9 Best Design MBA Degree Programs for 2024

The Global MBA in Design, Fashion and Luxury Goods aims to strike a balance between creativity and business in the management of luxury companies, by providing managers and entrepreneurs with the know-how gained from Italian excellence. In-depth analysis of fashion and design business models in different industries enables students to combine product knowledge with luxury management-specific managerial approaches, providing vision and an operational capacity for international expansion.

To choose the excellence of the MBA in "Luxury Goods and Fashion Industries" programme is to give oneself the chance to integrate, at international level, an executive post in Fashion Management.

IFA Paris’s MBA Fashion Business allows students to pursue post-graduate education entirely taught in English in Paris, Shanghai and/or Istanbul. This unique program allows students to build career skills and gain a full understanding of opportunities and challenges of running a fashion business today. It also gives them the opportunity to experience the world’s fashion capital, Paris. The MBA is a multidisciplinary Fashion Business program which covers marketing, merchandising, buying, retail, distribution as well as other fashion business related modules. During the program students will have the opportunity to work on industry sponsored projects in cooperation with international brands, attend fashion events and visit leading brands stores as well as design studios.

What is the future of fashion and how will technology impact the global fashion system? This first of a kind course will prepare you for the challenges the fashion industry is about to encounter.

IFA Paris' Luxury Brand Management program is unique in considering all the dimensions of luxury beyond fashion and business.

Address the core issues and challenges of sustainable fashion, incorporating ethical choices and circular economy principles to help build a more environmentally and socially conscious industry. This program is designed for business professionals and entrepreneurs, as well as individuals from the public sector, with at least 2 years of work experience.

This dual-qualification program is designed for Bachelor-qualified recent graduates and young professionals with or without work experience. Similar to the MBA, this 60+12-credit and professionally-oriented combined program focuses on main areas of management and contemporary areas of business, with an additional focus strongly on Fashion Management.

The Luxury and Fashion Management and Marketing MBA is today, after 15 years of existence, known and recognized as one of the best ways to integrate the different luxury sectors. It aims to provide students with a wealth of knowledge and tools to analyze the economic, artistic and cultural sectors of luxury. It provides the essential skills to have a managerial professional activity in this field. Students are also trained in fashion marketing in the fields of fashion design and management, and creation. The program makes it possible to question the currents of art, design and fashion... The training is also focused on digital and e-commerce, skills sought by companies today. A 3-day study trip to Italy is also on the program, in order to discover Italian craftsmen and deepen the Made in Italy (a reference in fashion). Finally, to acquire the necessary open-mindedness in the world of 2020-2025, 2nd year MBA students will have the opportunity to enrich their course with an international experience in the second semester, with our partner ROME BUSINESS SCHOOL.

Designing in the context of Imagineering consists of creating mindset shifts in organizations. They lead to new understandings, experiences, and actions in an emergent way, by facilitating experiences and dialogues. In the Strategic Design course, you will be introduced to the specifics of the Imagineering design approach with theories, methods, and practical tools.