On 9 December 2021, the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation published a new decree in its official journal regarding the exemptions for the DSCG (Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Management) examinations the first stage in streamlining DSCG examination exemptions. The latter sets out the French qualifications and degrees allowing exemptions from the Advanced Diploma in Accounting and Management examinations.
Since this date, therefore, management schools have been required to submit an application to obtain these exemptions. On 12 April, the advisory board for the training of chartered accountants gave the green light to grant these exemptions to SKEMA.
Candidates enrolling for the 2022 academic year on SKEMA's two-year Chartered Accountancy - Audit (ECA) track will thus be exempt from five TU (finance, management and management accounting, management of information systems, business English, and the thesis) out of a total of seven, during the DSCG examinations taken at the end of the course. "SKEMA is one of the first management schools to have been granted exemptions by the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. Students and graduates can therefore be pleased", says Denis Boissin, Director of the Master in management programme (PGE) at SKEMA Business School.
1,000 hours of training to pass the DSCG
The ECA path exempts learners from five papers during the final examinations, but it also prepares them for the other DSCG papers that cannot be obtained through exemptions, namely: legal fiscal and social management (TU 1) and accounting and audit (TU 4). Once they've passed this diploma, students may continue to work towards the chartered accountant and external auditor diploma.
A double degree with HEC Montreal
Since December 2020, SKEMA and its partner HEC Montréal have made it possible for accounting and audit students on the Grande Ecole programme to study abroad. The double degree enables them to obtain the "Grande École – Master in Management degree" from SKEMA (specialisation in Chartered Accountancy - Audit [ECA]) and the Master in Management (MSc) Accounting-Control-Audit from HEC Montreal in three years. This gives students a definite advantage as they have the possibility of training in different accounting rules.
Excellent employment prospects
In addition to providing access to the regulated professions of chartered accountant and external auditor (financial auditing), the curriculum also enables students to acquire high value-added skills in the fields of management, accounting, finance and law, which are very useful to companies. "More than 85% of our students work at one of the Big Four firms. 99% of them are hired less than three months after graduation", added Denis Boissin. Students may also find positions in accounting and financial departments. As far as entering the professional world is concerned, students thus have excellent employment prospects.