Sup De Luxe Paris - Overview

Sup de Luxe, a specialised school in luxury management within a Grande Ecole, created by leaders in the sector, is endowed with academic and pedagogical excellence.

Founded by Cartier in 1990 under the name of Institut Superieur de marketing du luxe, Sup de Luxe is the reference school for luxury and the only training in the world wanted and supervised by professionals in the sector. In 1995, Sup de Luxe joined the EDC Paris Business School, a reference school in entrepreneurship.

Why come to our school?

Since its creation, our school has been an undeniable success, with students of French and international origin. These students aim to work in the luxury goods industry, in various sectors: jewellery, gastronomy, real estate, fashion, etc.

First in the rankings of training courses preparing for the luxury industry and luxury management, our programmes are references in France and abroad.

For 30 years, Sup de Luxe has been a luxury marketing school and a Cartier Chair that welcomes more than 400 students from all over the world every year.

Our added value

The school brings the keys to the world of luxury and its marketing thanks to a succession of unique opportunities:

Executive programs that are constantly in tune with the needs of the sector

Teaching only provided mainly by brand and house professionals, but also by high-level research professors

Weekly contacts with the decision-makers who make luxury goods

Visits to companies, trade fairs, creative workshops, production centres, logistics centres, etc

Study trips in France and abroad

Interviews with recruitment agencies and human resources managers

Meetings with the press and media

The regular support of a network of 3,000 graduates who occupy positions of responsibility in companies in the sector

Evening classes to allow MBA students to take up a position or internship during the day. Oriented towards professionalization, our school is the open door to the application of our teachings to a sustainable job

Recognized worldwide, our school is in demand by hundreds of students, French and international, as well as by professionals in retraining for our international MBAs.

Luxury: a world of its own

To succeed in the sector, young managers must be fully conversant with its codes, different business models, marketing techniques and strategies, but also with the specific applications of international distribution of luxury goods and services. They must understand that luxury is a world of permanent creativity, which they must know how to nurture in the respect of tradition, while learning from the latest innovations of our world.

Our Objectives

To build up a pool of young managers for all the sector's professions, in close relationship with the brands

Train executives and managers to remain efficient and innovative in a constantly changing sector

Promote high-impact, high-impact research through an observatory and an internationally renowned applied research centre: Sup de Luxe Lab

Contribute to the knowledge and influence of this sector by regularly publishing works