BSc in Management for Fashion and Creative Industries

The BSc in Management for Fashion and Creative Industries is a 3-year program taught in English which aims to train the future generation of creative managers, with a solid background in management and humanities and a keen understanding of the languages of creation.

You will be prepared for careers in a sector in which creation has a central role. Fashion, luxury, beauty, perfumes, sport, entertainment... all these industries place creation, art and aesthetic at the heart of their productions. Often embodied by a creative director or a brand, the creative industries are also distinguished by their ability to capture the "zeitgeist" and to be in a state of constant innovation.

The program benefits from the unparalleled links that Institut Français de la Mode has forged over many years with fashion houses and companies in the fashion and creative industries (Chanel, Dior, Saint Laurent, Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Chloé, Adidas, L'Oréal, see more here.), as well as the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, which organises Paris Fashion Week.

Accreditation

The BSc in Management for Fashion and Creative Industries leads to a diploma "chef de projet mode et industries créatives" conferring the "grade de licence" by the Ministry of Higher Education: Official Bulletin (BOESR) n°7 of 16 February 2023, by order of 25 January 2023.

Ranking

You will be learning at one of the top fashion schools in the world. Indeed Institut Français de la Mode is the only school worldwide to have received the maximum badges of excellence for its management programs in The Business of Fashion's latest ranking.

Objectives

During the course, you will learn to:

• master the fundamentals of project management;
• develop a critical, agile and structured mind;
• experiment with the different languages of creation;
• develop your general and artistic culture as well as your sensitivity to creation;
• Understand the major challenges of fashion and creative industries (technology, sustainable development, etc.).

Curriculum

The course offers you an approach to management specifically applied to the fashion and creative industries, including courses in human and social sciences, which are essential for a career in these sectors. You will learn through numerous group projects throughout the three years.

Fundamentals of business administration:

• Economy and geopolitics
• Marketing
• Communications
• Finance, accounting
• Strategy and project management
• Corporate Law
• Entrepreneurship
• Statistics and data analysis
• Coding...

Management applied to creative industries:

• Brand strategy
• Product strategy
• New business models
• Understanding the media ecosystem
• Innovation management...

Humanities applied to creative industries:

• Introduction to logic and critical thinking
• Arts history
• Fashion history
• Design history
• Sociology
• Anthropology
• Philosophy, art, and aesthetics...

Understanding and management of creation:

• Courses on fashion, contemporary art, design and crafts, cinema, and live performances
• Image: introduction to graphic and visual arts (drawing, photography), introduction to visual identity (typography)
• Volume: understanding object design, garment construction, materials and surfaces, space design, and scenography
• Video and sound: writing/scripting, recording, editing
• Editorial communication: magazine (print/digital) and art direction

Innovation and societal issues:

• Sustainable development
• Digital innovation
  
• Internationalization
• Inclusivity and diversity...

Soft skills:

• Business Ethics
• Collaborative work
• Communications
• Public speaking
• Creative writing and storytelling
• Language courses: English, Italian, French for non-French speaking students, and Chinese

Experiential learning

The course pedagogy is a mix of theory and practice: you will have access to a diversity of teaching formats, projects, cases, and practical workshops to develop your agility, nourish a 360° approach and feed your curiosity.

Le Grand Bain

On your arrival, you will participate in, together with BA Fashion Design students, an intensive two-week program of creative industry immersion through workshops, visits and meetings. This immersive program will give you an insight into the fundamentals of Paris as a "creative capital": this cultural exploration will help you to identify key references drawn from history, architecture, literature, art, cinema... It will also allow you to identify the dynamics at the crossroads of creative activities and industries (fashion, luxury, design, gastronomy, media, contemporary art, video games...), while understanding the economic structures at work in a given territory: urbanization, the educational system and the role of politics.

Projects

Each year, you will have the opportunity to work on one or more concrete projects under real-life conditions. Drawing on the cross-knowledge acquired in the management, humanities and creation courses, you will work in groups with other students in the program, but also, depending on the project, with students of IFM's BA in Fashion Design or students of other schools, such as ISCOM in communication. These projects may also take place in partnership with brands, associations, or media. They can be very short (hackathon type) or spread over several months and will allow you to put your knowledge into play in a concrete and applied way.

A few examples of projects, among others:

• Social networks: defining the strategy, implementation and animation for a brand (TikTok, Instagram...)
• Entrepreneurial project: developing an innovative concept and building a business plan
• Trends and data: deciphering zeitgeist using qualitative and quantitative methods (data analysis, etc.)
• Magazine / Podcast / Video: working on the layout and content of a digital or paper media
• Documentary: observing social phenomena and translating them into video format

Internships

This programme allows you to complete up to 5 months of internships, including:

• A compulsory 1-month internship or mission (humanitarian, entrepreneurial, etc) in Year 1
• A compulsory 4-month internship or mission (humanitarian, entrepreneurial, etc) in Year 2

Campus

Our Austerlitz campus is located at Les Docks - Cité de la Mode et du Design on the bank of the famous Seine river with state-of-the-art equipment: workshops, a fully equipped Fab Lab, a knit workshop, a leather workshop, and a C.A.D laboratory.

Entirely dedicated to the fashion, design and creation sectors, our analogue and digital Library has one of the most unique collections in Europe.

At the end of the Bachelor's degree, two options are open:

• Continue your higher education studies in a Master's degree in France or abroad, for example in marketing management, communications, digital marketing, sustainability management, sales management, entrepreneurship & innovation, or by applying to IFM's MSc in International Fashion and Luxury Management.
• Start your professional career directly in the creative industries in junior management positions in fields related to products (product management, merchandising...), distribution (retail, e-commerce...), or communications.

In order to refine their project, students benefit from counseling sessions and workshops coordinated by the Business and Careers Department.

The Business and Careers Department aims to foster relationships between students and IFM partner companies and to support entry into professional life by offering various meeting opportunities and internship offers during schooling. This proximity to the professional network of the sector constitutes precious support in the continuity of the course of each student.

Upon completion of schooling, the active alumni network is also a vital resource for the career development of graduates in the sector. Various events are offered to graduates, allowing useful and targeted exchanges as well as a strong link with the IFM ecosystem (companies and Alumni Association) throughout their careers.

Tuition fees for academic year 2024/2025*:

EU students

1^st year: €13,700

Non-EU students

1^st year: €19,800

Lifetime contribution to the IFM Alumni Association: €470.

Thanks to the generosity of the IFM Foundation, need-based scholarships are available for EU students under 29 years of age on September 1 of the academic year.

* Due to the economic context, the tuition fees are likely to evolve within the limit of an annual increase which cannot exceed the inflation rate in France.

Admissions requirements

The BSc in Management for Fashion and creative industries is open to students who hold a high school Baccalaureate or equivalent (A-level, Abitur, etc). All specializations are welcome. Fluent English is required.

This program is accessible through the VAE (Validation of Acquired Experience) system. Find out how to apply on the VAE website.

Admissions process

The admissions process consists of two steps:

1. Eligibility: submission of a detailed online application file. Please note there is a non-refundable €50 application fee.
2. Admission: face-to-face interview on the IFM campus (or online if you cannot come to the campus) with a jury composed of faculty members

Applications via Parcoursup

If you are preparing for or holding a French baccalauréat and wish to apply for the first year of the BSc, you must apply through the Parcoursup platform and not directly on our website. Selected candidates will be invited to an online interview with faculty members.

International applications

If you are preparing or hold an international diploma equivalent to the French baccalaureate (A-Level, IB, Abitur, International Baccalaureate...), you should apply on the IFM website by clicking on "Apply".

The application file will include documents related to your background and education (CV, transcripts, predicted grades if applicable), questions to assess your project and your motivation. You will find below the list of documents that you will be asked to scan and upload in PDF format into the application platform.

Required documents:

• Curriculum vitae
• Academic transcripts from the last three years of secondary school (and all post-secondary school transcripts if applicable)
• Copy of High school diploma or Secondary School examination certificates (if completed)
• We require an English language certificate. We accept IELTS, TOEFL or Cambridge tests. If your application is found eligible, you will be invited to an interview before a board of examiners who will test your level of English orally. Scores required: IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 79-95, Cambridge 176

Optional:

You may include any additional documents (recommendation letters, personal work and projects, etc.) that you feel may support your application.

This program is accessible through the VAE (Validation of Acquired Experience) system. Find out how to apply on the VAE website.