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Luxury Fashion Brand Management MA
- Level(s) of Study: Postgraduate taught
- Start Date(s): September 2023
- Duration: 1 year
- Study Mode(s): Full-time
- Campus: City Campus
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Entry Requirements:
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Introduction:
International luxury fashion brands inspire and inform the zeitgeist of the global fashion industry. The management of these elite organisations requires the application of creativity and strong business acumen at every level. Our MA Luxury Fashion Brand Management course aims to provide advanced skills and knowledge in contemporary and emerging branding and fashion management practice and theory.
Our MA Luxury Fashion Brand Management sits in a suite with the following courses:
You learn alongside students from these other MA courses, and have the option to transfer MA titles if your specialism changes.
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Gain a globally recognised academic qualification, in conjunction with personal and professional development for employability and entrepreneurship. -
Attend study trips to international fashion capitals such as Paris, Copenhagen, Antwerp and New York. -
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. -
Benefit from industry speakers, such as senior executives and consultants working for leading luxury fashion brands.
What you’ll study
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Careers and employability
This course will prepare you for senior management roles across the fashion industry, in areas such as:
- luxury brand management
- fashion management
- product development
- brand management
- marketing roles
- buying for the luxury sector
- retail management
- fashion consultancy
- sourcing and supply chain management
- ethics and sustainability in the luxury fashion industry
- fashion communications and PR
- fashion journalism
The skills and knowledge you'll learn through this course will be transferable to roles within other industries.
Connections with industry
You’ll have the opportunity to undertake self-negotiated placements or internships, learn entrepreneurship skills through NTU Enterprise - our centre for entrepreneurship and enterprise and attend events held by industry experts and organisations.
We’ll help you to develop your skills in self-promotion, team working, presenting and communication. You’ll also have the opportunity to undertake case studies, which will help your understanding of how businesses work.
You’ll be encouraged to attend and get involved in conferences and symposia to share your work. Recently, this has included the IFFTI (International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes) to deliver papers and performances relating to fashion theory and practice.
You will have the opportunity to have your work selected for a Fashion Management, Marketing and Communication exhibition, held at the end of the course.
Study trips
Study visits will inspire and inform your projects. Recent visits to exhibitions in London have included:
- Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion at the Victoria & Albert Museum
- The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier at the Barbican
- ARTIST TEXTILES Picasso to Warhol at the Fashion and Textile Museum
An optional annual trip to Antwerp and Paris has included:
- Paris Première Vision, (incorporating Indigo and Yarntex), matériO
- Li Edelkoort’s Trend Union studio, Paris
- a walking tour of the luxury fashion district of Paris
- hidden fashion retail treasures of Antwerp
- Olivier Theyskens at the Fashion Institute of Technology Antwerp
YouFirst – working with our Employability Team
Our friendly, experienced careers consultants will work closely with you at every stage of your career planning, providing personal support and advice you won't find in a book or on the internet. You can benefit from this at any time during your studies and up to three years after completing your course.
Showcase
Explore our showcase ‘We Are Creatives’ - celebrating the work of the Nottingham School of Art & Design students. You will find a sneak peak of some of our students’ work and gain a real insight into what it’s like to be part of the NTU creative community at wearecreativesntu.art
Re:search Re:imagined
To us, research is about more than writing papers and proposing new ideas. By daring to think differently, we’re disrupting the research landscape and finding the answers to the questions that really matter. From electronic textiles to the history of lace, we’re inspiring the brightest minds to rise up and find solutions to some of the most significant global challenges facing society.
Find out more: ntu.ac.uk/research
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How to apply
Ready to join us? Then apply as soon as you can. Just click the Apply button at the top of the page and follow the instructions for applying.
Application deadline
You can apply for this course throughout the year, but we'd recommend that applications should be received by the end of July for entry in September.
Writing your application
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Keeping up to date
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You can get more information and advice about applying to NTU in our postgraduates' guide. Here you'll find advice about how to write a good personal statement and much more.
Getting in touch
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Apply online through our NTU applicant portal.
Application advice
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