Bachelor's Degree in Fashion Design
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English, Italian
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 11,600 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* Please contact us for specific information on fees (EU, Non-EU), scholarships and payment plans
Introduction
The three-year course study in Fashion Design prepares students to play a significant role in the fashion world, thanks to an innovative and creative vision.
At present, this field requires to possess extensive knowledge, from tailoring to digital design and ethical and sustainable tailor making. A successful Fashion designer owns their own unique personal style. This is the final goal our students reach through a multidisciplinary approach: historical, methodology and marketing topics typical of fashion industry will be addressed during the course.
Besides the theoretical aspects, high relevancy will be addressed to patterns students will make in the lab at Accademia for all three years. This is a practical approach which allows to confront with production issues. During this education path we keep close contact with the business world: experts, well-known stylists and visits to fashion companies are an essential part of it.
We promote and assign value to the work our students do, through participating into international fashion shows, events and exhibitions. They enhance students’ visibility as well as acting in favor of professional start for our students.
Students successfully completing this course of study will be able to design fashion collections and costumes, both for the industry and as craftsmen, make their own patterns, experimenting different languages through a research on fabrics.
Student services
Accademia Italiana offers a range of student services:
Orientation
Accademia Italiana’s Information & Admission Office provides students with the information necessary to choose and apply to the most appropriate course of study. Accademia Italiana’s Information & Admission Office provides students with the information necessary to choose and apply to the most appropriate course of study.
Housing
Accademia Italiana offers a free housing assistance service to help students away from home find suitable accommodation.
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Scholarships and Funding
Every year Accademia Italiana promotes excellence and access to its programs education through the award of study scholarships to partially cover the tuition fees.
The scholarship award is given on a merit-based evaluation that can include school grades, curricular and extracurricular activities, etc.
The scholarship announcements are published annually on the Accademia Italiana website, providing information on the application procedure and process.
Curriculum
A matter of design, fabric and color
Design, fabric and color are the elements of stylistic researches our students will perform and they are elements which determine the success of a collection.
Besides stylistic aspects, students will learn to orient themselves into the market, to grasp the signs before new trends become popular. Sensitivity towards these signals is the talent we cultivate as it allows to translate costume phenomena into projects and into models walking the runway.
Artistic knowledge goes hand in hand with technical one, so that the items of clothing are examined also based on their real chances to be made.
This process doesn’t take space from creativity, but it is the necessary stimulus to address fantasy towards a practical vision. Any new idea, after sketching it, is verified by the labs at Accademia, with technical amendments when necessary on the items of clothing which were designed.
1st year
- Contemporary Art History 1
- Project Design Methodology
- Textile Technology
- Computer Graphics
- Pattern Making
- Fashion Design 1
- Iconography and Anatomy Drawing
- Silk-Screen Printing
- Law, Legislations and Economics of Show Business
- Elements of Information Technology
2nd year
- Contemporary Art History 2
- History of Fashion
- Fashion Design 2
- Latest Trends in Visual Arts
- Photography Layout and Visualization Techniques
- Costume Design for the Performing Arts
- Foreign Language
- Theory of Perception and Psychology of Forms
3rd year
- Theory and Methods of Mass Media
- Fashion Design 3
- Accessories Design
- Textile Design
- Fashion Trends
- Elements of Cultural Marketing
- Aesthetics
- Fashion Publishing
- Workshops, participation in academic events
- Final project (thesis)
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
To encourage the professional development of the graduates, Accademia Italiana offers a free Job Placement Office. Besides establishing contacts with companies in the field, the Job Placement Office organizes internships and helps students and ex-students find employment.