Long-form Programs for Executives

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Evolve as a global leader by earning a master’s degree or executive certificate from Parsons. Tailored to professionals like you who aim to devise creative solutions for complex business challenges, our academically rigorous long-form programs expand your leadership, management, and innovation capabilities. They enable you to develop innovative business practices with an immediate impact on your organization.

Parsons’ master’s and long-form certificate programs provide innovative executives, leaders and entrepreneurs like you with practical frameworks that allow them to address the complex challenges of our dynamic global society. Leveraging our position as one of the world’s top design schools, we develop effective approaches to leadership by harnessing the power of design to create change.

At Parsons, we offer new tools, starting with design thinking and extending to strategic design—a series of methods aimed at delivering enhanced performance, heightened resilience, dynamic customer experiences, and optimized growth. We introduce you to techniques that broaden your capacity to consider diverse perspectives, revealing a spectrum of opportunities to generate positive change in the business, environmental, and social spheres.

Strategic Design for Global Leadership (MS)

Guided by the principles of design, creativity, and management, the 36-credit, 18-month Master of Science in Strategic Design for Global Leadership provides professionals with the interdisciplinary tools they need to transform global businesses of all sizes. Through a mix of virtual learning and week- and weekend-long intensives at global hubs across three continents, a select cohort of working professionals, entrepreneurs, and leading faculty practitioners emerge as leaders ready to employ design as a key business and problem-solving tool.
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Luxury Management and Design Innovation

Designed for professionals looking to develop a global perspective and deeper knowledge of international luxury markets, the Luxury Management and Design Innovation (EMiLUX) program is offered jointly by Parsons School of Design and the ESSEC Business School. Taught by internationally recognized faculty and industry experts, the 12-month modular executive program is delivered in more than six countries. The program provides professionals with the tools and skills they need to become internationally oriented leaders in the luxury market.
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