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SKEMA strengthens its position in China by creating a joint school with Nanjing University and a master's degree in entrepreneurship and innovation with Xian'Jiaotong University

PARIS, July 24, 2020, /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/--

SKEMA Business School has just signed two new strategic agreements with two

excellent Chinese academic institutions: Nanjing Audit University and Xian'

Jiaotong University, a member of the prestigious Chinese Ivy League, which

brings together the 9 largest universities in the country.

The Chinese Ministry of Education has just approved the agreements signed

between SKEMA and the universities of Nanjing and Xian' Jiaotong.  With

Nanjing, SKEMA creates a joint school and with Xian'Jiaotong, a master's degree

in entrepreneurship and innovation focused on data management and artificial

intelligence.

NAU-SKEMA Joint School

The NAU-SKEMA Institute is jointly established by SKEMA Business School and

Nanjing University (NAU). The creation of a joint school with a Chinese

university is reserved for a very small number of excellent foreign

institutions, of which SKEMA is now a part.

This institute will start recruiting its first cohort of students in China in

September 2020 through the Gaokao. This entrance exam to Chinese universities,

which is reputedly difficult, will allow the recruitment of a large number of

Chinese students: around 300 each year but on a very selective basis.

They will follow a four-year full-time undergraduate course, which includes

four hybrid courses of study that offer students a variety of possible career

paths:

- Financial engineering

- Audit

- Information management and information systems management

- Engineering Management

Students will obtain two diplomas: the NAU General Undergraduate Diploma of

Higher Education and the SKEMA 4-year Global BBA Diploma.

Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation SKEMA-Xian'Jiaotong

The program aims to train future elites and industry leaders in the fields of

entrepreneurship and innovation with a focus on big data and artificial

intelligence.

This 2-year joint program begins at the start of the 2020 academic year, with a

recruitment target of 60 students per year. It is open to candidates with the

equivalent of a "Bac+3" or "Bac+5". At the end of the 2 years of study, the

student receives the SKEMA diploma (MSc) and the Chinese Ministry of Education

diploma.

"These joint cooperation projects contribute to deepening educational exchanges

between France and China and I am happy that SKEMA finds its place in them.

They are also a strong link in the school's SKY25 strategic plan to pursue its

international development, which is based, in parallel with the opening of

international hubs, on agreements with the best institutions in the world,"

says Alice Guilhon, SKEMA's Managing Director.

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SOURCE: SKEMA Business School