SKEMA Business School

SKEMA Business School is a private higher education and research institution under the status of a non-profit association with 11,000 students of more than 130 nationalities, 190 professors and 60,000 graduates in 145 countries. SKEMA was born in 2009 from the merger between Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lille (ESC Lille) and CERAM Business School, Sophia Antipolis. These two founding schools were created in 1892 and 1963, respectively.

Hybridisation between the humanities, social sciences and data sciences is at the heart of its model, and global exposure is its modus operandi. The school is recognised worldwide for its research, more than 70 programmes of excellence, and its international multi-site structure in seven countries: Brazil, Canada, China, France, United Arab Emirates, United States and South Africa.

SKEMA is multi-accredited: EQUIS, AACSB, EFMD Accredited EMBA. Its programmes are recognised in France (Visa, Grade de licence, Grade de Master, RNCP, CGE label), the United States (Licencing), Brazil (Certifiçao) and China (recognition by the Ministry of Education).
The school has also been awarded the EESPIG label and is a member of the Conférence des Grandes Ecoles (CGE) and the Conférences des Directeurs et Directrices des Ecoles Françaises de Management (CDEFM).

In 2025 Financial Times’ Ranking, SKEMA is ranked 3rd in the world (Masters in Finance); in the 2025 QS rankings, SKEMA is ranked 16th in the world (Masters in Supply Chain). In French medias, SKEMA is ranked among the top 5 Business Schools in France.