SKEMA Business School

About us

Location Lille, France Funding Type Public
No of Students 8000 Establishment HE Institution / College
Founded In 1901 Estimated Cost of Living 10000 EUR
Address Avenue Willy Brandt, Lille, France

SKEMA Business School is a private establishment of higher education and research with the legal status of a non-profit association under the French 1901 law.SKEMA was founded in 2009 as a result of the merger between the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, Lille and CERAM Business School, Sophia Antipolis. The Lille school had been founded in 1892 and CERAM in 1963.
SKEMA is a member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles. The school was approved by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, as an EESPIG (Private Establishment for Higher Education declared to be of public usefulness). This official status was conferred on 6 July 2015 and declared in the Bulletin Officiel on 23 July 2015.
It is a community devoted to learning and the creation and transmission of management knowledge and practice. Since its inception, SKEMA has become a global school with a multi-campus structure and a large portfolio of programmes taught in English and in French. These range from undergraduate level to continuing education and are aligned with the Bologna higher education norms (Licence, Master, Doctorate). 

Why?

  • At the top of French and international 
  • A global business school
  • A wide range of programmes
Here are the key facts : -
  • 8,000 students 42,000 graduates throughout the world
  • 160 professors and over 260 academic and practitioner contributions since 2016
  • 40% of international students, over 120 nationalities on SKEMA's campuses
  • 7 campuses worldwide: Brazil, China, France, South Africa and the USA
    More than 100 partnerships with foreign universities (most are AACSB, AMBA, Equis/EPAS,  accredited)