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SKEMA reaches 6th place in the 2026 Challenges ranking
In its 2026 ranking of France’s top masters in management programmes, Challenges confirms the strong momentum of SKEMA Business School: the school climbs one spot compared with 2025 and now stands in 6th place nationwide.
This upward move reinforces SKEMA’s position among the most successful institutions in the French landscape, driven by its multi-campus model, international orientation, and strategy of hybridising skills.
Challenges repeatedly highlights the school’s momentum: “SKEMA’s global ambition has already taken it across all continents…” and quotes Alice Guilhon: “SKEMA is already a multinational of management; it must now become a global, multidisciplinary institution.”
On the multi-campus model: “Every student can study on any of our nine campuses with no restriction on places and no additional fees.”
On geopolitics: “SKEMA launched its own School of Geopolitics in 2022 under the leadership of Frédéric Munier, who explains its philosophy as follows: ‘We aim to train enhanced managers equipped with a deep understanding of the world.’”
SKEMA also excels in thematic rankings
Thanks to its international reach, SKEMA ranks in the Top 4 of the “International” thematic table. The school stands out for its high proportion of international students, guaranteed mobility with no quotas across its nine global campuses, a strong rate of graduates starting their careers abroad, exchange agreements with leading universities worldwide, and a world-class faculty.
SKEMA also achieves excellent results in the “Power” ranking, where it places 6th, supported by strong selectivity, an internationalised faculty, a growing budget, and a powerful alumni network.
A word from Alice Guilhon, Dean & Executive President of SKEMA : “This latest improvement reflects the commitment and talent of our students, faculty, graduates and staff. It fully aligns with the momentum of our UNVEIL 2025–2030 strategic plan, which places students, global openness and societal impact at the heart of our mission. Through this strategic plan, we will further strengthen our multi-campus model, develop new areas of expertise and continue supporting our young people in building ambitious and responsible careers. Seeing this vision recognised today by Challenges is a great source of pride for the entire SKEMA community.”
