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Master’s Degree in Luxury Marketing and Management

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Master’s Degree in Luxury Marketing and Management

The Master’s in Luxury Marketing and Management at ISMOD is a qualification registered with the RNCP, Level 7, delivered over two years and designed to train experts capable of understanding the marketing rules reversed from those of mass consumption, while incorporating the management of scarcity, prestige and emotion into their activities.

This programme is perfectly aligned with the needs of managers responsible for the retail management of luxury products, who are seeking creative, passionate, curious and motivated collaborators.

The ISMOD Master’s enables students to be fully operational from their first professional experience. Courses, conferences, masterclasses and Business Games are delivered by professionals who are experts in their respective fields.

Students also benefit from connections with our network of premium partner companies for the completion of their work-study programme.

Certification: Title registered in the National Directory of Professional Certifications

FURTHER STUDIES :

This Master’s degree is professionally oriented and therefore leads directly to employment.

Prerequisites

ENTRY LEVEL(S)

Bachelor’s degree / Licence and Bac+4

Prerequisites: The Master’s in Luxury Marketing and Management at ISMOD is open to holders of a Bachelor’s degree / Licence or any other Level 6 qualification and, for entry into the second year of the Master’s programme, to candidates who have validated a Master 1 or have obtained a waiver from the certifying body.

Admission is based on the review of the application file and may include an interview.

Programme objectives

The Master’s degree in Luxury Marketing and Management at ISMOD is a State-recognised Level 7 qualification aimed at achieving the following objectives:

  • Learn to manage scarcity and prestige rather than volume

  • Develop strategies to deliver an ultra-personalised and memorable service

  • Understand the history of major fashion houses to perpetuate their DNA while remaining modern

  • Position a brand in a highly competitive global market

  • Manage prestigious physical boutiques while implementing a high-level digital strategy

  • Master production challenges, from craftsmanship to international logistics constraints

  • Combine opulence with ethics and material traceability

  • Understand the impact of AI, NFTs, and the metaverse on the luxury experience

  • Use customer data to anticipate trends without compromising the brand’s mystique

  • Engage with industry professionals through masterclasses, real projects, or internships

  • Adopt the presentation, language, and behavioural codes essential for interacting with high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI)

Teaching Methods and Assessment

Assessment Methods: Case studies and/or tests and/or essays and/or text analyses and/or multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and/or oral assessments and/or research projects / Continuous assessment / Work-study and competency evaluation (written + oral) / Thesis defence / Professional evaluation in the company

Programme Summary Documents: Course materials (PDF, and/or Word, and/or PPT formats), case studies and/or audio and video resources, and any exercises to be completed during the programme

Duration of Studies:

DURATION OF STUDIES:

  • 2 years for students holding a Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent qualification, and 1 year for students who have completed the first year of a Master’s programme.
  • Work-study programme available.
This programme does not offer any equivalences or transfer pathways.

Students entering the first year of the Master’s programme are required to validate all skills blocks

Admission Procedures and Deadlines

Access deadlines

  • Registrations for the September 2026 intake will take place from 1 March to 20 September 2026.
  • Registrations for the January 2027 deferred intake will continue until 18 December 2026.

Modalities

Access to our programmes may be initiated:

  • By the employer,
  • At the employee’s initiative, with their employer’s agreement,
  • By a student or their legal guardian
  • Work-study is available from the third year onwards

Upon completion of the application form, our institution undertakes to respond within 72 hours.

If the programme requires specific prerequisites, we will propose, regardless of the funding method you are considering, a knowledge assessment and/or a positioning interview (by telephone or videoconference) and/or a review of your application file.

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Career Opportunities

  • Luxury Product Manager

  • Marketing Manager

  • Brand Manager

  • Collection Manager

  • Communications Manager

  • Event Project Manager

  • Luxury Social Media Manager

  • Retail Manager

  • Boutique / Flagship Store Manager

  • CRM and Clienteling Manager

  • International Business Developer

  • Area Sales Manager

Programme

1ST YEAR

The master’s programme in the 1st year, aimed at developing managerial skills, is structured as follows:

Semester 1:

  • Business Strategy

  • Human Resources Management and Organisational Behaviour

  • Project and Innovation Management

  • Managerial Geopolitics

  • Corporate Finance and Cash Management

  • English

  • Business Challenges in a Globalised Economy

  • Business Law

Semester 2:

  • Business Model & Business Plan

  • Innovation Marketing

  • Collaborative Tools Management

  • Globalisation and International Economics

  • Introduction to Marketing and Communication

  • Business Strategies

  • Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Monitoring

  • Persona Development and Experience Mapping

  • Business Game

  • Internship (Optional)

2ND YEAR

The M2L programme in the specialisation year is organised around two (2) axes:

AXIS 1: SPECIALISATION SUBJECTS

Semester 1:

  • Experiential Marketing and Customer Relationship Management

  • International Market Analysis

  • Digital Communication Strategies and Introduction to Ads

  • Visual Merchandising and UX Design

Semester 2:

  • Intellectual Property Law

  • Sustainable Luxury

  • Luxury Hospitality and Gastronomy Management

  • Strategic Marketing and Product Placement

  • Business Game

  • Internship (Mandatory)

  • Preparation of the Professional Dissertation

AXIS 2: CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Validation of competency blocks:

  • Block 1: Create and develop a digital entrepreneurship project with the support of AI

  • Block 2: Design a digital project using a UX Design approach adapted to AI

  • Block 3: Lead a digital project using agile methodology, preparing its functional specifications and technical requirements

  • Block 4: Develop an e-marketing and communication strategy for a digital entrepreneurship project with the support of AI

  • Block 5: Conduct studies and write reports in competitive intelligence and business strategy

Tuition Fees

Information regarding the cost of this programme can be accessed by clicking on the following link : ici