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Tailor the program to your career goals

To tailor the program to your career goals, you will choose your major(s) at M2. 

After the first period of M2, in which you have laid a powerful foundation, you will spend your next period specializing through a Major. There are three Majors to choose from: The Data Sciences Major takes place at the CentraleSupélec Saclay Campus in France, the Business Analytics Major is followed at the ESSEC France Campus; finally, the Digital Strategy Major takes place at the ESSEC Asia-Pacific Campus in Singapore. There is no upper limit to number of specialized elective courses.

Major in Data Sciences

CentraleSupélec offers several elective courses in period 2 to all students of the program. To obtain your Data Sciences Major, you must dedicate at least four of your elective courses to Data Sciences. You do that by selecting a minimum of four out of the several possible electives. Some examples: Advanced Deep learning, Natural Language Processing, Distributed Optimization and Computing. To see the other electives, have a look at our brochure.

Major in Business Analytics

ESSEC Business School in France offers several elective courses in period 2 to all students of the program. To obtain your Business Analytics Major, you must dedicate at least four of your elective courses to Business Analytics. Some examples: Quantitative Risk Management, Business Intelligence, Marketing Analytics, Decision Analytics. To see the other electives, have a look at our brochure.

Major in Digital Strategy

ESSEC Business School in Singapore offers several elective courses in period 2 to all students of the program. To obtain your Digital Strategy Major, you must dedicate at least four of your elective courses to Digital Strategy. Some examples: Cyber Security, e-Business Strategy & Operations. To see the other electives, have a look at our brochure.