Course Highlights

• The fashion industry has been evolving at a rapid pace & professionals with a strong foundation in cross-cultural communications & international fashion business management are required to respond to the needs of the modern consumer & a cut-throat global fashion market.
• A challenging & stimulating course that combines the highest quality of academic & professional discipline, built on current research & with direct interaction with the fashion industry.
• This course is accredited by Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• The MBA in International Fashion Management at Coventry University, London is 1-year full time masters level course

Course Eligibility

Academic Requirements- 

A 60% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree in a relevant subject or 

a 55% in a 4 Year.Undergraduate Degree in a relevant subject

Students from the following Universities will be considered with 55% in a 3 Year Undergraduate Degree – Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai (Madras), Anna, Amity, Andhra Pradesh, Aligarh Muslim, Pune, Bangalore and JNTU.

English Language Requirements-
A 65% in Standard XII English language from certain examination boards only (Central boards, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Uttarakhand)

OR

IELTS 6.5 overall with no component lower than 5.5 (except where course requirements are higher) and other acceptable SELT tests such as the Pearson Test of English (PTE).

Course Fees

International Fees -  £19,350 (Extended Professional Practice) per year

Career Prospects

Upon graduating students can establish a career in the disciplines mentioned below:

• Fashion
• Garment Production
• Supply Chain 
• Purchasing
• Advertising
• Fashion Retailing
• Retail Management
• Finance
• Brand Management
• IT & Digital Communications
• Marketing
• PR 
• Visual Merchandising
• Publishing
• Journalism
• Event Production or Consultancy 

Students can choose to get employed or build their business venture. Previous graduates have opted for bright careers in popular brands such as:

• Ralph Lauren
• Hermes
• Uniqlo 
• Coach
• Net-a-Porter
• Karlo Otto PR 
• Louis Vuitton
• Fortnum & Mason 
• Emporium Department Store ( Europe, Japan, China & Thailand ) 

Graduates of this course get to work globally which enhances their academic knowledge & practical work experience. 

Students have got a chance in past to indulge in teamwork, business simulations, and live fashion projects with popular fashion industry clients such as:

• The Accessories Circle
• Nubian Skin
• London Hat Week
• PINKO
• Sarah Haran
• Laura Lee Jewellery 
• Pringle of Scotland
• Endrime 

Key Learnings

• Students are instructed about core aspects of fashion business management, brand development, digital enterprise, fashion sustainability, communications, & the importance of creativity in the fashion industry.
• Experts teach the students to recognize & respond to changes in consumer behaviour & designer tastes for rapid sustainable success.
• One is taught to find solutions to protect the surroundings, resources, humans & the fashion industry. 
• Taking charge of people's growth in fashion businesses, organizational theory, behaviour, employee relations, human resource management & change management.

Study Benefits

• An option of personalized learning experience in the final semester lets the students study an entrepreneurship module, internship consultancy project & a dissertation.
• Students have access to simulated learning integrated into flagship modules, experimental activities & interdisciplinary live business projects with industry clients.
• Enterprise Hub supports & provides business startup advice to students who wish to start their own venture.
• Students get a chance to visit fascinating galleries & museums like Victoria & Albert Museum, Fashion & Textile Museum, Design Museum, Vogue Archives, Museum of Brands & Tata Modern for seeing exhibitions, pursuing research interests & developing networks in the fashion industry.
• The Fashion Studio is a centre that stimulates invention, experimentation & portfolio building skills 
• Students get access to Mac Suite which is a Complete access to Adobe Creative Cloud for doing innovative digital projects
• Learn to create global retail & visual merchandising techniques with the Photography and Visual Merchandising site on campus

Core Modules

The Core Modules you will be studying are

• Leadership Towards Mastery of Leading Self and Global Cultures 
• Marketing in a Global Age 
• Global Market Trends and Strategic Fashion Branding 
• Leadership Towards Mastery of Leading Change and Inclusivity
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Fashion Brand Immersion: Retail, Finance and Risk Management
• Research Methods
• Final Project - You shall choose from one of the following:

1. Internship Consulting Project

The internship consulting project offers you a unique opportunity for practical, meaningful and hands-on work experience, to learn how to work collaboratively with others and obtain a better perspective of careers within your chosen field. The aim of this module is to develop work-related knowledge, skills and capabilities necessary to pursue further career related opportunities related to your chosen areas of interest. The internship consulting project allows you to put the skills and knowledge gained throughout your MBA into practice, in a professional environment. This module will also enhance your own understanding of your working practise, time-management, and develop your critical and self-reflective awareness through reflecting on your own learning and personal development in a strategic, analytical and autonomous way.

2. Dissertation

The dissertation module provides you with the opportunity to consolidate your learning by conducting a comprehensive study of a chosen research topic. You will be responsible for framing a research problem guided by existing knowledge in the academic literature or an identified organisational issue discussed and agreed with the academic supervisor. The aim is for you to independently research a subject area by applying appropriate research strategies supported by a critical appreciation of appropriate research designs. The module is structured around taught Research Methods classes aimed to build your knowledge of the research process in order to work independently on your research project. After completing this module, you should be confident to communicate the research outcomes in a manner that demonstrates clarity of organisational thinking, logical argument and the production of relevant recommendations for further research and for practice.

3. Entrepreneurship Business Plan

This module represents the culmination of an MBA journey comprising the diverse perspectives, techniques, models and frameworks learnt during the study of many discrete modules, and for the first time during your studies, critically and selectively combine them into a holistic business road map capable of realising a commercial or a not for profit opportunity, of interest to you, and located anywhere in the world. Through this module, you will practice analysing opportunity, validating strategies, assessing resourcing, and measuring performance whilst learning how to compile a comprehensive and classical business plan, via a written document, and a pitch, all to a level of academic and of commercial mastery. Working independently, you are supported by a supervisor able to answer practical and academic problems of compiling a business plan, and develop the softer skills of questioning, pitching argument, and problem solving demanded in a commercial environment. This module is the finishing school of the MBA, that synthesises your learning, develops your character and disciplines of independent working through compiling a business plan may comprise a blueprint for a postgraduate commercial future in the profit or not for profit sectors