Master in Entrepreneurship and Design for Sustainability

This programme cuts across many management domains including entrepreneurship, business, innovation, technology, and social sciences. Students will acquire expertise in:

• Sustainability
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Design for Sustainability
• Business Modelling for Social Impact
• Sustainable Innovation.

You are an ideal candidate if you:

• Wish to solve real user problems by becoming familiar with design methodologies to optimise the user experience
• Are willing to analyse new venture ideas from multiple perspectives, and in light of emerging trends
• Have the business mindset required to develop ideas into new and viable entrepreneurial initiatives
• Intend to transform entrepreneurial ideas into actual business

Please note that we’ve designed this program for recent graduates with ideally no more than 3 years of work experience. If you have more experience, you might also like to take a look at our International MBA programs.

Our Master in Entrepreneurship and Design for Sustainability is a master's program delivered half by SKEMA in France and half in Milan at GSoM and POLI.design. This will allow students to be immersed in two institutions that are very strong in terms of design, sustainability, and entrepreneurship.

Students will spend the first semester in Sophia Antipolis (France), on the SKEMA campus, and the second semester on the POLIMI Graduate School of Management’s campus in Milan.

After the core and optional courses at the end of the two semesters, you will have the chance to work on a dissertation or business plan, supported by your tutors.

Your path will be divided as follows:

Fall semester – Skema

• Core courses
• Optional courses

Spring semester – POLIMI Graduate School of Management

• Core courses
• Optional courses
• Dissertation or business plan

If you complete this program successfully, Politecnico di Milano will award you a 1st level Specialising Master's degree: the “Entrepreneurship and Design for Sustainability” (60 ECTS).

By joining the program you will also obtain a Master of Science from Skema Business School. Based on their academic background, eligible students will obtain the “Diploma of Specialised Studies in International Management“ (DESMI), a degree approved by France’s Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.

At the end of your Master’s, if eligible, you will be granted a:

• Master’s Diploma from POLIMI Graduate School of Management
• 1st Level University Specialising Master Degree from Politecnico di Milano
• Master of Science from Skema Business School (in case of eligibility)

The program aims to develop student’s personal growth in nurturing their social responsibility in our society. You will be supported in exploring your future path, whether entrepreneurial or corporate.

Our Master prepares you for a variety of roles in international companies, including:

• Entrepreneurs in sustainable industries
• Business Developer
• Product Manager
• Customer Success/Operations Manager in positive impact start-ups
• Innovation/Sustainability Manager in companies with a strong sense of corporate social responsibility
• Head of Sustainability/Chief Impact Officer
• Customer Service and Customer Relationship Manager
• Event Manager.

POLIMI GSoM, SKEMA and POLI.design have created a unique partnership aimed at delivering an upper-level programme. The strong collaboration that SKEMA has with businesses, as well as that which GSoM has with companies in the sector, will allow participants to combine solid theoretical training with reliable business vision.

The Master in Entrepreneurship and Design for Sustainability is a Double-Degree Master, combining sustainability with business, entrepreneurship, design and social sciences. The course is delivered jointly by SKEMA Business School and POLI.design.

SKEMA is a highly rated Business School in France, internationally recognised thanks to its various campuses and distributed collaborations. POLIMI Graduate School of Management is the business school of Politecnico di Milano and it is awarded with the ‘triple crown’, having been awarded the three most prestigious international accreditations (AACSB, AMBA e EFMD). POLI.design is the design soul of Politecnico di Milano and its courses are highly valued in international rankings.

This Master will combine:

1. A business, entrepreneurial, and marketing approach (at SKEMA) to establish and manage sustainable initiatives
2. A business, design and innovation approach (at POLIMI Graduate School of Management and POLI.design) to nurture the ability for innovation and design valuable opportunities.

Moreover, by becoming part of our School you will:

1. Be in direct contact with innovation and digital transformation due to our network that includes over 370 research centres, PoliHub – the Politecnico di Milano incubator – and over 40 observatories
2. Participate in networking moments with alumni, headhunters, and companies that will give you insight into the market needs to be required to become a future leader
3. Be able to develop your professional career with the assistance of our Career Development Centre. In the academic year 2021-2022, an 83% rate of Employability within all the Specialising Master’s was accomplished three months after the end of didactic activities.

Months in France (at Skema), 6 months in Italy (at POLIMI GSoM), and 4 months of experiential activities.