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Executive Master in Artificial Intelligence (EMAI) at ESSEC Business School

ESSEC Business School, France

Programme overview

100% online executive master for managers who want to lead AI initiatives, offered as a track of the Executive Master in Management and Organisation. Graduates receive a Bac+5 Diplome en management et gestion des organisations (RNCP level 7) and an ESSEC institutional diploma in Artificial Intelligence.

Faculty: ESSEC Executive Education  |  Duration: 12 months of modules plus 6 months for the professional thesis (90 ECTS)  |  Study mode: online part-time; about 10 to 15 hours per week; taught in English  |  Intake: 22 March 2027  |  Location: Cergy, Île-de-France, France

What you will study

Management and strategy core track (2 modules, 28 ECTS), four specialised AI modules (32 ECTS) covering AI impacts, managing AI, AI for business, and digital innovation and entrepreneurship including machine learning and AI regulation, and a 30 ECTS professional thesis on an AI challenge in the participant's organisation.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Bac+4 (Master 1 or equivalent) and a minimum of 3 years of professional experience. Admission steps: advisor consultation, online application on the ESSEC platform and a Zoom interview with the academic director; decision within 7 days of the interview. Eligible for CPF funding. Candidates are experienced leaders with a foundation in digital technologies.

Intake: 22 March 2027

Duration: 12 months of modules plus 6 months for the professional thesis (90 ECTS)

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