Build a Solid Career in a Fast-Moving Business World

The program’s structure is highly interdisciplinary. The strong partnership between SDA Bocconi and the business community is to ensure a perfect fusion of art, craftsmanship, and science, which is the essence of fashion and design.

 

The MAFED program offers you general management courses and specialized courses in fashion, design, and experience management, field projects, and advanced seminars. If you do not have a business background, you can attend preliminary courses before the start of the program. At the end of the program you will have a solid understanding of business planning, marketing, and control tools, and you will be able to apply advanced product, brand, and retail management techniques in a fast-moving and global business environment.

Mentoring Program with LVMH & Loro Piana

“A truly unique experience that will help #MAFED students to develop their own set of skills while building their network, get career-orientation advice and discover their own personal priorities.”

Those are the words of Emanuela Prandelli, Director, describing the #MentoringProgram with Loro Piana and LVMH.

Thank you to all the 45 mentors coming from 12 different Maisons and to the Loro Piana HR team that trusts and collaborates with us to build this Mentoring Program.

MAFED Mentoring Program with LVMH & Loro Piana
MAFED Mentoring Program with LVMH & Loro Piana

The Specialized Courses: Digital Strategy in partnership with Yoox Net-A-Porter Group

During the specialized courses at MAFED, our students benefit from direct contact with the leading players of the industry, including Yoox Net-A-Porter. This year we celebrate the 5th anniversary of this strategic partnership, that allows our students to get insight, markets trends and tools from the professionals. And YNAP managers and their talent team get renewed energy and enthusiasm from the MAFED class, opening a digital door to future opportunities.

MAFED - Digital Strategy in partnership with Yoox Net-A-Porter Group
MAFED - Digital Strategy in partnership with Yoox Net-A-Porter Group

Structure

24th edition 2025

The program begins on 20 January 2025

PRE-COURSES

If you don’t have a business background, your program starts early, with pre-courses on the basics of management, accounting, and quantitative methods.

Nov 2024

Dec 2024

GENERAL MANAGEMENT & APPLIED MANAGEMENT COURSES

At the beginning of the program we offer you general concepts, methods, and tools about management, but with a specific orientation to fashion and design companies. Then we will deal with key management processes in companies where fashion, design, and experience are the product / value.

20 Jan 2025

May 2025

ADVANCED & SPECIALIZED COURSES

Now is the time to start developing your core skills for the world of fashion and design. In these courses you will tackle subjects such as digital strategy, customer relationship management, or retailing, with the support of some leading players in these markets.

June 2025

July 2025

CONCENTRATION COURSES

  • Go-To-Market in a Fashion and Design Global Landscape

or

  • Food, Experience & Hospitality

September 2025

Study Tours

Study tours are the perfect occasion to deepen in field what it is learned in class. The MAFED has a rich proposal of study tours, they're not mandatory and are not included in the fee of the Master. Most study tours are intended for the whole class, but the latest ones of New York and Italian Grand Tour are specifically dedicated to the participants of the tracks in Go-To-Market in a Fashion and Design Global Landscape and in Experience & Hospitality.

All year

FIELD PROJECTS

To tell whether learning is being effective, it is always necessary to test it in the field. In-company group projects have this function and cover several corporate aspects and functions (brand positioning, pricing, entry into new markets, etc.).

Oct 2025

Dec 2025

MAFED Graduation

Dec 2025

Learning Model

MAFED requires a full-time commitment. The lecture calendar includes 3 morning sessions lasting an hour and a half each, plus on certain days the lectures will extend into the afternoon. Your learning is guaranteed by an advanced and participatory teaching method that includes lectures, exercises, and guest speaker sessions.

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Faculty

professional faculty, all professors