The International Education Department of IESA arts&culture offers programs taught entirely in English to French and international students. It offers a general Bachelor 3 and 4 MBA programs lasting 12 or 16 months in the fields of arts and cultural project administration, contemporary art, art and luxury management, or cultural and tourism enterprises.

The Bachelor taught entirely in English

3-year program – Start in September
This program allows students to validate the Title Specialist-Advisor in Cultural Goods and Services, State-certified at level II and registered with the RNCP.
Students must hold a Bac and demonstrate a B2 level of English

The MBA programs taught entirely in English

12- or 16-month programs – Start in September or January.
Students holding a validated Bac+3 must follow the 16-month program. Students holding a validated Bac+4 may follow the 12-month program.

These MBA programs allow students to validate the Titles Cultural Project Administrator and Expert in Marketing and Distribution of Works of Art, State-certified at level II and registered with the RNCP.

The international education department also offers a four-week Summer session in July combining the study of French with art history and the art market in Paris.

art and culture MBA

The international education department organizes numerous educational trips built into the MBA programs so that students can discover major capital cities or cultural events essential to their specialty.

Berlin, Brussels, Maastricht, Milan, London, Athens, or Venice are all destinations that allow students, depending on their field of expertise, to expand their knowledge and professional network.

List of the main instructors at IESA arts&culture - International Department:

  • Emmanuelle AMIOT-SAULNIER - Art historian and journalist
  • Rebecca AMSELLEM - Doctor of cultural economics, founder of “Les Glorieuses”
  • Christophe BROUARD - Exhibition curator, art historian
  • Bob CHILD - Curator
  • Bénédicte de CHALAIN - Art historian and guide-lecturer
  • Christel de NOBLET - Doctor of Law, specialist in cultural heritage management
  • Sebastien DELOT - Director of the LAM museum, exhibition curator
  • Stéphanie DIECKVOSS - Art market expert, founder of the modern and contemporary art fair Art15
  • Jeremy ECKSTEIN - Art market expert
  • Geoffrey FINCH - Cultural tourism expert
  • Tom FLYNN - Art market expert
  • Lucas FOX - Cultural project management expert, music events
  • Hélène GILLES - Cultural heritage expert
  • Audrey ILLOUZ - Exhibition curator, art critic
  • Isabelle LANDREAU - Lawyer, specialist in intellectual property and luxury law
  • Daniel LESBACHE - Contemporary art historian
  • Simon MILNE - Marketing expert
  • Nathalie MOUREAU - Art market economics expert
  • Pierre NAQUIN - Journalist, art market expert
  • Pierre PROVOYEUR - Curator
  • Jacques-Yves TOULEMONDE - Cultural tourism expert
  • Adriana TURPIN - Academic Director IESA international
  • Sarah THELWALL - Entrepreneur, consultant for the cultural industries
  • Clément THIBAULT - Journalist, art market expert
  • Jack VERMEE - Writer, film festival programmer