MS in International Fashion Design Management

Program Overview

The MS in International Fashion Design Management program prepares students for a global fashion system, focusing on design as a strategic function. Students can customize their experience in Fashion Design Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, or Technology. The program emphasizes global fashion, international design collaborations, and industry partnerships to create exclusive networking connections. Students explore fashion design's industry importance and its role in economic and social transformation.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The MS in International Fashion Design Management program is designed to prepare students for a complex global fashion system. The program focuses on design as a strategic function, integrated along the cycle of research and design, product development, branding and distribution. Students can customize their experience to focus on different tracks, including Fashion Design Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, or Technology. The program emphasizes global fashion and provides opportunities to study international fashion regions alongside influential industry leaders. Students will also have the opportunity to engage with industry partners and top brands, creating exclusive networking connections.

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• Program Highlights:
• Students move beyond the hand-crafted approach to fashion, focusing on design as a strategic function.
• Students work with international design teams on real-world projects.
• Students design within a corporate brand structure, incorporating technology into globalization and the brand building process.
• Students work with Industry Mentors on Capstone experiences.
• Flexible Outbound Travel allows students to study either locally or globally.
• Sustainability focused areas of study allow students to study eco-friendly advancements in the fashion industry.
• An innovation focused area of study allows students to research technological advancements pushing the boundaries of the fashion industry.
• Entrepreneurship and leadership focuses of study prepare students to recognize value creation and new venture success in today’s economy.
• International Fashion Design Management lecture series invites guest speakers from top brands to share their expert knowledge with the next generation of innovative professionals.
• Reasons to Study MS in International Fashion Design Management:
• Create your own path: customize your experience to focus on Fashion Design Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, or Technology.
• Emphasis on Global Fashion allows students to study international fashion regions alongside influential industry leaders.
• Industry engagement and partnerships with top brands create exclusive networking connections.
• Explore fashion design in a lens of industry importance and how it drives economic and social transformation.
• Develop a clear understanding of generating and developing a wide variety of design ideas that uphold a professional standard.
• International & Industry Collaboration:
• With an emphasis on Global Fashion, students have the opportunity to study fashion regions alongside influential industry leaders.
• Industry engagements and partnerships with top brands create exclusive networking connections, and help students develop a clear understanding of generating and developing a wide variety of ideas that uphold a professional standard.
• Lecture Series Upcoming Speakers:
• Upcoming lectures will be added as they are scheduled.