Master’s programs at Parsons Paris equip you with research, artistic, and analytical skills that prepare you for professional careers and advanced study. Our faculty are recognized leaders in design, fashion, art, humanities, business, and emerging fields who offer personalized mentorship. Our programs foster exclusive industry affiliations, enabling you to develop your professional network and conduct research and apply your learning in Paris, one of the world’s foremost centers of art and fashion.

The MA Fashion Studies program at Parsons Paris is the first and only master's program in this field in France, and one of a small handful worldwide combining theory and practice. In this program, you investigate fashion as a cultural phenomenon and realize projects with cultural and creative industry partners, employing a critical perspective on fashion globalization, labor, and sustainability; media and visual communication; fashion curating and heritage; identity, race, class, and gender; and technological innovation. Graduates work in diverse fields including the fashion industry, branding and media, museums, and academia.

The MFA Fashion Design and the Arts program places fashion in a radically new format, rooted in interdisciplinary research methodologies that activate sustainable approaches and collaborative investigations at the intersection of fashion, visual and performing arts, and humanities.

Parsons Paris offers bachelor’s degree programs based on the curriculum of Parsons’ New York campus, but with unique focus areas and learning opportunities rooted in the traditions and innovations of Paris and Europe. You investigate a range of creative tools and methods, building a solid foundation for study and practice in your chosen discipline. You also take liberal arts courses to broaden your abilities as an artist and designer. Instruction is in English, but you can enroll in French language courses, for which you will receive liberal arts credit.

Your first year at Parsons Paris is a period of exploration and interdisciplinary discovery that prepares you to thrive in a complex and rapidly changing world. These two semesters immerse you in a broad range of art and design concepts, skills, and critical practices, training you to become a flexible thinker, proficient maker, and bold experimenter. The curriculum, which serves as the first-year course of study for all bachelor's degree programs at Parsons Paris, provides a strong foundation for your creative practice and intellectual development over the next three years.

In our dynamic BFA Art, Media, and Technology program, you'll explore the intersections of art, design, and technology. You become a design thinker and art practitioner through work grounded in a social and political context including the climate crisis, ethics, and data transparency. Graduates of the program contribute to emerging areas of creative practice at the intersection of ecology, politics, anthropology, and the human condition. This program is designed specifically for the Parsons Paris campus, where you benefit from access to European art and culture, critical discourse, and a unique interdisciplinary approach.

The BFA Fashion Design program immerses you in the thriving world of fashion innovation in Paris. With an exceptional range of historical and contemporary fashion houses and luxury brands, Paris is a historical laboratory for experimental and avant-garde fashion design. You familiarize yourself with French traditions of excellence while being trained in cutting-edge design methods. Through studio projects, technical and theoretical courses, unique partnerships with local companies, and internships, you acquire hands-on experience within the most dynamic fashion hub in the world.

The BBA Strategic Design and Management program introduces you to design strategies and business practices through studio-based projects, seminar courses, and liberal arts. This interdisciplinary program prepares you for entrepreneurial and management positions in fashion business and creative industries. Courses examine the essentials of marketing, communication, innovation, financial management, strategic management, product development, ethical business, and global practices, preparing you for success in a range of professional fields.

Summer programs at Parsons Paris offer high school, college, and adult students the opportunity to immerse themselves in subjects like fashion design, fashion business, design management, and fine arts, all from a global perspective. Students benefit from learning with Parsons Paris faculty, a project-based curriculum, and the resources that only a top art and design educational institution can provide. Our Paris campus is the ideal location for exploring European design practice and history firsthand in the city’s many design studios and museums.