Fashion Design, Specialization in Styling and Fashion Communication
Create proposals ranging from fashion editorials to campaigns, integrating creativity, sustainability, and a forward-thinking vision.
Madrid
ESP
Bachelor of Arts
Language
Spanish
Start date
September 2026
Frequency
Full time
Duration
4 Years
Credits
240 ECTS
Explore and transform trends into innovative looks and powerful visual concepts that captivate audiences.
The four-year Fashion Design program, with a specialization in Fashion Styling and Communication, prepares you to interpret fashion and its expressions in response to the evolving needs of society. This pathway encourages you to develop a personal identity and acquire a comprehensive vision of the industry, combining creativity, visual culture, and professional techniques.
Throughout your studies, you will learn to analyze trends, design looks and fashion shoots, and shape editorials and advertising campaigns. Innovation, sustainability, and new technologies will be at the core of your learning experience, enabling you to imagine, create, and communicate with a contemporary perspective. Respect for your individuality and close guidance of your personal growth will ensure that you develop an authentic and transformative vision within an increasingly diverse and inclusive industry.
The Bachelor’s Degree in Higher Artistic Education in Design consists of 240 ECTS credits, distributed over four academic years. It is valid throughout the European Higher Education Area, equivalent to an official university degree, and accredited by the Agency for the Quality of the University System. This program allows access to official master’s degrees and, where applicable, doctoral studies.
IED Madrid: Private institution authorized to award the Bachelor’s Degree in Higher Artistic Education in Design • Order 4391/2011 • Own Fashion Design project authorized by Order 1708/2025 • Center no. 28073045
Information to decide
An official degree that explores creativity and sustainability in fashion, guided by leading professionals in the industry.
The program is structured into four academic years, each one focusing on subjects associated with fundamental technical and creative skills:
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Design fundamentals
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History of art and design
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History of fashion design
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Representation and communication languages and techniques
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The artistic basis of fashion
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Design and clothing projects
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Pattern design and garment making
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Styling
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Science applied to design
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Materials and technology applied to fashion design
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Design management
You will immerse yourself in a critical, flexible and adaptive learning ecosystem, where self-discovery will play a key role throughout the process.
The methodology has a strong practical component, since it is based on projects, for which you will have numerous spaces where you can experiment with very different tools and processes. Among others, fashion workshops, with industrial quality equipment for different types of sewing or machines for specialized work such as knitting machines, 3D printers, leather, embroidery or triple drive machines.
For those people who see fashion as a tool of personal expression and, at the same time, with the ability to positively impact present and future society.
Also for those whose goal is entrepreneurship in the sector, since the program addresses skills and notions of business development and management.
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Fashion Stylist
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Art Director
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Coolhunter / Trend Analyst
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Visual Merchandiser
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Fashion Production Coordinator
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Fashion Editor
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Brand Communication Manager
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Fashion Content Creator
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Image and Style Consultant
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Fashion Exhibition Curator
Syllabus
4 ECTS Design Fundamentals. Analysis
4 ECTS Color
6 ECTS Design Fundamentals. Ideation
4 ECTS Scientific Foundations for Design
4 ECTS Drawing. Representation
4 ECTS Ecodesign
4 ECTS Drawing. Communication
4 ECTS Theory and History of Art
4 ECTS Volume
4 ECTS Introduction to Pattern Making
4 ECTS Representation Systems
4 ECTS Sewing Techniques. History
4 ECTS Digital Technology
4 ECTS Project. Recycling and Deconstruction
ECTS (European Credit Transfer System): System adopted by all universities in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) to ensure the homogeneity and quality of the studies offered.
4 ECTS Techniques of Expression and Communication
4 ECTS History of Fashion
4 ECTS Theory and History of Design
6 ECTS Project. Design and Brand
4 ECTS Theory and Culture of Design
6 ECTS Project. Fashion and Technology
4 ECTS New Materials
4 ECTS Embroidery and Knitwear
4 ECTS Digital Modeling
4 ECTS Fashion Communication
4 ECTS Industrial Pattern Making
4 ECTS Fashion Illustration
4 ECTS Industrial Pattern Making. Garment Construction
4 ECTS Draping on Mannequin
ECTS (European Credit Transfer System): System adopted by all universities in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) to ensure the homogeneity and quality of the studies offered.
4 ECTS Photography and Audiovisual Media
4 ECTS Aesthetics
4 ECTS Business Organization
4 ECTS Fashion Narrative Techniques
4 ECTS Audiovisual Editing
4 ECTS Still Life and Lifestyle
4 ECTS Marketing and Brand
4 ECTS Editorial Analysis
6 ECTS Project. Hybridization
6 ECTS Collaborative Company Project
4 ECTS Project. Zero Waste
4 ECTS Fashion Styling and Art Direction
4 ECTS Editorial Identity
4 ECTS Electives
ECTS (European Credit Transfer System): System adopted by all universities in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) to ensure the homogeneity and quality of the studies offered.
4 ECTS Context, Culture and Design
4 ECTS Circular Fashion Management
26 ECTS Electives
26 ECTS Supervised Internship + Final Degree Project
ECTS (European Credit Transfer System): System adopted by all universities in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) to ensure the homogeneity and quality of the studies offered.
Faculty
Director
Federico Antelo
Director of the Fashion School at IED Madrid, Visual Artist, and Textile Designer
Teacher
Tíscar Espadas
Founder and Creative Director of the TISCAR ESPADAS brand
Teacher
Carlota Barrera
Founder and Creative Director of her brand
Teacher
REPARTO
Margil Peña y Ana Viglione
Teacher
Eva Maldonado Rodríguez
Teacher
Iván Blanco Fernández
Teacher
Julio Numar
Teacher
Eufemio Fernández López
Teacher
Laura Cerrato
Fashion historian, cultural manager and curator
Teacher
Rosa Moreno Laorga
Teacher
Sofía Nieto Recio
Teacher
Juanjo Gómez
Fashion Designer
Teacher
Enrique González
Doctor of Philosophy
Inside the labs
+6
Fashion Workshop
+3
Tricot LAB
+4
Photography Studio
+9
FabLAB
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