Language

Spanish

Start date

September 2027

Frequency

Full time

Duration

4 Years

Credits

240 ECTS

Course also available in:

Barcelona

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

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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:  

  • Design fundamentals

  • History of art and design

  • History of fashion design

  • Representation and communication languages and techniques

  • The artistic basis of fashion

  • Design and clothing projects

  • Pattern design and garment making

  • Styling

  • Science applied to design

  • Materials and technology applied to fashion design

  • 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. 

  • Fashion Stylist

  • Art Director

  • Coolhunter / Trend Analyst

  • Visual Merchandiser

  • Fashion Production Coordinator

  • Fashion Editor

  • Brand Communication Manager

  • Fashion Content Creator

  • Image and Style Consultant

  • 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

News

06 October 2026

150 students begin the 2026–2027 Academic Year on IED Barcelona’s Master’s, Postgraduate and Foundation Courses

The Welcome Event for Master’s and Postgraduate students took place on 1 and 2 October, featuring a new edition of the “Designing for the Many” workshop and the opening lecture. Foundation students received their welcome on 5 October.

06 October 2026

Public Program IED.60, October 2026

This month, IED’s Public Program continues to take design beyond the classroom, creating opportunities for dialogue with audiences, cultural institutions, businesses and professional communities.

02 October 2026

AQU Catalunya grants favourable accreditation to IED Barcelona’s Bachelor of Arts in Design

Once again, IED Barcelona has received a favourable report from the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalunya), certifying the quality of the Bachelor of Arts in Design (Título de Grado en Enseñanzas Artísticas Superiores de Diseño) delivered by the centre.

02 October 2026

IED Lands in Mexico with Federico Antelo

From 10 to 22 October, the IED Madrid Fashion Director brings talks and workshops to Mexico's top design events.

Fashion sketch with four male silhouettes

02 October 2026

IED Barcelona Alumni Albert Porta named finalist in Sangue Novo

ModaLisboa’s platform and competition for emerging young designers has selected him to present his collection “Branco” on 9 October at Pátio da Galé in Lisbon.

30 September 2026

Two IED Barcelona projects to be exhibited in "Matter Matters" at the Museu del Disseny-Dhub

During the 2026/27 academic year, “The Beetle Bottle” by Product Design alumnus Abdelaziz Moustafa will be featured in the Autumn/Winter exhibition, while “Mis queridos Ascos” by Fashion Design graduate Violeta Mata will be exhibited in the Spring/Summer edition.

29 September 2026

Six emerging IED designers reach the final stage of the Arts Thread Global Creative Graduate Showcase 2026

Alumni Mariona Panés, Sara Vainer, Miranda Sanz, Malak Yahia and Victoria Escobar (IED Barcelona), together with Zuriñe Berrueta (IED Kunsthal Bilbao), are finalists in the competition, which last year attracted more than 5,000 creatives from 117 countries. Discover their projects and vote!

28 September 2026

IED wins the YKK Prize at Milano Moda Graduate

Costanza Barbieri and Giulio Censori win the prize awarded by the event’s main sponsor. Gaia Karabits is also among the six finalists for the Fashion Design Award.

26 September 2026

THE PROCESS, IED fashion show at MFW '26

14 young designers and a collective vision of fashion as a cultural practice, beyond the garment. Special Mentor Danielle Kwateng.

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Exhibitions and Festival

06 October 2026 - 01 September 2027

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“The Beetle Bottle” and “Mis queridos Ascos” at “Matter Matters. Designing with the World”

The projects created by IED Barcelona alumni Abdelaziz Moustafa (Product Design) and Violeta Mata (Fashion Design) have been selected to be part of this exhibition at the Museu del Disseny-DHub.

Exhibitions and Festival

08 October 2026 - 31 October 2026

Turin

IED Torino x Torino Design City

From October 8 to 31, 2026, IED Torino will take part with three student projects exploring ecological and environmental transition, as part of a programme of exhibitions, talks and workshops focused on design and innovation.

Workshop

15 October 2026 - 15 October 2026

Multiple

IED Creative Workshop

Come and discover IED’s Creative Workshops — a unique experience that will let you immerse yourself in the world of design in a fun and creative way!

Illustration of a person holding various drawing tools, set against a yellow background.
Exhibitions and Festival

17 October 2026 - 17 October 2026

Barcelona

Barcelona Dibuixa 2026: “The Power of Hand Drawing”

IED Barcelona is offering this workshop, where participants will discover, guided by architect and lecturer Gianfranco La Cognata – Laco 2, how design takes shape through illustration.