Executive Management certificate and degree programs
IFM offers three certificate and degree programs designed for professionals seeking to deepen their expertise and leadership skills within the fashion and luxury sectors. All programs are offered in a flexible blended or modular format that allows you to balance your professional and educational commitments:
- Advanced Management Program (AMP) in Fashion and Luxury - Certificate - Blended format - in English
- Executive MSc in Strategic Management of Fashion and Luxury - Degree - Blended format - in English
- Executive MBA Global Fashion Management - Degree - Modular format - in French
Advanced Management Program (AMP) in Fashion & Luxury
This program is designed as a career accelerator, and allows participants to acquire a strategic vision of the fashion and luxury industry, in or preparing for, top-level managerial positions.
Practical information:
- Type: Certificate program
- Duration: 6 months (2 on-campus modules and 3 online modules)
- Format: part-time program with in-person and online modules
- Language: English
Program objectives:
- Deepen your understanding of the key challenges facing the fashion and luxury industry today - from how the sector is responding to global instability and regional realities, to shifts in consumerism and the consequences of systemic changes.
- Acquire strategic insights into how these issues are evolving, and what lies on the horizon in terms of the opportunities they present.
- Benefit from unparalleled industry exposure to develop leading-edge management strategies and effective leadership skills.
- Develop and reinforce your analytical and critical skills in order to tackle these issues from an executive standpoint.
- Develop your network in the fashion & luxury sectors.
Executive MSc in Strategic Management of Fashion and Luxury
This new program is an innovative hybrid executive program designed for professionals to pursue career growth while obtaining an industry-recognized master’s diploma (RNCP Level 7 in France) in fashion and luxury.
Practical information:
- Type: Executive Master
- Duration: 1 year (4 on-campus modules and 5 online modules)
- Format: Part-time program with in-person and online modules
- Language: English
Program objectives:
- Develop an in-depth understanding of the contemporary challenges and emerging trends shaping the fashion and luxury sector;
- Hone the critical and analytical skills needed to tackle these issues from an executive standpoint;
- Leverage unparalleled industry exposure to cultivate cutting-edge management strategies and refine your leadership skills;
- Benefit from the flexibility of a hybrid program that allows participants to honor professional commitments whilst pursuing advanced education;
- Engage in rich interpersonal exchanges with fellow participants, academic staff and top-tier professionals, expanding your network;
- Obtain an executive master’s degree in strategic management to unlock new career opportunities in the fashion and luxury industry.
Executive MBA Global Fashion Management
This Executive MBA offered in partnership with the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong, provides a comprehensive, global perspective on fashion management.
Practical information:
- Type: Executive MBA
- Duration: 14 months
- Format: Part-time modular program on IFM campus with 2 modules in the USA and Asia
- Language: French
Program objectives:
- Acquire fundamental knowledge of managing an entity in the fashion & luxury sector
- Develop a cross-functional vision of the different missions of the company's employees, to be able to define an inclusive and sustainable strategy
- Take steps towards digital technology and sustainability
- Gain exposure to the sector's structural, cultural and intergenerational differences
- Develop leadership and management skills in a complex international context, including periods of change and crisis
The programme is structured around three fundamental themes that correspond to the sector's current challenges: digitalisation, sustainability & CSR and new consumer behaviors. Each course addresses one or more of these issues.
