Language

English

Start date

September 2026

Frequency

Full time

Fruition

On campus

Duration

3 Years

A programme in which you’ll learn to use all your creative potential to take innovative decisions as a leader, whether developing your own project or as part of a management team.

This programme gives you the preparation you need for a number of fashion business fields. The first year focuses on design management, while the second and third years delve into production and sales management and fashion communication.

In a learning process that combines theoretical knowledge with case studies and the development of team projects, you’ll acquire the tools and skills you need to perform in these areas, using the new resources you’ve acquired to complete your Final Project. 

This programme is taught at IED Madrid Gran Vía - Palacio de Altamira. 

Information to decide

A creative, project-based program to specialize in business management for the fashion sector.

Students will learn about the economic, legal and organisational framework governing companies in the fashion industry, learning to analyse and manage a company with the needs of today and to apply the necessary digital tools (e-business, e-commerce, etc.).

This programme provides students with the creative capacity necessary to innovate in management and resources and to lead any business change.

Students will also work with a teaching team made up of leading professionals from the fashion industry, who pass on both theoretical and specific technical knowledge.

The balance between the creative and the business mentality enables students to influence companies’ supply chain and the product life-cycle with responsibility and sensitivity towards demand from consumers and from the market itself.

This program is designed for people interested in the world of fashion who want to focus their career on the management side of the fashion business. 

If you want to use your creative talent in fields such as corporate image, fashion marketing, or for your own project, this is the program for you. 

In this program you’ll acquire the know-how you need for a number of specialised roles in the fashion industry: development and production manager, product manager, marketing manager, brand creator, design manager, branding expert, fashion company organisation and management consultant.

Syllabus

Subjects

  • Design thinking

  • Fashion global map

  • Art and design culture

  • Digital tools for design

  • Project methodology for fashion design

  • Introduction to marketing and communication

  • History and phenomenology of fashion I

  • Techniques and materials for fashion design

  • Digital tools for management

  • Business management

  • Fashion bussines models

  • Marketing and media planning

  • Publishing and advertising

  • History and phenomenology of fashion II

Subjects

  • Sustainability and social approach
     
  • Operations and product management
     
  • Fashion buying
  • Sociology: consumer and trend

  • Customer strategy for fashion

  • Product and retail strategy for fashion

  • Business plan

  • Accounting and financial management

  • Fashion marketing planning

  • Associated design disciplines

  • Fashion communication

  • Human resources management

Subjects

  • Luxury market
     
  • Digital business

  • Project and market research

  • Brand management

  • Fashion retail

  • Digital and multimedia strategies

  • Entrepreneurship and leadership

  • Social media management

  • Fashion law

  • International expansion and emerging markets

  • Final project

News

Tres premios a Alumni y estudiantes IED Madrid durante el mes de noviembre: Premio Nacional de Innovacion, Frame Awards & Premio Antalia Decora

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Three awards for IED Madrid alumni and students in November: National Innovation Award, Frame Awards & Antalia Decora

Federico Sáinz de Robles wins the National Innovation Award with his brand Sepiia, while Lucas Muñoz receives the FRAME Editor's Pick mention for his COLAB project for Sancal and Jacobo López del Hierro Llopis wins third prize at Antalia Decora

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.

23 October 2025

Danilo Venturi, Director of IED Milan, took part in Miami Fashion Week.

On the occasion of Miami Fashion Week, Danilo Venturi, Director of IED Milan, took part as moderator of the panel titled “The Digital Stitch: Empowering the Next Generation with CLO3D.” The discussion featured Saul Kapilivsky (Assistant Professor, MFI) and Marz Klimaszewska (Business Development, CLO Virtual Fashion) in a conversation dedicated to the role of technology in educating the next generation of fashion professionals.

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IED celebrates creativity and optimistic design at Barcelona Design Week

CREATIVE OPTIMISM, an exhibition filled with positive attitude and enthusiastic pieces originating from international projects within the Istituto Europeo di Design network, was inaugurated on 8 October at IED Barcelona.

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On 15 September, IED Barcelona inaugurated the 2025-2026 academic year by holding a Welcome Event for the new generation of creatives and designers on its undergraduate programmes.

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Raquel Aldaz, IED Madrid Designer, Shines at Madrid es Moda and Wins the 2025 Fashion Talent Award

Her collection “Background Noise” earned the award thanks to its critical reflection on mass consumption and its emphasis on sustainability in fashion.

IED Ranked Among the World's Best Fashion Schools in 2025

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IED Ranked Among the World's Best Fashion Schools in 2025

The Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) has been named one of the top 20 fashion schools worldwide.

03 September 2025

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The Ministry of Education facilitates the official recognition of your secondary education studies so you can continue your academic journey at IED.

24 July 2025

Promoting Young European Students at Feeric Fashion Week 2025

At Feeric Fashion Week, which took place in Sibiu (Romania) in July, we offered a workshop by Giovanni Ottonello and a Summer Course scholarship at IED Barcelona