Graduate Diploma in Creativity and Innovation

This DESU is aimed at professionals wishing to diversify their areas of expertise, as well as students in initial training, to complement their initial training, to complement their original training, with a dual aim of opening up to multidisciplinarity and professionalization.

DESU advantages

  • Multidisciplinary training;
  • Complementary teaching by academics and practitioners;
  • Application of innovative teaching methods for part of the training;
  • Articulation of theoretical and practical perspectives.

General training objectives

Working in the field of creativity requires specific knowledge and skills, as well as the application of techniques and methods adapted to the sectors and professional practices. The aim of this specialized training is to develop high-level, multi-skilled executives capable of meeting current and emerging needs for creativity and innovation in the medical, clinical, social, ergonomic, technological, economic, educational, artistic, management and management science fields.

This DESU is aimed at professionals wishing to diversify their areas of expertise, as well as students in initial training, to complement their initial training, with a dual aim of opening up to multidisciplinarity and professionalization. The modular organization of the Training program enables students to pursue a professional activity at the same time, as well as taking another degree.

Admission requirements

  • Continuing training: admission is open to professionals with a minimum of 3 years higher education diploma and proven experience in the field.
  • Initial training: graduates with an M1 or M2 degree, a professional license or a BUT (Bachelor of Technology), an engineering school, a business school, healthcare professionals (medical or paramedical graduates), art professionals, trainers, social workers and other graduates with bac + 4 (or bac + 3 under certain conditions) may be admitted.

The admission procedure comprises two phases:

  • 1st phase: file analysis (pre-selection),
  • 2nd phase: audition of candidates selected after the 1st phase (final selection).

Recommended prerequisites: experience in the field related to the theme.

Know-how and skills

Training is build around a number of modules, each with a multi-disciplinary approach combining forward-looking thinking and professional practice. The content offered prepares students to:

  • Manage a creative project, in individual and collective situations;
  • Participate in defining implementing of an innovation strategy;
  • Analyze the characteristics of a field of application, understand and follow its evolution (e.g.: monitoring, benchmarking);
  • Encourage the emergence and selection of creative ideas, then communicate them to others from different perspectives;
  • Use methods and techniques adapted to each field of professionalization;
  • Anticipate future developments.

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Further information

DESU Information

Pedagogical program

180 hours including an internship

The courses are delivered in 6 compulsory modules:

  • 1 module providing theoretical knowledge of creativity and innovation,
  • 1 module on methods and techniques of creativity, design thinking and user-centered design,
  • 4 modules associated with fields of professionalization:
  • Creativity management,
  • Behavioral and technological innovation,
  • Creative and innovative pedagogies,
  • Clinical approaches and artistic mediation.

Each student completes an internship in one of the 4 professionalization fields.

Training organization

Training is built around modules covering all courses, with each module combining prospective reflection and professional practice. Each module involves the participation of academics and professionals specialized in creativity and innovation.

  • Teaching and internship periods: December 2024 to June 2025.
  • Language of instruction: French
  • Face-to-face: Fridays and Saturdays, Schuman site Aix-Marseille Université;
  • hybrid under development

Career opportunities

The aim of the diploma is to enable future graduates to respond to current and future needs, whether in the context of an ongoing professional activity or outlets in high-potential creative fields:

  • Creativity and innovation, with a specialization in the fields of work, health, the environment, prevention, innovation management and R&D;
  • Creativity pedagogy, specializing in training, education and pedagogical practices;
  • Creativity and artistic mediation for therapeutic purposes (e.g. art therapy, creative writing).

Your teaching staff

Courses are taught by teacher-researchers and professionals specialized in creativity and innovation from a wide range of disciplines (psychology, ergonomics, UX design and design thinking, economics and management, education sciences, language sciences, neuroscience, medicine, philosophy and literature).

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Testimonials

Portrait of Pr. Nathalie Bonnardel
BONNARDEL Nathalie
Director of InCIAM and Co-responsible for the DESU Creativity and Innovation programme
The DESU Creativity and Innovation has the great advantage of involving a large number of teacher-researchers and professionals specializing in creativity, while presenting interdisciplinary approaches to our students. This multi-disciplinary training program has been received with great involvement and enthusiasm on all sides. The students, who were all highly motivated and dynamic, told us that their experience was both enriching and stimulating. They discovered numerous approaches, facets and methods of creativity. They had the opportunity t [...]
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HAMEL Samira
DESU Creativity and Innovation student - PROMO 2024/2025
The DESU Creativity & Innovation is a stimulating, interdisciplinary course that has deeply enriched my professional and personal life. Coming from a pedagogical and FLE (Foreign Language Education) background, I discovered new, cross-disciplinary approaches to creativity in these fields, as well as in psychology, philosophy, management, design, art, and the medical field. All these disciplines fit together perfectly, underpinned by a clear guideline to explore creativity in different forms, and stimulate innovation. This training not only [...]
Témoignage Landry Woeltz
Le DESU Créativité & Innovation a été une expérience riche, à la fois sur le plan intellectuel et personnel. Cette formation m’a permis de prendre du recul sur ma pratique en ergonomie, en m’ouvrant à d’autres approches de la conception, aux sciences de la créativité, et à des démarches collaboratives.J’y ai découvert des outils pour stimuler l’imagination, les processus créatifs, et surtout, pour penser l’innovation autrement : de manière plus humaine, critique et soutenable. Ce DESU m’a donné l’opportunité de croiser les regards — designe [...]