Fashion Beauty
Milan
ENG
Master
Language
English
Start date
April 2026
November 2026
Frequency
Full time
Fruition
On campus
Duration
1 Year
Course Coordination
Alessandra Ciccotosto
Price
EU/EEA resident students: €22.200
Non‑EU/Non-EEA resident students: €24.200
In today’s fashion and beauty industry, cosmetics have taken on a central role, becoming a powerful symbol of well-being, identity, and culture. This evolution has created a growing demand for highly qualified professionals capable of developing innovative products, creative concepts, and strategic projects that respond to emerging consumer needs and the rapid transformations of the fashion & beauty market.
Studying a Master in Fashion Beauty in Milan offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the heart of the world’s leading capital of fashion, design, and creativity. Milan represents a dynamic and privileged learning environment—an authentic ecosystem of global fashion brands, leading cosmetic companies, showrooms, creative agencies, international trade fairs, and iconic events such as Milan Fashion Week. This context functions as a living laboratory for innovation, sustainability, and new technologies, enabling students to acquire immediately applicable skills, build a strong professional network, and access concrete career opportunities in the beauty industry.
The Master in Fashion Beauty is designed to train professionals specialized in marketing, branding, and communication strategies for the fashion and beauty sectors. The program integrates artistic sensitivity, cultural vision, and technological expertise, offering a multidisciplinary education that combines product design, brand development, and project culture, with a strong focus on sustainability and innovation.
The Master is organized into multidisciplinary modules combining historical-cultural, scientific, managerial, and design skills, providing a comprehensive and future-oriented education. The learning path follows an integrated approach that blends theoretical lectures, case studies, and a strong hands-on, project-based methodology, culminating in the Final Thesis Project.
Main Modules include:
Historical, Cultural & Anthropological Dimension
Explores the history of cosmetics and perfumery, sensory anthropology, and the psychology of aesthetics, analyzing the social role of cosmetics and emerging beauty languages.
Scientific & Technical Dimension
Provides in-depth knowledge of skin, hair, and nail anatomy and physiology, cosmetic formulations and INCI, product categories, production processes, cosmetic regulations, and ESG certifications.
Advanced Marketing & Management
Focuses on regenerative marketing, trend analysis, branding, CSR, product marketing, sustainable packaging, omnichannel retail, neuromarketing, business planning, and organizational models.
Communication, Design & Creativity
Covers art direction, visual management, photography and shootings, copywriting, digital marketing, PR, events, and the full development of a cosmetic product line.
Soft Skills & Personal Development
Dedicated to personal branding, self-management, teamwork, leadership, public speaking, empathy, and interpersonal communication.
The Master in Fashion Beauty at IED Milano concludes with a Thesis Project focused on the strategic development of a cosmetic line. Students integrate creativity, strategy, cultural insight, and technical expertise, applying contemporary and sustainable marketing principles to create products aligned with market demands and consumer expectations. The project includes hands-on experience in fragrance creation, sensory analysis, branding, communication strategies, and product launch planning.
Graduates of the Master are fully equipped to pursue careers in roles such as Beauty Brand Manager, Fashion & Beauty Marketing Specialist, Skincare & Make-up Product Manager, Luxury Beauty Retail Coordinator, Beauty Trend Forecaster, and Digital Content Manager. Their career opportunities span the entire global beauty industry, including raw material suppliers, finished product companies, packaging firms, creative agencies, SMEs, and multinational corporations, allowing them to make an impact across every stage of the beauty value chain.
Faculty
Course Coordinator
Alessandra Ciccotosto
Senior Consultant, Manager, and Lecturer in Marketing and Communication
Mentor
Gabriele Chiave
Creative Director
Alessandro Di Giacomo
Journalist and Artistic Director, ITM
Antonella Lorito
Marketing & Brand Management Expert
Andrea Balconi
Designer and Art Director
Barbara Catozzi
Pharmacist and Cosmetologist
Eleonora Saladino
Founder of Sevolutions & Partners and Professor of Positive Psychology
Francesca Taddei
Customer Experience & Customer Care Consultant and Trainer
Maria Luisa D'Urso
Head of e-commerce & Digital Marketing
Marika Vecchiattini
Fragrance Historian
Navid Rasa
Export Manager
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