International Business – (M.Sc.)

For students with a range of profiles: business, or non-business, graduates as well as professionals. This is a general business programme that provides the international perspective that is essential in today’s professional world. Students on this Master of Science will understand the challenges and issues associated with doing business internationally: sharing knowledge and innovation across borders and continents.

The MSc in International Business provides students with a broad and general understanding of international management while giving an in-depth education in the specialisation option students choose to concentrate on. The specialisation options are: Doing Business in Europe, Doing Business in Asia, and Why choose Doing Business in America.

The programme strikes the balance between practical business applications and cutting-edge research and ideas. Core courses provide the knowledge to survive in the global knowledge economy: how industries change and firms compete; how markets should be managed and financial decisions made; how to cope with diversity and legal issues. Courses on globalization, international business and corporate strategy provide an overview.

Why choose this programme

* Nowadays firms are often forced to go abroad to sell their products and services. Also key inputs like raw materials, components, human resources have to be obtained internationally. Business is in a phase of unprecedented internationalisation. This MSc will prepare you for it.
* The programme is well suited to students with a broad range of backgrounds, nationalities, qualifications and experience. The international student make up on the programme precisely suits the area of study, and team-work in these multi-cultural groups is an application of international business in itself.
* The international teaching staff has both strong academic and professional experience and their teaching concentrates on the application of theory to practical business situations.

Career opportunities

With the SKEMA International Business MSc, our students take a decisive step in their international career. Our one-year multicampus programme addresses future global business leaders.

It brings them necessary general management and multicultural skills and knowledge but also a real exposure to different markets as, each semester, they can select a different SKEMA campus in Asia or Europe or America.

MSc in International Business graduates are easily employable in a broad range of firms and organisations from exporting SMB and multinational companies, both in B2B and B2C to international government agencies and NGO’s.

The hiring companies' spectrum is very large: consulting, manufacturing, banking & insurance, logistics. SKEMA MSc IB students easily get the job they want, as international product manager, business operations manager, international business development manager, export-area sales manager, international sourcing manager, international purchaser, strategic consultant, international project manager.. and from there grow rapidly.

Diversity, business sense, adaptability, right mix of strategy and hands-on... that's our global programme.