Language

English

Start date

January 2026

Frequency

Evening

Fruition

On campus

Duration

10 Months

Course Coordination

Marta Giralt

Specialise in this emerging field. Discover the wealth of possibilities for the fashion industry, the latest smart materials, digital manufacturing, biotextiles and circular design.

In this Master's Degree in Sustainable Fashion Technology you’ll adopt a critical and innovative approach in an experimental research environment to find new solutions for this revolutionary new fashion sector.

It’s an English-taught program based on innovative learning methods, experimentation and practical exercises, with lecturers actively encouraging self-development and critical thinking. The main emphasis of this master´s degree is the need to adopt a more ethical approach to fashion, making human behaviour and the fashion industry more sustainable. We’ll also consider material aspects, how to create dynamic identities and expressive forms of the human body.

Information to decide

An interdisciplinary and innovative master's degree that addresses the future needs of fashion and sustainable design, using new materials and digital manufacturing processes.

This master´s degree is an integrative accelerator of ideas and creativity. It’s made up of modules based on computational design, digital fabrication, advanced interaction, the market and dissemination. And you’ll use your newfound knowledge in an individual research topic during the program.

You’ll develop this research project to meet a series of specific needs, and provide solutions to challenges proposed by research institutions and industrial partners.

And to do so, you can count on the advice and guidance of top professionals presenting new applications and market opportunities.

This program is for people with a degree or diploma in Fashion Design, Product Design or Architecture who want to explore new aesthetic solutions, materials and digital fabrication processes, to take the fashion sector into a sustainable future through design.

To enrol in this master´s degree, candidates must submit their CV with an academic and professional portfolio.

This master's degree gives you in-depth insight into a critical field that is going to have an increasing impact on industry in the future. It’s more important than ever to use new technologies in a more practical and sustainable way as we adopt creative processes to develop experimental new materials, more sustainable products and services.

Pick up the gauntlet to design fashion in line with environmental ethics and sustainable human behaviour. Create eco-friendly clothing in consideration of the complex relationship between creative design and business requirements. You’ll also develop communication and leadership skills well-suited to meet the challenges of the contemporary fashion system.

What’s more, taking your master's degree at a top fashion design school in the city of Barcelona is an additional advantage. Barcelona is a leading light in creative fashion design. You’ll find a wealth of design studios and fashion brands experimenting with new materials, always on the lookout for creative, qualified professionals: fashion designers, innovation consultants, researchers and

Syllabus

The course is divided into three core modules:

SUSTAINABILITY MODULE

TECHNOLOGY MODULE

CRAFT MODULE

And the students will be exposed to the following contents:

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON FASHION DESIGN

CIRCULAR AND REGENERATIVE DESIGN

SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL INNOVATION

DIGITAL TOOLS AND FABRICATION PROCESSES

BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION

DESIGNING FOR THE MANY

The modules will include targeted sessions and workshops.

Faculty

Course Leader

Marta Giralt

Creative and Design Strategist

Teacher

Ari Rovira Lorente

Fashion designer and sustainability specialist

Teacher

Elena Salcedo

Projects

Medium shot of the torso of a woman wearing a corset with built-in plants

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Walking gardens
Close-up of a transparent jacket that stores water and features a drinking tube like a straw.

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Final projects / thesis projects
Puffair jacket

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

A Modular Fashion Design System through Co-Creation

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

You are what you waste

Fashion Design and Styling

Barcelona

Recover and Regrow

News

06 November 2025

Casa IED opens in New York: a new space for design culture and creative exchange

In Williamsburg, the creative heart of New York, Casa IED has opened as the first of the spaces that IED will dedicate to cultural exchange and collaborative design.

06 November 2025

Two alumni from IED Barcelona design the award for the 18th ‘Premi Dona i Esport’

Mina Barchi and Stella Ferrazo, graduates in Product Design, have created a sculpture through which the Barcelona City Council recognises this year the transformative power of women in sports.

A bottle of craft beer next to dried artichoke waste

04 November 2025

‘Santa Carxofa’, awarded at NEXT GEN DESIGN 2025! “Redesign tomorrow, today”

The project by Justine Vargas, alumnus of the Master in Sustainable Design at IED Barcelona, is one of the winners of this competition that promotes innovative solutions aligned with the European Green Deal.

03 November 2025

2 IED Barcelona alumni bring their brands to the Barcelona Fashion Forward pop-up

Until 22 November, Guillermo Justicia and Laia Canales's firm, Alaire, two of the four winners of the 6th edition of this fashion entrepreneurship program, are presenting their collections in a pop-up shop at the Trent space.

28 October 2025

Elna Solans, IED Barcelona alumnus, triumphs in the 13th edition of the Rec.0 and 080 Barcelona Fashion emerging brands competition

With her brand D’Ars, she has won this award recognizing her as the best emerging fashion proposal in the region.

28 October 2025

IED in China for the Opening Ceremony of the Academic Year at Sichuan Normal University

IED Roma strengts its international cooperation with Sichuan Normal University by taking part in the event “Shaping the Future: Product Innovation in a Global Perspective.”

28 October 2025

IED opens Fashion Graduate Italia 2025 with the best of its Fashion Designers

Eight creatives from the Italian campuses of the IED network take to the runway at BASE with their graduation collections

28 October 2025

Rural Futures at Class of 25 @ DDW

A selection of projects from various IED campuses was showcased at the latest edition of Dutch Design Week under the title “Rural Futures.”

27 October 2025

Design meets Tech: crafting tomorrow’s experiences

At Tech Villa, as part of the off program of Italian Tech Week, Andrea Pinchi, coordinator of the two-year specialist program in Interaction Design at IED Turin, explored the evolution of the user experience across graphical user interfaces, touch, natural language, and intelligent agents.

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