MSc in Design for the Fashion System
Milan, Italy
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 3,898 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Blended, On-Campus
* tuition fees for Non-EEA students correspond automatically to the full contribution of 3898,20โฌ; tuition fees for EEA students range from about 895,20 โฌ to 3898,20 โฌ per year
Key Summary
Introduction
The Fashion Design degree program at Politecnico di Milano trains fashion designers: not isolated artists expressing their talent, but designers who are inspired in their projects and in their profession by the relationship with the fashion system and its protagonists. The polytechnic education is derived from the Italian design culture, a synthesis of craft and of the profession, of experimentation, and of multidisciplinary knowledge.
Admissions
Curriculum
Year 1
- Integration among technologies
- materials and modelling
- courses on sales and distribution, such as retail and visual merchandising
- communication and graphics: Fashion Design Studio
- Retail and Merchandising Design Studio
- Communication for Fashion
- Trend Forecasting for Fashion
- Workshop
- Fashion Materials and Technologies
Year 2
- Development of a collection chosen between apparel and accessories
- definition of a business model for an entrepreneurial activity
- Final Synthesis Laboratory (Apparel, Accessory Design)
- Design Management for Fashion
- Portfolio & New Scenarius
- Internship
- Final Examination
Rankings
Politecnico di Milano is one of the top universities in Milan, Italy.
It is ranked #111 in QS World University Rankings 2025.
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Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the institute website for more information.
Career Opportunities
The Fashion Design degree program aims at providing the knowledge and the skills required by the labor market in order to encourage the placement of its graduate students in the fashion industry. To this end, theoretical knowledge goes hand in hand with practical skills, tailoring work is combined with technology, craft traditions with digital innovation, in a skillful mix that allows the student to find work from the many professions of fashion.
The collaboration established with leading companies โ such as Armani, Missoni, Valentino, Stone Island, Ermenegildo Zegna, Brioni, Valextra, Serapian, Samsonite, Decathlon, Alcantara, Vhernier, Roberto Coin, Bulgari, De Beers, Intimissimi, Yamamay - allows a constant exchange of knowledge and makes of Politecnico the school of reference for the fashion industry.