Business & strategy
Programme
MSc Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Informações práticas
Turno
Integral
Duração
1 or 2 years
Investimento
18,000€ for the 1-year MSc / 35,000€ for the 2-year MSc
Campus
Sophia Antipolis (França)
Ministrado em
Inglês
Data de inicio
Setembro, Janeiro
Pré-requisitos
Bac+3 Ensino Superior
Graduação
Pós - Graduação
Programme overview
Ranked among the top 10 entrepreneurial programs (Forbes 2020)
Experience launching an innovative business with start-up creators or learn the core skills to join a fast growing start-up or scale-up
This MSc is a full-time programme with eight months of courses followed by work experience or a research project.
Entrepreneurship is the art of recognition and exploitation of opportunities. it is valuable within organisations as well as in the establishment of new ventures. Discovering entrepreneurial opportunities requires that individuals not only possess knowledge, but that they also have the cognitive abilities that allow them to value and exploit that knowledge.
Furthermore working for a start-up or a scale-up before launching its own company can be a valuable choice. However, if you want to shine from the start, this does require a specific mindset and some specialised skills.
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- Develop an entrepreneurial mindset and learn to think differently under the supervision and coaching of faculty-entrepreneurs
- Experience the steps involved in launching and developing an innovative business with start-up founders and corporate entrepreneurs
- Anchor entrepreneurial projects in sustainable growth and create meaning
- Understand the pace and excitement of working for a fast growing company (start-up or scale-up)
- Network with talented classmates
- Direct access and frequent interactions with the program director and faculty
- Experience, benefit from, and prosper among the unique resources and opportunities of a global leading centre of innovation: Sophia Antipolis, a technology park home to over 2,000 companies, 38,000 employees from 63 nationalities and close to 10,000 researchers and students.
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- Lectures and tutorials with recognised Faculty, entrepreneurs and business angels
- Active learning by working on innovative venture projects with entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs
- Connections with cutting-edge academic research on entrepreneurship and innovation
- Cross-fertilisation with local ecosystems (clusters, incubators, business angels, …)
- Students develop their own projects, give input on others’ projects, write dissertations or business plans on innovative topics, share knowledge with start-up creators
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- Sophia Antipolis local incubators, Sophia Business Angels, competitive clusters (Artemis-Carma, Capenergies, Cercadis, Telecom Valley), Reseau Entreprendre PACA, Pépite Cré@tude PACA-EST
- Suzhou XJ-SKEMA incubator
The programme in videos
Courses
Admissions
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Financing
2023/2024
Careers
Career opportunities
Entrepreneur, incubator advisor, management consultant, business development manager, business
unit manager, marketing and sales manager or product manager in innovative start-ups, scale-ups
and corporates, venture capital /investment fund advisor.
Recruiting companies
AEXELE, Airbnb, Amazon, AT&T, Bpifrance, Blue Sapphire Events, Cap Gemini Invent, Cloudkitchen, Comet Meetings, Cryptone, Cubyn, Decathlon, Deloitte, Essilor, Leocare, Leroy Merlin, Jow, Green Working, Groupe Pomona, IbanFirst, Kudoz, Les Sublimeurs, L’Oreal, PayFit, Platinium Group, Reseau Entreprendre, RisingSud, Saguez & Partners, Sopra Steria Next, Too Good to Go, Wecasa, Waze, Zoom.
MSc employment rate
- Net employment rate (at six months): 83%
- Average salary after graduation : 41 000€
Entrepreneurship & Innovation talks
Besides formal classes, students are lucky to listen to testimonies from alumni and successful entrepreneurs and innovators. Previous speakers have included for example the co-founder of Inside Secure, The head of Intrapreneurship at Amadeus, Gunter Pauli, The co-founder of Good Eggs, the co-founder of AppNexus, an Innovation Director of Engie, the co-founder of EcoTree etc.
SKEMA Talent & Careers : Get ready for your career
SKEMA Talent & Careers, made of career consultants and dedicated experts, supports students in getting ready for their professional project, in discovering jobs, companies and business sectors, and in sourcing internships and jobs.
Our mission is to give you all the resources, methods and opportunities to successfully get on the job market.
Professional development
Build your professional project at each step of your studies thanks to dedicated support and resources.
Corporate events
Meet companies and recruiters, learn more about jobs and business sectors.
Internship and job search
Find your dream internship among a large number of offers available to you, in France or abroad.
Personalised advice
Discuss your plans further with a Talent & Careers consultant and get individualised guidance.
SKEMA Alumni : A powerful, supportive network
As an MSc student, you will become a member of SKEMA Alumni, a network of more than 48,000 graduates in key positions in more than 145 countries around the world. You will benefit from the numerous services that will help you to promote business opportunities, meetings and professional development.
Student testimonial
"I achieved my goals thanks to the personalised coaching I received from qualified professionals.
I was referred to the Talent & Careers team to get professional advice regarding my CV, cover letter and the steps I needed to succeed with my professional ambitions. During our regular exchanges, we defined a personalised strategy in line with my expectations.
I have found an internship in a company with great values and I want to thank the Talent & Careers team for their precious advice."
Here's the breakdown by MSc:
- MSc Auditing, Management Accounting & Information Systems: 100% net employment rate; average salary: €42,500 main employer(s) quoted: Mazars, EY, Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, Crédit Agricole CIB, EDF, Société Générale, Grant Thornton.
- MSc Business Consulting & Digital Transformation: 100% net employment rate; average salary: €46,000; main employer(s) quoted: Atos, Accenture, Capgemini, Sopra Steria, Deloitte, Huawei, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG, PwC, Hermès.
- MSc Corporate Financial Management: 97% net employment rate; average salary: €47,000; main employer(s) quoted: Deloitte, HSBC, BNP Paribas, Société Générale, Eiffel Investment, Axa, Moody's, Valeo, Tikehau Capital., SMBC
- MSc Digital Marketing: 95% net employment rate; average salary: €42,000; main employer(s) quoted: Amadeus, Chanel, Manucurist, Publicis, Carrefour, LVMH Client Services, Oscaro.com, Schneider Electric, Wavestone
- MSc Entrepreneurship & Innovation and MSc Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Design: 83% net employment rate; average salary: €41,000; main employer(s) quoted: Leroy Merlin, Essilor, Groupe Ponoma, Jow, Zoom, Saguez & Partners, Les Sublimeurs, Wecasa, PayFit, IbanFirst, Airbnb, Too Good to Go
- MSc Financial Markets & Investments: 98% net employment rate; average salary: €70,000; main employer(s) quoted: Société Générale, HSBC, CACIB, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, EFG, Moody's, Caceis, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Crédit Suisse.
- MSc Global Luxury and Management: 100% net employment rate; average salary: €51,000; main employer(s) quoted: Chanel, Guerlain, Jaegre le Coultre, Dior, Giorgio Armani, Mont Blanc, Cartier, Ralph Lauren, Tiffany & Co., Yves Saint Laurent, Donna Karan, Jaguar, Louis Vuitton, The Kooples, Land Rover, Hugo Boss, Lexus, Lacoste, L'Oréal, Tesla, Balenciaga, Michel Kors, Shiseido, Puig, Christie's
- MSc International Business: 100% net employment rate; average salary: €44,500; main employer(s) quoted: Amadeus, Amazon, British Airways, Lilly, PUIG, KPMG, Voyage Privé, Mazars, S&P Global, Hutchinson, among many others.
- MSc International Marketing & Business Development: 100% net employment rate; average salary: €38,000; main employer(s) quoted: JCDeceaux, Diptyque, General Mills, Procter & Gamble, Danone, Ferrero, Printemps, Décathlon, L'Oréal, Mondelez, Valeo, Thales, Microsoft, Leroy Merlin, Frost & Sullivan, Guerlain, Veloia, among many others.
- MSc International Human Resources & Performance Management: 100% net employment rate; average salary: €38,000; main employer(s) quoted: Nissan, Adecco, Amadeus, Auchan, AXA, Société Générale, Adobe Systems, Valeo, Rexel, Oracle, Otis, General Electric, Accenture, LVMH, Crédit Agricole, SAP, Sodexo, Crown Relocation, IBM, Thales, Microsoft, Great Place to Work, .
- MSc Luxury and Fashion Management: 100% net employment rate; average salary: €40,000; main employer(s) quoted: various including Abercrombie, Aoste, Baume & Mercier, Bell & Ross, Baccarat, ParfumChristian Dior, Bulgari, Cartier, Dorchester Collection, Clarins, Christian Dior, Paco Rabanne, Gucci Group, Hermès, Saint Laurent, Interparfums, Lanecrawford, MITA
- MSc Project and Programme Management & Business Development: 95% net employment rate; average salary: €45,000; main employer(s) quoted: Axa, Amazon, Accenture, Devoteam, BNP, Pernod Ricard, Decathlon, Turner & Townsend, Coty, L’Oréal, Sézanne, Synthesio, Transatel, Tronex, Urban.
- MSc Sport, Event & Tourism Management: 95% net employment rate; average salary: €38,000; main employer(s) quoted: Nestlé, Club Med, Meta, L'Hotel Molitor, Smartbox, L'Hotel du Collectionneur,, Le Cojo Paris 2024, Swiss Tourism,
Major hotel chains (Marriott, AccorHotels, Hyatt), destination marketing organisations, event and exhibition management agencies, eTravel companies (Amadeus), Museums, travel management companies (American Express), tour operators (Club Med), attractions and venues (Chelsea Football Club), Airports (Nice Côte d’Azur), among many others.
MSc Global Supply Chain Management & Procurement: 95% net employment rate; average salary: €47,500; main employer(s) quoted: Auchan, L'Oréal, Coca Cola, Henkel, Unilever, Louis Vuitton, Schneider Electric, Bollore Logistics, Airbus, Nestlé, Philip Morris. - MSc International Strategy & Influence: 100% net employment rate; average salary: €45,500; main employer(s) quoted: recruiting companies: Faurecia, Chanel, IBM, DXC Technology, Tikehau Investment Management, Inetum, PwC, Koubal COnsulting, Meogroup, Talisker, Turner Consulting, DCNS, Google, McKinsey, Kurt Salmon, Notify.
- MSc Digital Business & Artificial Intelligence: net employment rate: 100%; average salary: €48,000; main employer(s) quoted: Amazon, Cisco, Deloitte, Hellofresh, Caterpillar, Playplay, Astech, Wavestone, Vinci Energies and more.
- MSc Artificial Intelligence for Business Transformation: net employment rate: 95%; average salary: €48,000; main employer(s) quoted: Capgemini, Deloitte, BNP Paribas, DXC Technology, Expedia, KPMG, Bearingpoint, IBM, PwC, Microploe, PwC, Talan Consulting.
N.B. The "net employment rate" is six months after graduation.
MSc Entrepreneurship & Innovation students and graduates frequently start up their own companies. On this page, you can find some examples.
Here's a list with links to the companies' websites:
- LEFEBVRE Alaude,Sublimeurs
- ELPITIYA Bryan, E-dipsamatic
- ANDRE Alice, Colette Consulting
- PEIXOTO Pedro, 10b
- CHRIQUI David, Mozza
- PETERS Roxanne, The Shell Dealer
- TOUZET Jeremy, Mahô Editions
- CUVILLIER Valentin, Calibre
- BONNEAU Alexandre, Afroto
- ARINOSO, Olugbemiro, Affinity
- WU Yanmin, Ori-bio
- SIRONI Alessandro, Sans Dieu
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