Catalogue of certification programmes

This four-month programme (€2,400) trains in reading the market: statistics, indices, trends, valuation, risks. It includes 120 hours of lectures, a four-week placement and an analysis project. It suits professionals in auction houses, galleries, banks and insurance.

It takes place in the evening and on Saturdays, so that people can continue working.

This three-month programme (€1,900) teaches how to carry out provenance research, apply due diligence, read archive documents and draw up a provenance file. It includes 90 hours of lectures and a file to complete. It suits dealers, curators, lawyers and advisers.

It prepares for OIMAP's compliance label for auction houses and galleries.

The twelve-month diploma (€6,800) trains experts and curators: authentication, conservation, ethics, law, research. It includes 400 hours of lectures, 12 weeks of placements, a dissertation and an exam before a jury. It opens access to OIMAP expert accreditation.

It is offered full-time in Paris and in blended format in Singapore.

Programmes can be combined: the due diligence certificate counts as a module of the diploma. A trainee who has obtained a certificate may obtain exemption from some modules of the diploma. A tutor helps build a pathway.

Qualifications are cumulative over five years.

Enrolment opens six months before each intake. Selection is by file and interview. Classes take place on campus, with online modules. A one-week welcome is organised for foreign trainees.

A placement test makes it possible to adjust the introductory modules.

The Academy's reception service answers practical questions Monday to Friday, in French, English and Spanish, and can direct each visitor to the programme, scholarship or free resource that fits their situation. A guidance counsellor also offers a thirty-minute individual meeting, by appointment, to build a realistic training pathway.

Trainees' feedback is valuable: each session gives rise to a questionnaire, and the most useful suggestions are examined each quarter by the teaching committee. Do not hesitate to write to report a difficulty, propose a subject or tell us what the training has changed in your practice.