With INGENIUM, SKEMA raises the academic standards of its Master in Management (PGE)

Designed as a new stage in the continuum between preparatory classes and the Master in Management (PGE), INGENIUM is part of a strategy SKEMA has pursued for several years. The school has strengthened this momentum since 2017, in particular through the recruitment of recognised academic figures such as Emmanuel Combe, Rodolphe Desbordes, Laurent Ferrara, Frédéric Munier and Philippe Riutort.

The scheme will be offered from the second semester of the first year of the Master in Management (PGE), in L3. It will be aimed at students wishing to begin their curriculum in a more demanding format, with a selection process introduced from the 2026 academic year.

INGENIUM is built around three excellence tracks, each anchored on one or more of SKEMA’s French campuses: Geopolitics, on the Grand Paris and Lille campuses; Ad Litteram, on the Grand Paris campus; and Scientia, on the Sophia Antipolis campus.

Three tracks spanning geopolitics, humanities and science

• The Geopolitics track, offered in Lille and Grand Paris, will extend an area that is already central to the Master in Management (PGE). It will draw in particular on the “Geopolitics for Managers”, “Strategy” and “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Contemporary World” specialisations, as well as modules dedicated to strategic minerals and economic intelligence.
   
• The Ad Litteram track, based on the Grand Paris campus, will be aimed at students drawn to philosophy, general culture, critical thinking and creative approaches to management. It will combine specialisations such as “Design in Business”, “Strategy” and “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Contemporary World”, alongside certifying modules including “Philosophy of Action” and “Critical Thinking”.
   
• The Scientia track, based in Sophia Antipolis, will strengthen the links between management, artificial intelligence, quantitative finance and applied mathematics. Designed in partnership with Université Côte d’Azur, it will enable students to take specialisations such as “Artificial Intelligence for Managers”, “Finance & Quants” and “Strategy”.

A legacy shaped by preparatory classes

Each track will bring together a preparatory class professor, a Master in Management (PGE) specialisation, online certifying modules, interdisciplinary group projects and privileged access to certain double degrees in M1 or M2. “The aim of this major innovation within the Master in Management (PGE) is twofold: to build on the school’s recognised areas of expertise while celebrating a certain idea of academic excellence inherited from preparatory classes,” said Sylvie Jean, Director of the Master in Management (PGE), and Patrice Houdayer, Dean of Academic Affairs and International.

The scheme will also include “grands oraux”, inspired by the format of khôlles. Students from the three tracks will be brought together in interdisciplinary teams to work on group projects and oral presentations.

Enhanced pathways through to master’s level

With INGENIUM, SKEMA aims to build enhanced academic pathways across the full curriculum, through to master’s level. The scheme will also enable students to spend the second semester of their L3 year in immersion on three of the school’s international campuses.

This new structure forms part of SKEMA’s differentiation strategy, based on the hybridisation of skills. It also extends the direction set by the UNVEIL 2025-2030 strategic plan, which places interdisciplinarity, artificial intelligence and geopolitical transformations at the heart of the training of future managers.