Skema Business School


SKEMA Business School is a leading young private European business school, devoted to higher education and research. It has the legal status of a non-profit association under the French "1901 law". It was founded in 2009 as a result of the merger between the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Lille and :fr:Centre d'enseignement et de recherche appliqués au management — Business School|CERAM Business School, Sophia Antipolis. The Lille school had been founded in 1892 and CERAM in 1963.
It offers programmes such as a BBA in Global Management, Master of Science, EMBA, doctoral equivalences and executive education programs in France, Brazil, China, and the US.
SKEMA Business School is consistently rated by the Financial Times and The Economist as one of the top business schools in continental Europe and one of the leading business schools worldwide.

History

The merger between :fr:Centre d'enseignement et de recherche appliqués au management — Business School|CERAM Business School and ESC Lille initially came as a surprise due to a discrepancy in respective school rankings making this an unlikely match, and was announced on June 30, 2009. Although it was criticized, they now form a single non-profit organization confirmed by their respective governing bodies. The official ceremony and announcement of the new name took place November 16, 2009. CERAM Business School and ESC Lille were respectively founded in 1963 by the French Riviera Chamber of Commerce and in 1892 by Lille Chamber of Commerce.
The new school name, SKEMA, is derived from the Greek, skhêma meaning schema in Latin. It also stands for the initial letters of "School of Knowledge Economy and Management".
The consolidated school is now one of the largest French business schools in the number of students, seventh in number of teachers and sixth in terms of budget.
Since its beginnings in 2009 as a result of the merger between ESC Lille and CERAM Business School, SKEMA has been a global business school with the same ambition on its French and international campuses: to train mobile and adaptable leaders and managers, able to contribute to the knowledge economy and generate sustainable performance respecting the values and challenges of society, the environment and the economy.

Campuses

SKEMA has opened several international campuses. It has three campuses in France in Lille, Paris and Sophia Antipolis near Nice, and campuses in China, Brazil and the USA. Lille and Sophia Antipolis campuses are the historic locations of the ESC Lille and CERAM Business School.
On May 2019 the school announced the upcoming opening of its new Grand Paris campus. Previously occupied by Airbus, it spreads across 30,000m² comprising 40 classrooms and two large lecture halls. This campus will also have a rooftop of 1,600m², a co-working space and a student residence. It is expected to open between 2020 and 2021 In the meantime, the Paris campus is located in La Défense.
Skema announced the opening of a new campus in Cape Town at the beginning of academic year 2019/2020.
Campus
The Lille campus is located in the Euralille business district in the north of France. The Lille campus gathers more than 2,200 students over 16,000 m2. A partnership has been established with the University of Lille to develop joint-programmes and combine the institutions' research efforts in the Lille School of Management Research Center.
The Sophia Antipolis campus is located in the technology park of the same name in the south of France. A partnership with Science Po Aix offers joint-programmes, enabling business students to study political sciences.

Rankings

Financial Times rankings：
2019, Master of Management ranked 12th globally with a 3-year average at 25th.
2020, MSc Financial Markets & Investments ranked 3rd globally.
The Economist ranking：
2019. MSc International Business ranked 3rd worldwide.
Forbes ranking：
2019, MBA ranked among the 12 best Executive MBA programmes.
2020, MSc Entrepreneurship & Innovation ranked among the 10 best entrepreneurial programmes.
Details about the latest rankings are available at
SKEMA is multi-accredited – Equis, AACSB and EFMD Accredited EMBA. Its programmes are recognised in France, as well as in the USA, Brazil and China. Details about the accreditations and international recognition are available at its .

Programmes

Undergraduate Programmes

SKEMA offers two undergraduate programmes: Bachelor of Business Administration in Global Management and Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business.
The BBA in Global Management allows students to obtain a double degree - SKEMA's BBA in Global Management degree and :
More details are available .
SKEMA's BBA in International Business is a four-year degree program that prepares students to succeed in today's global economy and is available at its Raleigh, USA, campus. SKEMA's Raleigh campus gives students the choice to study abroad for one or two years at an international campus. Students have the possibility to return to the US for their fourth year and do their capstone project, or to continue their fourth year abroad to get a double degree or another specialisation. More details are available .

MSc Programmes

SKEMA's Master of Science programmes are mostly taught over a one-year period and are entirely in English. The one-year MSc programmes are for applicants who have a four-year degree, while the two-year MSc programmes are for those with a three-year university degree. SKEMA Business School offers 18 masters of science programmes covering all major business domains.
They are mainly divided into the following categories: Finance, Marketing, Management, and Business and Strategy. The details of all the programmes are available . Recently developed programmes include Digital Business and Digital Marketing and a double diploma partnership with UC Berkeley for Entrepreneurship students.

Master in Management/Grande Ecole Programme

SKEMA's Master in Management is a two-year multi-campus programme offering a wide range of specialisations and a variety of learning paths. Students can choose to study either in English or French and get the change to study abroad at one of SKEMA's international campuses in China, Brazil and the US, besides France.
Other features include:
More information is available . Nice Campus

PhD, Doctoral equivalences

SKEMA offers the equivalent doctoral programmes: , , and .

Executive MBA Programme

SKEMA Business School's Global Executive Master in Business Administration is for experienced executives wishing to increase their managerial and strategic skills in an international environment. The Global EMBA allows participants to develop a global and innovative strategic vision in today's complex, unpredictable and interconnected world. This programme is a real springboard to help executives achieve strategic missions inside their company, reorient their career path or launch their own business.
The programme delivers twelve core modules offering a general understanding of the key business functions of companies and general managerial skills as well as two optional specialisations: Project Management and Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Entrepreneurship - SKEMA Ventures

SKEMA Business School has created a business unit called SKEMA Ventures which is dedicated to entrepreneurship and innovation. Through a unique value chain that encompasses teaching, coaching, incubation and acceleration, SKEMA Ventures allows each SKEMA student and alumni to think, design, test and launch an entrepreneurial business/project in a global context, on six innovative territories on four continents. SKEMA Ventures facilitates and stimulates the generation of ideas and accompanies students in the construction, launching, and development of their entrepreneurial project.

Summer Schools

SKEMA offers two short programmes in Paris during the summer:The programmes are Finance and Banking and Project Management.

Student unions

65 student societies are present at the school in the fields of art, culture, business, environment, humanitarian and social aid, high tech, sport, student life, and international.
Interculture SKEMA and S'Konnection are the 2 main student unions in charge of welcoming international students from all across the world. They represent the open-minded spirit of the school.
Skema Conseil is a Junior Entreprise, student consultancy society, providing services to entrepreuners and firms. The society is present on Sophia Antipolis, Paris and Lille. SKEMA Conseil was elected "Best Junior Entreprise of 2012"
AIESEC has offices in the Lille and Sophia-Antipolis campuses.

Notable alumni