Sports management is a competitive, exciting, and rewarding field that offers many surprising career paths.
Join us in the IUM Sports Business Family and be ready to adapt to the emerging trends of the fast-changing sports industry and make your mark in this exciting and vibrant industry!

👉 This year, IUM has graduated more than three hundred students, ten times more than the first ceremony in 1989.
♦ “I will never forget the insightful courses I’ve had with active industry professionals and expert professors, the life-long friendships and memories made with such a diverse and international class. Attending university in the Principality of Monaco has been one of the best experiences I’ve ever had and could ever ask for.” Rindeth Long, MSc in Luxury Management 2022
♦ “Dr. Marika Taishoff: You told us about a journey. But what an amazing Journey! I did this MBA in a full-time program. It allows us to structure and give more substance to our ideas, meaning to our career paths, and new perspectives.” Mi Sook VERDET, MBA 2022

The International University of Monaco stands for educational quality through leading-edge research.
Our applied research provides rigor and technical surveys on the consumer behaviors of ultra-high-net-worth individuals around sustainability in yachting.
Our students usually mention the unique environment of the Principality of Monaco and the incredible networking opportunities given by IUM, which is particularly true for our Yachting track.

With Juan Francisco Davila Y Verdin.
At IUM, we help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset and the creative leadership skills to excel in startup and enterprise environments.

Listen to Maxime Zerbib’s story, his career path in the sports business industry working as a Customer Service Manager and Buyer, Nike Team at Ekinsport.

👉 He kindly answered a few questions about his career path and the private banking industry and shared some advice for our MSc. in Finance students who will soon start their careers.
▪ During his 30-year career in finance, he held senior positions in leading international banking institutions.
▪ After his first experience in BSI, he joined the Monegasque branch of HSBC, where he held positions of increasing responsibility until he became Head of Private Banking in 2006.
▪ In 2007, he joined Barclays as CEO/manager of the branch, and in 2015, he became CEO, Wealth & Investment Management Europe and, in 2016, CEO, Private Bank EMEA.
▪ From 2009 to 2019, he has been a board member of the Association Monégasque des Activités Financières (AMAF).

Camille Lopez graduated with her MSc in International Management in 2022. At the end of the 1st year of her master, she launched Hy-Plug, a consulting firm for innovative projects in the yachting industry.
Passionate about technology and wish to preserve our environment, she offers consulting services for sustainable technologies and green energy in the maritime energy transition with HY-Plug.

IUM educates highly skilled and responsible business leaders from all over the world in the fields of high-value activities, particularly in Luxury, Hospitality, and Financial Services.

IUM offers outstanding teaching in its small, connected, stimulating, cross-cultural environment fostering an entrepreneurial spirit, collaborative work, experiential learning, and mutual understanding among students, faculty, and staff.

IUM stands for educational quality through research devoted to advancing and disseminating management knowledge in high-value activities to improve managerial practices. It conducts its research activities closely connecting with the local and international business community, encouraging innovation, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable development.

IUM contributes to the internationalization of the academic institution to which it belongs, OMNES Education, and the Principality of Monaco’s attractiveness and dynamism.

“Le strategie del lusso sono state inventate in Europa e sviluppate in tutto il mondo principalmente da aziende francesi e italiane” (J.N.Kapferer, V. Bastien, 2012).

Monaco situata tra questi due paesi, rappresenta il luogo ideale dove gli studenti possono apprendere i paradigmi del lusso in classe e vivere il lusso al di fuori dell’aula.

Dal 2006 IUM ha sviluppato la Laurea magistrale in Luxury Management, considerando le esigenze di un segmento in continua evoluzione e lavorando a stretto contatto con i più grandi player del settore e marchi emergenti.

Il programma mira a dare agli studenti: una solida base nel Luxury Management, trasmettendo il quadro teorico, le dinamiche, i codici concentrandosi sulla Customer Experience del lusso. In 15 anni, la nostra laurea magistrale in Luxury Management ha formato una grande comunità di Alumni, ben consolidata e in continua crescita in decine di paesi, che lavorano in tutti i settori del lusso.