MAFED

Master in Fashion, Experience & Design Management

Add More Value to Creativity.

Next Start 20 Jan 2025
Duration 12 Months
Language English
Format Full-Time
Avg. working
experience
3.2 years
Where Milano

The Master in Fashion, Experience & Design Management (MAFED) is an intensive 1-year full-time program offering 70 ECTS/ CFU credits.
It provides you with solid management skills tailored for highly creative industries.

MAFED empowers you by combining the power of imagination with enhanced methodologies and analytical capabilities. It fosters consistent strategies and carefully targeted marketing initiatives, enabling you to create lasting, engaging, and imaginative brands that stand the test of time.

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Who is it for?

MAFED is the right Master for you if:

  • You want a managerial role in a fashion, luxury, or design company.
  • You want to work in organizations that create unique customer experiences.
  • You want to launch your own venture in these symbol-intensive industries.
  • You want to engage with the power of industry.
  • You want to prepare for all this in Milan, an international and challenging environment, and the well-recognized symbol of Italian style and excellence worldwide.

 


 

MY MAFED in 60 seconds – Elio Di Gregorio

MY MAFED in 60 seconds – Ella Phillips

 

 


 

Italian Excellence

Inspired by Italy’s cultural heritage, SDA Bocconi School of Management shows its expertise in three of the highlights of Italian Excellence, namely the arts, fashion and design and food and beverage.

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Why choose us?

1. Build a Solid Career in a Fast-Moving Business World

The program’s structure is highly interdisciplinary. At the end of the program you will have a solid understanding of business planning, marketing, supply chain, finance, accounting, and control tools, and you will be able to apply advanced product, brand, sales and retail management techniques in a fast-moving and global business environment.

2. A Network of Relevant Partnerships

Our partners are companies that represent the excellence of Italian lifestyle, well-renowned at the worldwide level, and they share with our students their philosophy and business culture. Fondazione Altagamma supports the program financially, contributing business testimonials and seminars on key issues that greatly enrich the overall MAFED experience.

3. World-Class Faculty

MAFED faculty is composed of top scholars into the field, who are well known at the global level for their talks and top-notch research, developed in collaboration with the leading companies in these sectors.

4. Top Guest Speakers

You will enhance your skills through the opportunity to systematically interact with top managers participating in classes as guest speakers and delivering business cases for joint discussion.

5. We care about your professional future

MAFED supports you also in preparing your career development with the Career Management Program, a dynamic meeting point for cultures and opportunities that offers you advice and dedicated services.

6. Italian Excellence

Having long been the hub of fashion, creativity and design, Milano is the ideal campus to fully discover Italian Excellence. This full immersion helps participants to understand how fashion brands have leveraged their cultural history, while at the same time being innovative and contemporary at a global level.

7. International environment in Milan, Italy

You will be exposed to a unique international environment that encourages you to explore differences and celebrate diversity. You will be able to take part in globally recognized events that attract visitors from all over the world, such as Milan Fashion Weeks and Design Week.

8. Study Tours

You will have the chance to enjoy 3 study tours, to experience in the field what you learn in class, visiting boutiques and meeting local managers. Paris and Madrid are available to all MAFED students, while New York and the Italian Grand Tour are linked to the specialisms chosen at the end of the Master.

9. Fashion and Hospitality Concentrations

You will have the possibility to choose, in the very last mile of the Program, between 2 different elective concentrations: Go-To-Market in a Fashion and Design Global Landscape or Experience & Hospitality. It involves 5 courses, a dedicated study tour and 8 weeks full time field-project related to the chosen concentration. 

Highlights

75%
Graduates

Employed 3 Months from Graduation

50+

Top Guest Speakers

4
Study Tours

Experience an amazing Study Tour: Paris, Madrid, New York or Italian Grand Tour

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Mentoring

Program with LVMH & Loro Piana

Scholarships and Tuition Waivers

The MAFED class

70
Students

Class Size

54

International Students

3.2
Years

Average working experience

26.3
Years

Average Age

Inside My MAFED SDA Bocconi programs offer a unique and personalized learning experience. Enter the world of MAFED to discover its unique contents.

“My commitment is to build on the trusted heritage of the MAFED and maintaining its leadership position at international levels, so that it can make a real difference for your next job.

My promise is to make your experience through this journey unforgettable, not only because of the excellent program we are designing for you, but also thanks to the unique contributions of our impressive partner companies, and an alumni network that is going to represent a major asset for the rest of your personal and professional life.” 

 

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Emanuela Prandelli
Director

"MAFED is not just an educational journey, but it is also an extraordinary, enriching and emotional experience in the future of fashion, customer experience and design management.
I am excited to walk with the students towards a life-changing learning opportunity in highly creative industries, bringing my authentic passion for an incredibly fast-growing sector where it becomes increasingly relevant to acquire solid managerial skills and an entrepreneurial mindset."

 

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Chiara Piancatelli
Coordinator

What they say about us

The MAFED program at SDA Bocconi is an extremely well rounded and unique learning experience. The course content is exceptional, as it is a top tier business program that is tailored to the fashion & luxury industry. There is a perfect balance of analytical and creative courses to ensure students are exercising both skill sets. What really sets the program apart is the amount of real-world experience. Many assignments were in partnership with some of the biggest brands in the world. Being able to present your ideas to executives at these companies is an opportunity unlike any other. Having now completed the course in the year 2020, I can confidently say the MAFED program exceeded my expectations even in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. 

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Elio Di Gregorio - Canadian
MAFED 2020

At the beginning of this year I decided to take on a new adventure and to move to Milan to pursue a Master in Fashion, Design and Experience Management MAFED at SDA Bocconi.

As the lasts week of my master’s degree are approaching and with my graduation set for next month, I wanted to look back at some special moments throughout this year.

During this master, I got acquainted with many subjects, from corporate finance, to buying to CRM and many more. Within these subjects, I have had the opportunity to meet many important people from the fashion industry, from brands such as Fendi, Valentino, Moncler, Prada Group and Hermès, who shared a look into their professional career and useful insights from the industry. Moreover, working on branded projects together with my classmates, provided me with first-hand experiences.

These experiences not only took place in Milan, but together with the rest of the class, we have travelled to Paris and New York to take part in fashion-related activities. Furthermore, we have been invited to the CHANEL Métiers D’Art Fashion Show in Florence, which was an incredible opportunity.

All of the above mentioned moments, have shaped my master’s into a multi-faceted, creative and insightful experience.

Today, together with my fellow teammates Nicole Degreas, Cecilia Pierobon and Marilena Cozzi, we are finishing up our last group project for Bottega Veneta.

I am proud of my achievements thus far, grateful for the many friendships, the opportunities I received and am excited for what my future holds.

Lastly, I would like to thank Emanuela Prandelli, the director of MAFED for the amazing opportunities, Lucia Paladino for organising our trips to Paris and New York, and to my professors for providing me with useful insights and preparing me for my professional career.

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Georgette Arends - Dutch
MAFED 2022

Meet MAFED

Upcoming face-to-face meetings
13
Dec 2024 13:00 - 21:00 | LOCAL TIME
Orientation Meetings - Dubai
Language ENGLISH
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16
Dec 2024 08:30 - 09:30 | LOCAL TIME
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Personalized Orientation

MAFED is a challenge to be taken on with a strong dedication. The Recruiting and Admissions team will be happy to arrange an individual orientation meeting at school to answer your questions and give you personalized advice. We can also do this by phone or remotely.

SDA Bocconi organizes events and meetings throughout the year, both online and offline, where you can interact with directors, faculty, alumni, and staff.

 

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Next Steps

March 2024
Applications Review Start

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20 Jan 2025
Program Start
Dec 2025
Program End

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