Master’s Degree in Project and Innovation Management

Certification : Titre enregistré au répertoire national des certifications professionnelles N° de fiche RNCP35800, Date d’échéance de l’enregistrement : 31-08-2026 délivré par le ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la recherche.

École Supérieure d’Art et des Industries Créatives de Paris

Presentation

The ESART Master’s programme in Project and Innovation Management is an RNCP-registered qualification, Level 7, which trains executives over two years to transform creative ideas into concrete and profitable realities, with a focus on managing uncertainty and leading change.

This programme is perfectly suited to the needs of project and digital transition managers who are seeking creative, passionate, curious, and motivated collaborators.

The ESART Master’s programme ensures a high level of operational readiness from your very first professional experience. Courses, lectures, masterclasses, and business games are delivered by professionals who are experts in their fields.

Connections are established with our network of high-end partner organisations to undertake your work-study placement.

Degrees and Certifications

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

This programme does not offer any equivalences or transfer pathways.

FURTHER STUDIES

This Master’s degree is professionally oriented and therefore leads directly to employment. You also have the option to enrol in the first year of the Master’s programme.

Programme Objectives

The ESART Master’s degree in Project and Innovation Management is a State-recognised Level 7 qualification aimed at achieving the following objectives:

Learn to navigate between the V-model and Agile methodologies to adapt to the pace of innovation
Use software tools for project tracking and reporting
Master competitive intelligence and technological monitoring to identify future trends
Apply user-centred approaches to design products or services that meet real needs
Understand how to protect innovations and manage legal aspects
Learn to coordinate diverse profiles (engineers, designers, marketers)
Know how to “sell” a project internally to management or externally to investors
Support employees through organisational transformations related to new technologies
Assess project profitability, manage an R&D budget, and identify funding sources
Develop a solid business plan for a new venture or start-up

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.

ENTRY LEVEL(S)

Bachelor’s degree / Licence and Bac+4

Prerequisites: The Master’s Degree in Project and Innovation Management at ESART 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.

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

Career Opportunities

Project Manager
Digital Transformation Consultant (Healthcare)
Digital Innovation Manager
Innovation Project Manager
Digital Transformation Manager
Project Management Consultant
Product Manager
R&D Manager
Product Manager
Startup Business Developer
Chief Innovation Officer

Admission Procedures and Deadlines

Access deadlines

Applications for the September 2026 intake are open from 1 March to 20 September 2026.
Applications for the deferred January 2027 intake remain open until 18 December.

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.

Programme

1ST YEAR

The MPI programme in the first year, aimed at acquiring managerial skills, is structured as follows:

Semester 1:

Business Strategy
Human Resources Management and Organisational Behaviour
Project and Innovation Management
Geopolitics for Managers
Corporate Finance and Cash Flow Management
English
Business Challenges in a Globalised Economy
Business Law

Semester 2:

Innovation & Business Model
Management of Collaborative Tools
Globalisation and International Economics
Environmental Management and Eco-Responsible Strategies
Corporate Commercial Strategies
Basic Management Control
Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Monitoring
Influence and Lobbying Strategies
Business Game
Internship (Optional)

2ND YEAR

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

AXIS 1: SPECIALISATION SUBJECTS

Semester 1:

Agile Methodology
Intercultural and Inclusive Management
Change Management and Digital Transformation
Design Thinking and Creativity

Semester 2:

Labour Law
Client Needs Investigation and Reformulation
Commercial Operations Management
Leadership and Team Management
Business Game
Internship (Compulsory)
Preparation of the Professional Dissertation

AXIS 2: CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Validation of skills 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: Manage a digital project using agile methodology, and develop its functional specification 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

Notre Organisme de formation

Tuition Fees

Information regarding the cost of this programme can be accessed by clicking on the following link : https://esart-paris.fr/tarifs-et-financements/