Designed by top consultants, senior managers and IHEMI, this MSc is a unique opportunity to join the highly competitive market of business consulting and analysts.
Campus : Sophia-Antipolis and Paris
Intakes: September & January*
Language : English**
3 specialisation tracks
*for candidates with relevant experience
**one of the specialisation tracks in Paris is taught in French
The QS 2024 ranking placed this MSc 45th worldwide and 17th among the European schools represented.This programme is ranked 2nd in the world for the diversity of its intake and faculty.
Programme outline
Business consulting is a profession that regularly evolves. Consulting clients are continuously looking for innovative approaches, technologies and capabilities to further increase efficiency and/or create new sources of revenue. Aware of this accelerated pace of change, we at SKEMA decided in 2023 to merge our two consulting programmes (Business Consulting & Digital Transformation and International Strategy & Influence) to create a more evolved, multi-campus, state-of-the-art Master: Business Consulting and Decision Intelligence (BCDI).
BCDI builds on the content, curricula, partnerships and alumni of its both predecessors. It combines the use of modern digital technologies with our business acumen to equip our students with the necessary competencies to successfully apply and join top consulting companies and industrial corporations in France and the rest of Europe. Within the business consulting domain, BCDI offers specializations on the high-growth areas of the future: digital transformation, sustainability and decision intelligence. The Master runs along two semesters in two Campuses (Paris and Sophia Antipolis). The first semester focusing on common competences, the second one on specialization tracks.
Specialisation tracks
Besides the traditional business consulting skills, the co-creators of our Master have identified the following three specialization tracks that will be offered during the spring semester (students choose only one track):
- Digital Sustainability Consulting (Campus Sophia)
Our students learn the theoretical foundations
of sustainability and digital transformation, and how to use them to increase company value.
- Business Intelligence Consulting (Campus Paris)
Students will be trained on linking data to
decisions and outcomes.
- Sécurité Economique (Campus Paris, only in French)
This track is done at the prestigious Ecole
Militaire de Paris by the Institut des Hautes Etudes du Ministère de l’Intérieur
More information about these tracks
Why choose this MSc in business consulting
The MSc offers forward-looking training which covers cutting edge theoretical developments, tools and methods in the fields of consulting, business and competitive intelligence. It is designed to bridge the gap between theory and practice by systematically relying on industry experts’ testimonials, real-life business cases and company projects.
During fall semester, students can stay either in Paris or in Sophia, having access to the same courses. In spring semester, students have to choose one campus, depending what specialisation track they want to follow.
Designed by internationally recognised academics together with top business consultants/analysts and competitive intelligence specialists.
Unique business optimisation approaches based on a combination of digital technologies, competitive intelligence and business acumen.
Exclusive access to top consulting firms. Recruitment activities take place on both campuses along the two semesters.
Courses taught by SKEMA researchers and senior executives from the Master ecosystem of consulting firms, think tanks, high-tech SMEs and multinational companies.
Programme certifications
Throughout the Master, students can acquire the following certifications:
- Google Project Management certificate
- Scrum Master certificate
- Google Data Analytics certificate
- Microsoft PL 900
- Digimind certificate
- Sécurité économique from IHEMI
About the degree
By joining an MSc, students obtain a master of science degree and the "Diploma of Specialised Studies in International Management" (DESMI), a degree approved by France's Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (master's level.
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