefore improve their competitiveness and efficiency. Among other services, it offers companies and organisations 550 training programmes covering various fields of business, engineering and human sciences. The Cnam can also provide companies with "made-to-measure" training programmes adapted to their training environment and/or to their human resources strategies.