Introduction:
MA International Fashion Business aims to develop agile and resilient fashion managers who can respond to the opportunities and challenges arising in the sector.
The course will develop your skills to devise operational and strategic plans for fashion organisations. You’ll gain theoretical and practice-based knowledge and insights into real industry situations, and be equipped with the core skills to manage people and resources to sustain and grow fashion brands.
Our MA International Fashion Management sits in a suite with the following courses:
- MA Fashion Marketing
- MA Fashion Communications
- MA Luxury Fashion Brand Management
- 83% of NTU's research submitted to the 'Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory' Unit of Assessment was assessed to be world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
- Go on study trips to international fashion capitals like Paris, Copenhagen, Antwerp and New York.
- Gain a globally recognised academic qualification in conjunction with personal and professional development for employability and entrepreneurship.
- Attend workshops to enhance your research skills, acquire relevant software skills like Adobe InDesign, and gain support for your career planning. You will also benefit from industry speakers such as senior managers from leading fashion brands and fashion entrepreneurs from new fashion start-ups.
Careers and employability
This course will prepare you for senior management roles across the fashion industry, in areas such as:
- fashion management
- product development
- brand management
- marketing management
- buying
- merchandising
- retail management
- fashion consultancy
- sourcing and supply chain management
- logistics
- ethics and sustainability.
The skills and knowledge you'll learn through this course will be transferable to roles within other industries.
What you’ll study
The curriculum covers key management subjects including: leadership and change management; internationalisation; supply chain management; ethics and sustainability; product development; omni-channel marketing and branding strategies; retail management; buying and merchandising practice; and financial management.
The course addresses the fashion industry from an international perspective and examines management models from both established fashion brands and entrepreneurial fashion concepts.
Term One
- Culture & Collaboration
- The Fashion Industry
- Specialist course module: International Fashion Management
Choose two modules from the below:
- Advancing Research Design
- Studio Practice
- Professional Practice
- Personal Project

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