Master of Science Programs

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CERAM BUSINESS SCHOOL AND THE FRENCH ‘GRANDES ECOLES’ SYSTEM

CERAM, created in 1963, is a French ‘Grande Ecole’. This prestigious Grande Ecole system, was designed to provide the country’s future business elite. To better fulfil this mission, the Grandes Ecoles have traditionally developed strong links with firms, and use teaching methods that are grounded in case studies and constant exchange with the world of business. CERAM offers a full range of accredited programs (Bachelor, the Grande Ecole Master, MScs and Doctorates) whose shared ambition is to provide an education of the highest quality in line with the practical needs of companies. Constant monitoring of the expectations of students and companies alike makes it possible to stay tuned to them.

CERAM BUSINESS SCHOOL: A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE RECOGNIZED BY INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATIONS

CERAM prides itself on its culture of excellence, and of continuous improvement. The school has been awarded an EFQM (European Quality Improvement System) prize for its social and management model. For the quality of its teaching, its international dimension and its links with the world of business, it has been given Equis accreditation. 91 % of its business faculty members have a doctorate or a PhD and many of them publish regularly, whether with major educational publishers or in international academic publications. CERAM’s Master programs provide students with an opportunity to benefit from cutting-edge research applied to practical business situations.

Businesses have responded positively to CERAM’s teaching and preparation of students for company life and are keen to recruit graduates or offer internships.

REAL-LIFE BUSINESS

CERAM’s past history and present governance have brought the school close to the world of business. While maintaining the highest possible standards of research and academic excellence, the school builds its teaching around a constant interaction with the world of business, whether through case studies, action-learning business projects in collaboration with firms, or presentations made, and courses taught, by company managers. CERAM’s faculty regularly carries out research and projects for firms and institutions, thus allowing them to share the fruits of this direct contact with business. By making internships mandatory, CERAM aims to enable students to learn through real-life company experience. For finding internships and seeking employment, a special career service is there to help, with some 10,000 offers a year.

EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AT CERAM BUSINESS SCHOOL

In order to accompany the international development of the Côte d’Azur, CERAM has developed Centres of expertise, research programs and specialized programs in the areas of Finance, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Tourism. Its position in the Sophia Antipolis technology park has made the school also very aware of the importance of new approaches to management based around Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development. The various teaching programs, whether in French or English, draw on these 5 Centres of expertise for their courses. In addition to the Grande Ecole program, which also takes in many students from abroad, CERAM has developed a range of international programs covering various levels, from Bachelors degrees through the Masters to a Doctoral program.

AN INTERNATIONAL CAMPUS

Situated in the heart of the Sophia Antipolis technology park, between Cannes, Nice and Antibes, the CERAM campus welcomes more than 520 international students of some 60 nationalities, as well as a large number of international faculty.

CERAM benefits both from the presence of over 1,000 international companies on the Côte d’Azur, and from the proximity of the various universities, engineering schools and research centres that share in the Sophia Antipolis project. True to its vocation of developing ‘intellectual capital’, the technology park constitutes a huge campus where research and innovation flourish in a privileged natural environment.