Entry requirements

This Professional Licence degree is aimed at students who have completed two years of higher education: Advanced Vocational Training Certificate (BTS) in Fashion or a two/three-year higher education degree in applied arts. It is not open to students who have completed BTS or Licence degrees in Fashion Management.

Benefits of the program

Partnership with ESAA Duperré, France’s most prestigious school for applied arts for fashion. Access to ESAA’s facilities and dual student card. The course is structured around three areas: artistic culture, professional techniques, and a 12- to 24-week work placement. All three come together with students completing a tutored project, which is assessed by professionals and presented at the ESAA exhibition.

Acquired skills

Technical and professional skills: knowledge of materials, techniques, creation processes and computer tools.

Cultural skills: knowledge of art history, aesthetics and techniques for exhibition installation. Good command of English.

Skills in marketing, entrepreneurship and ethical and sustainable production: knowledge of the way in which various fashion companies operate (luxury and mass production) as well as of principles and techniques used in ethical and sustainable production.

International

There are many opportunities for work placements abroad, mainly in England, the United States and Italy (clothing), India (embroidery), in Germany (wool), etc. Each graduating class of 25 includes at least one or two international students. Partnerships are currently being developed with Japan.

Capacities

20

Course venue

Other course venue

ESAA DUPERRE11 rue Dupetit-Thouars, 75003 Paris

Your future career

At the end of this Professional Licence, graduates may work in the following roles:

Fashion designer (clothing, accessories, retail, fashion communication), in a studio, as a freelancer or in-house.

Study objectives

The key purpose of this course is to ensure students put the knowledge they acquired during the BTS into practice, in creative work as a professional designer. Students should have learned to collaborate, to manage their projects while factoring in external technical contributions, and to present and “sell” them, while reflecting on design, intention, audience and the conditions for economic exploitation.

In-depth knowledge of materials and techniques will enable students to develop the skills required for designing and creating collections, and/or communicating around them.

Learning how to coordinate and collaborate on projects will directly pave the way for students to enter the industry.

Major thematics of study

Aesthetic culture: Art history, aesthetics and visual culture

English

Corporate culture and sustainable development

Fashion marketing (luxury and mass retail)

Computer graphics, photography and digital techniques

Creative laboratory

Studio for collection design and creation

Calendar

Work placement: between January and June.