IED – Istituto Europeo di Design Madrid
Master's Program in Fashion Styling and Communication
Madrid, Spain
Master degree
DURATION
9 months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2026
TUITION FEES
EUR 15,300 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* total fee for UE and total fee extra UE: EUR 15,300| fee and fee extra UE: EUR 12,300 | enrolment fee: EUR 3,000
Key Summary
The challenge of dressing and telling: this Master's Degree in Fashion Styling and Communication is for the fashion stylists of the future creating new fashion image trends (styling, creative direction, fashion film, and more). It’s for up-and-coming professionals developing contemporary communication, branding and marketing strategies for fashion brands.
The course gives you more than just a taste of this future career; you’ll be collaborating on numerous projects with a variety of companies (luxury and high street brands, in showrooms, vintage stores, and more). You’ll acquire the theoretical and practical know-how you need to find solutions for the challenges of the modern fashion industry.
And you’ll cultivate a distinctive creative voice that sets you apart from other professionals, and learn to produce images for contemporary themes and narratives in a range of content formats: editorial, moving image and communication campaigns, to name a few.
This programme is taught at IED Palacio de Altamira.
This master's degree is for people with a degree or diploma who want to start their career in the world of fashion by specialising in Fashion Styling, Creative Direction and Communication.
If you want to learn how to use your creative skills to produce unforgettable fashion images that leave a lasting impression on fashion followers and fashion brands alike, this is the course for you.
If you’ve studied communication, PR and marketing, journalism or advertising, you’ll find the course both interesting and useful. And if you’ve studied Fashion Design, Photography or Styling and are looking to further your career in fashion styling and communication, this is exactly the course you’re looking for.
In this course you’ll acquire a grounding in the communication skills used in the design sector and specialise in areas such as event communication and digital tools. You’ll develop six projects in different fields to put what you’ve learned into practice.
FASHION CULTURE
Trend Lab
Communication & Events
Styling
Fashion System
Art Direction & Editorial
PROJECTS
Fashion Brand Focus
Editorial Project: Colours Focus
FASHION IMAGE
Photography
Digital Tools
Moving Image for Digital
Portfolio
FINAL PROJECT MASTER'S THESIS
Methodology and structure
By completing the Master's in Fashion Styling and Communication at IED Madrid, you will access interdisciplinary training that will complement your knowledge and enhance your skills, preparing you to be a unique profile in the professional market.
In addition to the subjects in the master's program, you can choose two of the five optional strands that make up the IED student's DNA. These training strands look at the tools that will make a difference to completing your professional profile.
Finally, you will be able to join in the development of a collaborative project in which students from different programs will come together to develop a unique project, all guided by leading professionals in the sector as tutors.
Why Choose it?
This master's degree gives you first-hand experience in the sector, with the know-how necessary to meet the high standards currently demanded by the fashion industry. You’ll learn to develop original projects of undeniable value, with a critical perspective to constantly evaluate your work, guarantee you’ve met your responsibilities and satisfy your client’s expectations.
Specialise in styling, creative direction, content production and communication; develop photography and film as your core competencies.