Bachelor in Business Management - Fashion Management Specialization
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Utrecht, Netherlands
BA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Dec 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 24,500 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for academic year 2026-2027 | does not include one-off enrolment fee of 95 EUR
Fashion and styling are serious business. In this programme, you will enter the captivating world of fashion with our bachelor's degree in Business Management, specialisation Fashion Management. Are you a fashion enthusiast looking to establish a strong foundation in business management simultaneously? Then, this unique bachelor's degree is precisely what you're looking for: the perfect combination of fashion and management!
During this bachelor programme, you immerse yourself in the fashion industry with a serious business-oriented approach. The best of both worlds: fashion and business insight! Explore the latest trends and key developments in fashion management, such as sustainability, ethics, e-commerce, diversity, online marketing, and much more. You gain valuable knowledge about textiles and production and participate in workshops and guest lectures on topics like fashion design. Excursions to fashion companies and classes from experienced (guest) lecturers from the industry provide you with a realistic view of the industry.
Fashion programme
This programme focuses on the business side of fashion, providing knowledge on current topics crucial to the fashion industry. These include sustainability, fashion trends, ethics and transparency concerning working conditions, e-commerce, fashion brands, diversity and inclusion, consumer behavior, online marketing, and collaboration with influencers.
This programme also addresses substantive knowledge about:
- Textiles: understanding various fabrics, their properties, production processes, and suitability for different clothing items.
- Sustainability: insight into major developments and changes, such as legislative aspects, related to sustainability in the fashion industry and the ability to identify opportunities in this area.
- Production and technical skills: understanding the clothing production process and the technical aspects of garment construction.
Your style, your success
You will learn how to integrate environmentally friendly and ethically responsible practices into a (fashion) business. This helps you to make a positive impact on the environment and society, but it can also be a distinguishing factor that makes your brand more appealing to your target audience.
Research ways to make an international supply chain more sustainable or draw up a business plan involving innovative solutions for production and procurement. Our high-quality lecturers are ready and willing to help you prepare for a great career.
Discover the entrepreneur in you
What sets Tio's approach apart from other fashion-oriented programmes is that here you develop a broad business foundation. This programme is the optimal preparation for entrepreneurship within this industry. The unique structure also provides you with the flexibility to step outside the fashion industry during your studies or in your career.
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- You are studying at the best university of applied sciences in the Netherlands, which stands for personal, excellent, and entrepreneurial education.
- Tio offers the option of accelerated studying: complete a bachelor’s degree in just 3 years.
- The Fashion Management specialisation focuses on the business side of the fashion industry: market trends, operational processes, and product sales.
- You are building a strong (international) network and preparing yourself for the dynamic fashion industry.
- You dive straight into the real world! Through projects, internships, and business cases, you develop the skills that you will use throughout your entire career.
- Your personal study coach will guide you throughout your entire study and you will receive lessons in small classes of an average of 10 students.
- You will be taught by the best lecturers who work or have recently worked in the business sector, often with their own company.
Successful in the fashion industry
After your bachelor's degree in Business Management specialising in Fashion Management, a successful future awaits. Consumers are placing increasing importance on sustainable fashion. You know how to integrate environmentally friendly and ethically responsible practices into a (fashion) company. Not only to make a positive impact on the environment and society but also as a distinguishing factor to make your brand more appealing to your target audience.
With your broad business and managerial knowledge complemented by expertise in fashion, economics, management, and strategy, you make yourself indispensable to organisations. This opens the door to numerous career opportunities within an industry that continues to grow. You understand organisations like no other, examine how companies operate, and advise on how the organisation can improve.
What can you do and where can you work?
What can you do after completing the Business Management bachelor's degree? There is a demand for well-educated young professionals with excellent organisational and business capabilities in every industry. Therefore, after completing this bachelor's degree, you are versatile and can be employed in various roles and fields.
Think of professions such as:
- Product manager
- Fashion brand manager
- Retail buyer
- Fashion merchandiser
- Sustainable fashion consultant
- CSR manager in fashion
- E-commerce manager
- Fashion marketing specialist
- Quality manager fashion
- Fashion trend analyst
- Fashion entrepreneur
- Fashion operations manager
- Organisational advisor fashion
- Concept fashion developer
- Format manager
- Account manager fashion
- Business consultant
- Project manager
Where can you work? Examples include:
- Web shops
- Multinationals
- Fashion brands
- Logistic companies
- Banks
- Insurance companies
- NGOs
- Consulting firms
- SME
- Nonprofit organisations
- Government
This Business & Fashion programme focuses on the world of business, entrepreneurship and fashion management. Learn the best ways to keep ahead of the competition and how to respond effectively to trends and developments in the market.
While you work to accrue a broad and valuable business knowledge, you have plenty of opportunities to specialise in the field of Fashion Management. Throughout Business Management, you will continue to develop your talents and abilities as a professional, leader and individual.
Structure of the academic year
Each academic year consists of two semesters, during which you will take various fashion and business modules. You will also participate in joint modules that will guide you towards a successful career as a business professional. In both your first and second study year, you will do an internship – a perfect opportunity to discover what you want to pursue in the future.
Specialisation Fashion Management
You will follow the ongoing practical programme in Fashion Management. This programme consists of practice-oriented and inspiring sessions, including various company visits, guest lectures, and exciting practical assignments focused on the fashion industry, which you will work on together with fellow students.
During your minor in the final study year, you will further specialise in the world of fashion and business. Afterward, you will commence your graduation project.
Year 1
In the first study year, you will concentrate mainly on expanding your business-related knowledge and skills. This creates a strong foundation for the rest of your study programme and your future career.
Core curriculum (50 ECTS)
- Communication skills
- Digital skills
- Introduction to finance
- Finance and accounting
- Intercultural communication and professional development
- Marketing
- Operations management
- Practice-oriented research I
- Proces and lay-out design
- Law and ethics
Practical Programme (30 ECTS): Branding and Organisational behavior in Fashion Management
When you say fashion, you also say branding. Creating your own (brand) identity and recognisable style is indispensable in both business and fashion: you will soon be head and shoulders above the competition. Additionally, we bring organisational theory to life with examples from successful professionals in the field and direct practical applications. In the first study year, you learn about the structure and dynamics of the fashion industry and showcase your best self!
- Branding in Fashion Management
- Organisational behavior in Fashion Management
- Internship
Year 2
In the second study year, you will learn everything about running a successful business. All aspects will be addressed, from financial matters and business systems to employee satisfaction.
Core curriculum (50 ECTS)
- Behavior and culture in organisations
- Business information systems
- Consultancy skills
- General economics
- Governance compliance & risk management
- Human resource management
- Management accounting
- Practice-based research II
- Project management
- Supply chain management
Practical Programme (30 ECTS): Digital & Sustainable Innovation and Future Business Development in Fashion Management
What will the future of the fashion industry look like? During the practical programme in the second study year, you will become acquainted with the developments and innovations for the coming years, in which sustainability and technology play a significant role. Every change brings opportunities with it.
- Digital & Sustainable Innovation in Fashion Management
- Future Business Development in Fashion Management
- Internship
Year 3
In year 3, you will focus on strategy and the future: how can you ensure the continued success of an organisation? In addition, you choose a minor, take modules within your chosen specialisation and conduct a graduation project.
Core curriculum (25 ECTS)
- Change management
- Financial strategic plan
- Information management
- International strategic management
- Practice-based research III
Practical Programme (55 ECTS): Research studies in Fashion Management
Everything you have learned comes together in the third study year! You will work on an assignment for an existing company in the fashion industry for eleven weeks. You visit a company, conduct research, think creatively and present your solutions or recommendations. This is how it will be in the professional field.
- Research Studies in Fashion Management
- Minor: Fashion Management, study abroad of minor internship.
- Graduation project Fashion Management
Tio’s bachelor programme Business Management prepares you to become a business professional with a keen sense for the fashion industry. Do you recognise yourself in some of the following descriptions? Then, this study is right for you!
- I think in terms of possibilities
- I see business opportunities in the fashion industry
- I want to start my own business in the future
- I am interested in marketing and branding in the fashion industry
- I am ambitious and like to take the lead
- I have a strong interest in style and fashion
- I am both business-minded and creative
- I want to understand how (fashion) businesses operate
- I am seeking new experiences and am attentive to improvements
- I like to play a connecting role
Tio offers scholarships to foreign students from the European Union (EU /EEA) and to non-European students for its English study programmes. The scholarship is awarded for one academic year.
Tio super talent scholarship
The amount of this scholarship is 50% of the tuition fee per full-degree student. The scholarship is awarded for one academic year. It is possible to apply for this scholarship every year. You are eligible if you meet the following criteria:
- You must have outstanding study results.
- You must have an IELTS Academic score of 7.0 or higher, TOEFL iBT score of 95 or higher, PTE Academic of 65 or higher, Cambridge Scale of 200 or higher, Cambridge exam of CAE-A or higher, or CEFR C1 level or higher.
Tio talent scholarship
The amount of this scholarship is 25% of the tuition fee per full-degree student. The scholarship is awarded for one academic year. It is possible to apply for this scholarship every year. You are eligible if you meet the following criteria:
- You must have above-average study results.
- You must have an IELTS Academic score of 6.5 or higher, TOEFL iBT score of 79 or higher, PTE Academic of 58 or higher, Cambridge Scale of 190 or higher, Cambridge exam of CAE-B or higher, or CEFR C1 level or higher.
How to apply for a Tio scholarship
If you would like to be considered for a scholarship, you need to provide Tio with the following information:
- Send your letter of motivation and curriculum vitae in English.
- Attach a letter of recommendation in English from your former (secondary) school.
- Attach a legalised copy of all Higher Education qualifications translated into English.
- Attach a legalised copy of recent mark/grade lists translated into English.
- Attach a legalised copy of your English language proficiency (IELTS/TOEFL/Cambridge exam).
- Send in a self-made video of yourself of 2-5 minutes, in which you will introduce yourself and tell something about yourself. E.g., why you chose to study at Tio Business School, what makes you most excited about your study programme or about what you expect from living and studying in the Netherlands. Please note: this video will be used for your scholarship application only and will not be used for any other purposes.
After the deadline of July 1st (September enrolment) or November 1st (January enrolment), you will be informed whether or not the scholarship can be awarded. When awarded, the scholarship is paid out as a discount on your tuition fee. All scholarships are subject to availability and are only available for non-Dutch nationality students.