Le Point: SKEMA Business School strengthens its leading position in the 2026 business school rankings

In a ranking featuring 37 leading schools awarding the master’s degree, assessed based on six indicators and around sixty criteria, SKEMA consolidated its 6th place for the Programme Grande Ecole and established itself as one of the strongest performers.

Strengthened academic recognition

SKEMA rose two places in the academic recognition criterion (6th) that takes into account academic recognitions, international accreditations and the school’s presence in the Financial Times rankings. In the international criterion, the school ranked 3rd, confirming its intrinsically global DNA, characterised by:

• A high proportion of international students.
• An internationally trained faculty.
• Mandatory academic mobility.
• Active partnerships with leading institutions worldwide.

Global BBA: a podium position confirming the strengths of the four-year programme

In the second part of the ranking dedicated to four-year BBAs, SKEMA’s Global BBA climbed one place to secure 3rd position nationally among nine programmes recognized by the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research.

The programme also achieved 2nd place for teaching quality, with a spectacular rise of seven places this year.

This performance confirms SKEMA’s ability to combine academic rigour, international openness, and personalised support.

Geopolitics: the new hallmark of excellence for SKEMA managers

In its feature “Geopolitics, the new soft power of graduates”, Le Point highlighted SKEMA’s ability to integrate geopolitical analysis at the heart of management education. The school is presented as particularly pioneering in this respect.
 

“There is a growing demand for experts capable of understanding how geopolitical tensions extend into the digital sphere. Thanks to SKEMA, I acquired that strategic perspective.”

In a world marked by increasingly brutal international power dynamics, rising cyber risks, trade tensions, and strategic uncertainty, SKEMA asserts its ambition to train “augmented managers” capable of understanding global threats and acting effectively in uncertain environments.

Training to decide in uncertainty

The objective is not to train military strategists, but responsible decision-makers. Through masterclasses, simulations, case studies, and interactions with high-level professionals, SKEMA embeds these issues within an active, professionally oriented pedagogy under the leadership of Professor of Geopolitics Frédéric Munier.

Student testimonials: deliberate and strategic choices

Student engagement with these courses is wholehearted and translates into strong academic choices. Olivier, currently undertaking an internship at the French military base in the United Arab Emirates, chose to join SKEMA’s geopolitics track. “Subsequently, I have the opportunity to join the double degree in ‘Geospatial Intelligence’ between SKEMA and the Sorbonne, which trains students in the fusion of satellite geolocated data and geopolitical analysis, preparing them to work in ministries, high-tech start-ups, or major defence industry groups.”

His testimony illustrates the highly practical and operational dimensions of the programme: strategic analysis, geospatial data exploitation, and an understanding of sovereign and industrial challenges.

Lucie, a SKEMA alumna and now a cybersecurity consultant at Wavestone, confirms the decisive impact of this training on her professional career. She works on crisis management and cyber threat analysis assignments at the heart of emerging digital conflicts:

“There is a growing demand for experts capable of understanding how geopolitical tensions extend into the digital sphere. Thanks to SKEMA, I acquired that strategic perspective.”

These career paths fully embody SKEMA’s ambition: to train managers capable of articulating corporate strategy with an understanding of international power dynamics and mastery of new arenas of conflict—whether economic, technological or cyber.