Degree 6 years of higher education, RNCP Level 7
Entry-level Master’s degree
Duration 12 months
Credits 75 ECTS
Format Work-study program, initial or continuing education
Language French
Campus Paris-Villejuif
Back to School October 2027

MSc in AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Understanding thetechnology to better govern AI.

24 seminars, 4 major stages, 6 AI GRC Professional Projects, Boarding, the Lab, and the AI Clinic.

12 months350 hours75 ECTS24 seminars6 AI GRC Projects

Academic Background

Understand → Protect → Qualify → Govern → Evaluate → Audit → Act → Transform

12 months · 350 hours · 75 ECTS · 24 seminars · 6 AI GRC Professional Projects · 1 RNCP Level 7 module. Each seminar lists its objective, key concepts, and the associated project, if any.

01

Understand & Protect

From Technology to Data Governance.

Before an AI system can be regulated, monitored, or audited, it is necessary to understand how it is built and what data it relies on. The first seminars provide legal professionals with the technological tools they need to engage with data and AI teams and identify risks in practical terms.

Objective: To understand how data flows and how the architecture of an AI system is organized.

DataClouddatabasespipelinesAPIsdata streamsaccess rightstraceability

Objective: To gain a sufficient understanding of how a model works to be able to evaluate its design, performance, and risks.

trainingvalidationmetricsbiasexplainabilitydriftmonitoring

Objective: To understand new generative architectures and the challenges they pose in terms of privacy, reliability, intellectual property, and liability.

Foundation ModelsembeddingsRAGvector basesmultimodalityhallucinationsevaluation

Objective: To understand what changes when AI goes beyond simply responding and begins to take action.

agentstoolsAPIsmemorypermissionsactionsmulti-agentHuman-in-the-looptraces

AI GRC Professional Project #1 — AI Technology & Impact Assessment: Analyze an AI system in terms of its architecture, data, uses, stakeholders, impacts, risks, and accountability.

Objective: To apply the data protection framework to the specific characteristics of AI systems.

Personal InformationLegal BasesPurposesProfilingAutomated DecisionsRightsAccountability

Goal: To make data governance the first step toward trustworthy AI.

Data GovernanceQualitylineagedocumentationretentionauthorizationsPrivacy by Design

 

02

Protect, Qualify & Regulate

From Data Law to Global AI Law.

The second step involves translating technological understanding into legal requirements and operational obligations.

Objective: To incorporate issues of sovereignty and supplier dependence into governance decisions.

international transfersextraterritorialitylocationCloudtechnological dependenciesreversibility

Objective: To establish data compliance for an AI project, from mapping to remediation.

DPIAsecurityData ProtectionData QualityDocumentationAuditsevidenceRemediation

AI GRC Professional Project #2 — Data Protection & Quality Governance Plan: data mapping, risks, protection, quality, governance, and action plan.

This project contributes to the validation of the BC01 qualification under the RNCP Level 7 "Project Manager in Artificial Intelligence Solutions Development" certification.

Objective: To learn how to determine what constitutes an AI system from a legal perspective and what obligations apply to it.

scopeStakeholdersRisk LevelsProhibited PracticesHigh-Risk SystemsTransparency

Objective: To translate regulatory requirements into concrete actions for technical and business teams.

ProvidersDeployersGPAIDocumentationHuman Oversightmonitoringincidentsevidence

Objective: To establish a legal framework for new AI value chains.

training datacopyrightuser-generated contenttrade secretsliabilityAI clausessuppliers

Objective: To compare the major regulatory models for managing technologies, data, and uses deployed across multiple jurisdictions.

European UnionUnited StatesUnited KingdomChinaIndiaUnited Arab Emirates

03

Govern, Evaluate, & Audit

Building trust beyond mere compliance.

Knowing the law is no longer enough. Professionals must be able to establish governance frameworks, assess risks, address ethical issues, and demonstrate that systems remain under control.

Objective: To develop a comprehensive AI governance framework.

AI InventoryrolesResponsibilitiesCommitteesPoliciesLife CycleHuman Oversightdocumentation

AI GRC Professional Project #3 — AI Governance Framework: registry, responsibilities, policies, controls, oversight, and documentation.

Objective: To identify, assess, prioritize, and address risks associated with AI systems.

Data RiskModel RiskLLM RiskAgent RiskcyberPrivacybiasreputationsuppliers

Objective: To incorporate the ethical limits of a system beyond mere compliance.

fairnesstransparencyexplainabilityfundamental rightshuman autonomydiscriminationproportionality

One question underlies the entire seminar: “Can we do it?” is not the same question as “Should we do it?”

AI GRC Professional Project #4 — AI Risk, Ethics & Trust Assessment: Evaluate a system based on five dimensions: Legal, Risk, Ethics, Trust, and Human Oversight.

Objective: To move from declared compliance to demonstrated compliance.

architecturedatamodelsRAGagentspermissionslogstracesmonitoringauditability

AI GRC Professional Project #5 — AI System Audit & Control Report: Conduct a technology-informed GRC audit and develop a remediation plan.

Objective: To learn how to use AI without delegating legal judgment to it.

searchmonitoringwritingcontractsdue diligenceliterature reviewLegal Designknowledge management

Objective: To build a specialized assistant capable of applying in-depth legal knowledge.

RAGknowledge basessourcesPermissionsPrivacyEvaluationguardrails

04

Take Action, Lead, and Transform

From the legal agent to the enhanced AI GRC function.

The final section prepares readers for a world in which AI no longer merely assists legal professionals: it is beginning to play a direct role in legal and compliance processes.

Objective: To design agents capable of operating within a controlled legal framework.

monitoringcontractsqualificationcollectionAlertsactionshuman validationmulti-agentaudit trail

Objective: To develop systems capable of detecting regulatory changes, identifying their impacts, and triggering the appropriate actions.

LegalTechRegTechRegulatory IntelligenceCompliance MonitoringObligation Mappingalerting

Objective: To assess not only a supplier's compliance but also the strategic dependence it creates.

Cloudproprietary / open-source modelsAPIssupply chain AIlocalizationreversibilitythird-party risk

Objective: to detect, assess, document, make decisions, resolve, and communicate in response to an AI incident.

data leakcritical hallucinationdiscriminationagent out of controlsupplier incidentreputation

Scenario: AI Crisis Room.

Goal: To move from one-off projects to a true AI governance function.

Operating ModelMaturityroadmapKPI/KRIcontrolsbudgetcommitteesreportingchange management

Objective: As AI automates research, analysis, and writing, create greater value through judgment, interpretation, decision-making, and accountability.

Legal OperationsAutomationHuman/AI AllocationNew WorkflowsNew RolesskillsTarget Organization

AI GRC Professional Project #6 — Legal AI & GRC Transformation Blueprint: assessment → technology → law → risks → ethics → governance → stakeholders → target organization → roadmap.

Understand → Protect → Qualify → Govern → Evaluate → Audit → Act → Transform. One goal: AI that is compliant, controlled, and trustworthy.

AI GRC Professional Portfolio

A degree certifies your skills. Your accomplishments demonstrate them.

Throughout the 24 seminars, each participant gradually builds a portfolio of six professional projects, demonstrating their progression from law to operational governance.

AI Technology & Impact Assessment

Analyze an AI system in terms of its architecture, data, uses, stakeholders, impacts, and risks.

Data Protection & Quality Governance Plan

Data mapping, risks, protection, quality, governance, and action plan for an AI project.

AI Governance Framework

Records, responsibilities, policies, controls, oversight, and documentation of a comprehensive system.

AI Risk, Ethics, and Trust Assessment

Evaluate a system based on five dimensions: Legal, Risk, Ethics, Trust, and Human Oversight.

AI System Audit and Control Report

A technology-driven GRC audit accompanied by a remediation plan.

Legal AI & GRC Transformation Blueprint

A transformation project based on a real-world challenge: from assessment to roadmap.

Technology & Impacts · Data Governance · AI Governance · Risk & Ethics · Audit · Transformation.

 

Much more than just a program

An experiment to learn how to manage AI.

AI GRC Professional Portfolio

6 professional projects to analyze real-world AI architectures, demonstrate your progression from law to governance, have demonstrable achievements to showcase in interviews, and prove your ability to connect Law + Technology + Risk + Ethics + Governance.

Boarding for aivancity

Before the seminars begin, there is a 24-hour online technical program with instructor support covering: data, architectures, machine learning, generative AI, LLMs, RAG, APIs, and AI agents. No technical prerequisites are required: simply an understanding of the language of those you will be leading.

AI Governance & Legal AI Lab

32 hours of guided workshops throughout the year: interpreting an AI architecture, mapping workflows, evaluating a system, conducting a risk analysis, building a governance framework, analyzing an agent's activity logs, and prototyping a legal assistant.

The AI Clinic

Gain hands-on experience with real-world governance challenges even before graduation: AI governance, data governance, risk mapping, compliance, responsible AI, auditing, sovereignty, and legal AI. The Clinic has already assisted more than 120 organizations with concrete challenges.

A Level 7 RNCP module integrated into the program BC01: Identify and define the challenges and impacts of the various fields of application for artificial intelligence Part of the Artificial Intelligence Solutions Development Project Manager certification · RNCP 38584 · Certifying body: aivancity

Here, AI governance isn't something you learn just from textbooks. It is developed, tested, and put to the test in the real world.

A comprehensive journey, from technology to governance.

The information presented on this page is provided for informational purposes only and is not binding. Given the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and data, aivancity reserves the right to modify the program content, certifications, terms and conditions, schedule, and fees. The final terms and conditions are those provided at the time of registration.