SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA Challenge conventions. Expand your reach. AT HOME WORLDWIDE Spring 2021 intake “SKEMA is a global environment: either face-to-face on the five continents where the school 48,000 institution with French is present or at a distance in a hybrid graduates accross the world roots. Our mission is to learning mode, these students train the talents of the benefit every day from courses that link global and local practices, 9,000 knowledge economy. technology and experience sharing. students In an already globalised and We prepare talents for the new reality of companies and 120 digitalised economy, the arrival nationalities of artificial intelligence is further organisations. Through academic disrupting our lifestyles, our research, new programmes and social and cultural codes, and the content, and the involvement of companies, SKEMA’s graduates are 7 foundations of our society and our campuses across the world: economy. Education has a crucial ready for emerging jobs and new horizons. Brazil, China, France, South Africa role to play in these changes. and the USA CONTENTS It is in this context that SKEMA Your experiences at SKEMA will shape you and they will become Welcome to SKEMA 03 trains future business leaders to adapt to the requirements some of your greatest memories. Multi- Faculty & research 04 of 21st century companies and You will be ready to succeed in any SKEMA Global Experience 06 organisations. Our students learn to company, organisation or project accredited you choose, wherever you are in the be mobile, multicultural, agile and EQUIS, AACSB and EFMD SKEMA Way of Learning 08 world. aware of new societal challenges Accredited EMBA and member of Global Executive MBA overview 10 while possessing entrepreneurial the Conférence des Grandes I sincerely hope that you will enjoy SKEMA Global EMBA advantages 12 and managerial capabilities. They Écoles (CGE) are committed to the safeguarding sharing our visions and values.” Programme structure and content 14 of the planet, protection of personal Key programme components 16 data and essential ethical issues. SKEMA Global EMBA learning experience 18 These are the values and DNA Alice Guilhon of our research, our programmes Dean, Programme faculty 20 SKEMA Business School and our organisation: think like rd Testimonials – a career and life changing journey 22 the avant-garde school, act as an 43 best Executive Education impactful player, contribute as a programme worldwide in customised The strength of a global network 24 rd glocal institution. category (2020) & 3 worldwide for Talents & Careers 26 growth, 6th worldwide for faculty diversity and 12th worldwide for international clients SKEMA Ventures 28 Few are those who have the opportunity to study in a global Admissions 30 More information: skema.edu News Room section Welcome to SKEMA 03 Faculty & MISSION STATEMENT Research SKEMA is a global research and To meet the needs of the rapidly evolving market, SKEMA organised its teaching body around three academies — higher education institution that globalisation, innovation and digitalisation — addressing the trains talents who are committed conventional fields of expertise (strategy, finance, marketing, supply chain, HR, etc.) in a more transverse and global manner. to transforming the world through With regard to research, the school has opened five research a sustainable approach. The centres, using its own global presence to its advantage: hybridisation between the human FAIRR - Finance and Accounting Insights on Risk and Regulation and social sciences and data is at the KTO - Knowledge, Technology and Organisation MINT - Marketing Interactions heart of its model, and its modus PRISM - PRoject Information and Supply Management operandi is global exposure. RISE2 - Reflections and Research In International Strategy Sustainability Entrepreneurship and Economics The ensemble is completed by an institute devoted to sports and languages — SKILS (SKema Institute for Languages and Sport) and an artificial intelligence institute. Governance The school’s governance is structured around a Board of Directors and a General Assembly comprising members from the school’s original territories in the north and south of France, as well as prominent alumni working in high-profile international companies, reflecting what constitutes our DNA (globalisation, innovation, digitalisation). The strategic work of the Board of Directors is informed by the recommendations of two advisory bodies: the International Advisory Board (IAB) and the Research Advisory Committee (RAC), each made up of influential people from the academic and corporate spheres. Quality & Accreditations SKEMA is multi-accredited - Equis, AACSB and EFMD Accredited EMBA. Its programmes are recognised in France (Visa, Master Degree, RNCP, CGE label), as well as in the United States (licensing), Brazil (certificação) and China. SKEMA is certified ISO 9001 for the quality of its management and ISO 14001 (Lille and Sophia Antipolis campuses) for its environmental management. It has also obtained the EESPIG label and is a member of the ‘Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE)’. KNOWLEDGE.SKEMA.EDU 04 Faculty & Research Faculty & Research 05 SKEMA GLOBAL EXPERIENCE SKEMA GLOBAL WEBAPP & FLIP-BROCHURE EXPERIENCE “ Our 7 campuses are more than mere Explore the uniqueness of SKEMA Business School: international offices — they are located in with 7 campuses on 5 continents, the school offers an thriving technology parks where connections unparalleled global experience! with their respective regions enable us to contribute to the development of the local economy while simultaneously offering all our students a truly global experience. ” Alice Guilhon Dean, SKEMA Business School Grand Paris Campus Lille Campus Opening in 2020-2021 At the crossroads of Europe Currently based at La Défense, SKEMA This contemporary campus, spread is moving in 2020-2021 to a central site across 20,000 m2, is located in the 13 minutes from Les Champs Elysées: heart of the city, in the Euralille district, the ‘Grand Paris’ campus in Suresnes is which is the metropolis’ business the anchor point for the school’s global centre. Lille has one of the largest strategy. Paris, a multicultural city and student populations in the country. The gateway to the European continent, will Hauts-de-France region represents an amplify SKEMA’s international visibility attractive centre of economic life, home and increase its capacity to 10,000 to the head offices of many groups Raleigh Campus students. Hyperconnected and at the and large companies. Multinational crossroads of many cultures, the Grand companies are located here; as it is the In the heart of the Research Paris campus will set a benchmark for logistical centre of Europe. Triangle Park the usage of new technologies. This campus is located in the heart of North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus. Not far from the leading American technology park (Research Triangle Park), Raleigh brings together many innovative companies Suzhou Campus and research laboratories. Students An innovative ecosystem, have the opportunity to benefit from a showcase for China the infrastructures of one of the The China campus is the result of a largest American universities. To this partnership with Suzhou Science and dense economic fabric, we can add Sophia Antipolis Campus Technology Park. Nicknamed the Venice many universities (16 in total) and an In the heart of the French Riviera of the East due to its many canals and exceptional quality of student life... Sophia Antipolis, Europe’s leading renowned for the beauty of its setting Belo Horizonte Campus technology park, is a laboratory of 21st with its many traditional gardens, century companies and a highly-skilled Suzhou is nonetheless one of the best Brazil’s Silicon Valley cutting-edge technological centres in SKEMA’s Brazil campus is established community. Several major engineering schools, university establishments and the world. Currently, it has more than within the Fundaçao Dom Cabral in Belo two million inhabitants and is developing Horizonte, located 360 km from Rio de research institutes are located here, creating intellectual vitality with 5,000 with a new district and two large Janeiro and 500 km from São Paulo. technology parks where 118 of the 500 Ranked among the ten most dynamic students. SKEMA benefits from the presence of over 1,500 companies around biggest companies in the world have set cities for business in Latin American up an office. by the magazine América Economia, its campus. 80% of its economy is concentrated Stellenbosch in the service sector. Belo Horizonte is Cape Town Campus considered the Brazilian Silicon Valley, with more than 200 start-ups and Destination: South Africa around ten incubators. SKEMA is setting up its new campus within Stellenbosch University, an emblematic institution near Cape Town, South Africa. Students enjoy the many facilities of Stellenbosch University: a huge documentation centre, a music school, concert halls, an athletics stadium, several Olympic swimming pools and sports grounds. 06 SKEMA Global Experience SKEMA Global Experience 07 GLOBAL EXECUTIVE MBA SKEMA WAY OF LEARNING Before starting your academic journey at SKEMA, your learning experience may have been limited to a classroom, the study of a subject area and a professor disseminating knowledge. As a Global Executive MBA participant, you will experience a new pedagogical journey named the SKEMA Way of Learning (SKWoL). The SKWoL