What is the National Student Entrepreneur Status (NSES)?

Verified 26 April 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The national student-entrepreneur status is for students or recent graduates who want to obtain a support in its company creation project.

It is granted, subject to conditions, after examination of your application file by a body called commitment committee Pépite (Student hub for innovation, transfer and entrepreneurship).

To apply for the national student-entrepreneur status, you must complete the following conditions :

  • Be holder of the baccalaureate or its equivalence in level
  • Be registered in a initial or continuing education courses preparing a higher education diploma issued on behalf of the State or be graduate of higher education (persons holding a doctorate and enrolled in a post-doctoral program)

You can contact the Gem of your territory before making your application. In particular, it will inform you about the conditions for obtaining the status.

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Student-entrepreneur status allows you to have the following benefits :

  • Be accompanied by 2 tutors, including a referent (entrepreneur or member of a support and financing network) of the Pépite network
  • Access a shared workspace (or coworking) of the Pépite network
  • Get accommodations to your student schedule
  • Be able to replace the mandatory internship in your training curriculum with work on your company creation project

You must complete a application dossier, with the following online service:

Application for National Student-Entrepreneur Status

You must complete this online file with details about your entrepreneurial project. In particular, you must specify whether the creation or a resumption of activity.

This online service will allow you to request access to a coworking of the Pépite network. It will also allow you to enroll in the Student Entrepreneur Diploma (D2E), which is mandatory if you are a graduate without student status.

You will be informed by e-mail of the progress of your case.

National Student Entrepreneur Status (SNEE) is valid for an academic year.

Yeah. Yeah. The national student-entrepreneur status can be renewed according to the needs of the project holder under the same conditions as the first application.

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