MBA in Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods

MBA in Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods - Full-Time, 1 Year MBA Program in Bologna, Italy

The 12-month full-time MBA in Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods is an intensive and challenging international program at Alma Graduate School, part of the University of Bologna, and is taught entirely in English. 

This Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods MBA program is the only full-time international MBA, with a high level international faculty, specializing on design, fashion and luxury products in Italy. The goal of this MBA program is to enable participants to pursue a successful career in the design, fashion and luxury goods sector.

Companies from the design, fashion, and luxury goods sector hire MBA's because they know they can benefit from their strong general management skills. However, often times, they report a lack of knowledge of the design, fashion, and luxury goods world and of the specific tools necessary to manage brands of the sector. Participants on this MBA program will learn how to manage business in the ever-evolving fields of design, fashion, and the luxury goods, how to handle creativity, corporate image, and volatility while pursuing long-term profitability through sound marketing strategies, efficient distribution plans, quality sourcing, etc.

During the program, participants will acquire and reinforce traditional management skills and they will become intimately acquainted with the design, fashion, and luxury goods business world. Participants to the MBA Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods will also have the unique opportunity to meet and work together with top managers of the sector.

Other program features are: internships, career development activities, and a business English course.

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The admissions requirements for this MBA in Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods are as follows:

• An Undergraduate degree;
• 2+ years of qualified work experience;
• English proficiency: The TOEFL test is required of all candidates whose native language is not English. The IELTS is acceptable as an alternative.

The admissions process is divided into two rounds of application:

Round I: April 2nd, 2012
Round II: July 2nd, 2012

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This MBA in Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods has a curriculum that is divided in two main parts:
General Management (MBA core courses) and a Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods concentration, designed to provide an opportunity for specialization and in-depth focus on both traditional and cutting-edge issues in the design, fashion, and luxury goods world.

Core modules in the MBA in Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods Program include:

General Management courses:

•     Corporate Finance
•     Corporate Strategy
•     Financial and Managerial Accounting
•     International Finance
•     Leading People and Organizations
•     Marketing Management

Specialized courses:

•     Business Development Laboratory
•     Cross-cultural Management
•     Fashion Tradition and Products: Clothing and Leather Goods
•     Gemology and Watches
•     Industrial Design and Branding
•     International Production and Logistics
•     International Trade
•     Luxury Goods: Boats, Cars and Motorbikes
•     Parfumes & Eyewear

This post-experience MBA also includes: managerial training, team-based project works, workshops with managers and entrepreneurs and in-company visits. The program also features a Business English course; intensive Italian classes are offered free of charge to international participants who wish to improve their language skills during their stay in Italy. Italian classes are scheduled in September 2012, prior to the beginning of the MBA courses.

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500 Hour Internship Opportunity

The MBA in Fashion and Luxury Goods Design also encompasses an Internship Opportunity, which is designed  to create employability as one of the primary goals of the MBA Design, Fashion & Luxury Goods program. Therefore, interaction between theory and practice is an essential part of the curriculum: master lectures, testimonials, analysis of business cases, and incompany visits will take place throughout the year and will go side by side the core academic courses.

The program also includes a 500-hour internship scheduled in the last period of the program (June - September 2013). Internships will take place at some of the leading companies of the design, fashion, and luxury goods sector of the region. The internship represents an opportunity for MBA participants to analyze real company problems, develop strategies, and elaborate action plans together with upper level managers. 

Alma's partners have been involved in our academic activities over the years in many different ways: participating in project works, master lectures, and testimonials, offering scholarships, hosting our student internships, or employing our alumni.

The tuition fee for this MBA in Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods is set to 27,000 euro, which includes study materials, language courses, and the use of Alma Graduate School facilities. The course fee does not include travel or living expenses.

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Alma Graduate School offers numerous full and partials scholarships for participants of the MBA in Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods. Scholarships range from 10,000 euro to 27,000 euro.

Intensive Italian classes are offered free of charge to international participants who wish to improve their language skills during their stay in Italy. Italian classes are scheduled in September 2011, prior to the beginning of the MBA courses.

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