DOUBLE
MSc Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Design
A unique hybrid approach that will allow students to make a positive impact on our world by obtaining a double degree from a triple-accredited business school and the only design school worldwide focused on sustainable innovation.
MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The UN expects the world population to reach ten billion by 2050, with two thirds of people living in cities. At the same time, natural resources are becoming scarcer. Access to food, land, clean water, and reliable energy will become increasingly challenging. While this creates material tensions, such a situation also presents significant opportunities to create innovative sustainable industries. According to the Business and Sustainable Development Commission “Achieving the Global [UN Sustainable Development] Goals opens up US$12 trillion of market opportunities in … food and agriculture, cities, energy and materials, and health and well-being”.
Creating radically new businesses and jobs that make profit with purpose whilst addressing economic, environmental and societal challenges requires two key skills: creativity and business acumen. Developing these two skills is the role of the MSc Entrepreneurship & Sustainable Design.
Creating and Constructing a Sustainable World
This MSc programme brings together the best of business and design education
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
There are many examples of successful entrepreneurial companies built using design to create a competitive advantage (e.g. Airbnb or Apple). McKinsey recently reported that large, traditional corporates which are design focused companies outperform their peers both in terms of revenue growth and in total return to shareholders.
Graduates of this MSc will find opportunities to pursue careers as:
– Entrepreneurs in sustainable industries
– Intrapreneurs for large corporates which emphasize corporate social responsibility
– Incubator advisors
– Business developers in positive impact start-ups
STUDENTS WILL ACQUIRE SKILLS
– Master contextual research and collaboration in the field of sustainability
– Integrate eco-stewardship methodologies with professional scenarios
– Apply sustainable principles and methods to design innovative solutions that meet the needs of the present while maximizing the positive impact on the future
– Master the commercial mindset required to transform ideas into new viable businesses
– Analyse a new venture idea from multiples perspectives
– Increase your chances of success by mastering business models and business plans
design, business & strategy
CORE PROGRAM
During the last week of August and the first three weeks of September, design students will come to the SKEMA campus to do introductory classes in marketing and finance while business students will be on the SDS campus to do introductory classes in design (drawing, design methodologies, software).
1st
semester
semester
At SKEMA Business School
Sophia Antipolis
Sophia Antipolis
30 ECTS
European equivalence
European equivalence
MANDATORY COURSES
ELECTIVES COURSES
These details are for information only and may be changed by the schools without prior notice.
2nd
semester
semester
At THE SDS
Cagnes-sur-Mer
Cagnes-sur-Mer
30 ECTS + 30 ECTS
European equivalence
European equivalence
MANDATORY COURSES
ELECTIVES COURSES
DISSERTATION OR BUSINESS PLAN
These details are for information only and may be changed by the schools without prior notice.