DCGU - University Diploma in Accounting and Management

The aim of this program is to prepare students for the Diplôme de Comptabilité et Gestion (DCG), a bachelor's-level state diploma, in two years, starting in the 2nd year. It also leads to a university diploma (DCGU).

This course provides students with basic knowledge in the fields of accounting, corporate finance and management control. Students will be able to manage client files in an office environment, as well as the complete bookkeeping of an SME.

The DCG gives access to positions of responsibility in the accounting professions.

The compulsory internship lasts at least 8 weeks. It must be completed in an accounting firm or in the accounting and finance departments of a company, public authority or association.

The diploma, based on a national curriculum, corresponds to a level of qualification appreciated by employers, and offers clearly identified career opportunities in the accounting professions.

Holders of the DCGU can work as an assistant to a chartered accountant or statutory auditor, head of an accounting department, chief accountant in a SME/SMI, junior management controller, or financial or legal advisor.

It is therefore a diploma that enables you to enter the job market, but it is also the first step in Accounting and Management studies towards the DSCG (Diplôme Supérieur de Comptabilité et Gestion) and then the DEC (Diplôme d'Expert-Comptable).

Skills acquired :
- Management of a client file in the office
- Complete bookkeeping for an SME

The Faculty of Economics and Management has long-standing partnerships with ANECS Provence (Association Nationale des Experts Comptables Stagiaires de Provence) and the Ordre des Experts Comptables, as well as collaborations with numerous chartered accountancy firms in the PACA region, making it easy for students to integrate into companies.

The DCGU prepares students for 7 teaching units organized over two years as follows: 4 UEs in odd-numbered years 2026/2027 :

Odd-numbered years: (example 2025/2026)

• UE 2: Company law
• UE 3: Employment law
• UE 10: In-depth accounting
• UE 11: Management Control

Even-numbered years: (example 2026/2027)

• UE 2: Company law
• UE 3: Employment law
• UE 10: In-depth accounting
• UE 11: Management Control
• UE 4: Tax law
• EU 6: Corporate Finance
• EU 7: Management

Who can apply?

The diploma is open to initial training, continuing education for jobseekers, those on individual training leave or returning to school, professionalization contracts with companies, apprenticeship contracts with companies.

How do I apply?

The course is open to holders of a BTS CGO, students who have completed their GEA Finance-Accounting course (2nd year or 3rd year of BUT) and the first-year DCG. Our DCG preparation begins in the second year.
Selection is based on an application file. Candidates on continuing education, professionalization or apprenticeship contracts will be invited to a motivational interview.

FI: E-candidat procedure on the Faculty of Economics and Management website: 
Applying for initial training | Faculty of Economics and Management - AMU
For FC: Downloadable application file from the Faculty of Economics and Management website: 
https://feg.univ-amu.fr/candidatures-2019-2020formation-continue

Secretariat open every day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. except Monday afternoon and Wednesday all day. 
Address and location: 14, rue Puvis de Chavannes 13001 Marseille (Métro Colbert)

The total number of teaching weeks in the program is 62. This two-year organization is well suited to the pace and volume of the courses on offer. Experience has shown that students need two years to prepare for the UEs that make up the DCG under the right conditions.

The DCGU prepares students for 7 teaching units organized over two years as follows: 4 UEs in odd-numbered years 2026/2027 :

Odd-numbered years: (example 2025/2026)

• UE 2: Company law
• UE 3: Employment law
• UE 10: In-depth accounting
• UE 11: Management Control

Even-numbered years: (example 2026/2027)

• UE 2: Company law
• UE 3: Employment law
• UE 10: In-depth accounting
• UE 11: Management Control
• UE 4: Tax law
• EU 6: Corporate Finance
• UE 7: Management

Classes are held on Mondays, Tuesdays and some Saturday mornings for UE 7. This two-year organization is adapted to the pace and volume of the UEs offered each year. Experience has shown that students need two years to prepare in good conditions for the UEs that make up the DCG.

For BUT GEA students, the 4 UEs required to pass the DCG will be offered each year.

The organization of the course offers students a sustained preparation for the DCG exams, with :

• Supervised homework (four one-hour assignments per UE).

Two examination periods for validation of the DCGU and practice for the DCG exams.

Secretariat open every day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. except Monday afternoon and Wednesday all day.
Address and location: 14, rue Puvis de Chavannes 13001 Marseille (Métro Colbert)

Training costs may be covered by the trainee. Jobseekers may be eligible for assistance from the Pôle Emploi
or regional authorities. Finally, trainees' training costs may be covered by a company as part of a professionalization contract, apprenticeship contract, training plan or professionalization period.

FI FC teaching units
1UE (excluding UE7) €400 - €869
UE7 €575 - €1219
2UE (excluding UE7) 800 € - 1669 €
2UE (including UE7) €975 - €2019
3UE (excl. UE7) €1200 - €2469
3 EU (incl. EU7) €1375 - €2819
All 4 UE €1775 - €3619

For professionalization and apprenticeship contracts: please contact the secretariat.

Candidates on initial training (Formation Initiale - FI) must pay registration fees and the CVEC, in addition to the cost of training. For professionalization and apprenticeship contracts: please contact the secretariat.