Fashion Business Administration

The Executive Master in Fashion Business Administration (FBA) aims to provide a cutting-edge response to the needs of a constantly changing market and is designed to provide students with a 360º vision of the Fashion Industry, knowing, from a strategic point of view, all the departments that compose it.

The courses are taught by professors from IESE Business School and the University of Navarra using the case method, with others specific to the fashion industry, developed by prestigious managers and entrepreneurs as well as guest lecturers.

In addition, the FBA is the only official master's degree in fashion business administration in Spain, approved by the Ministry of Education and valid throughout the European Union, in accordance with the new European Higher Education Area (EHEA).

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Duration: 10 months (Sep 24-Jun 25)
  • Title: Official
  • Format: Executive (Friday and Saturday)
  • Methodology: Case method
  • Language: English
  • Location: Madrid
  • International stays: Milán / Paris
  • Price: 27.000 €
  • ECTS: 60
To study the Executive Master in Fashion Business Administration (FBA) it is necessary to hold:

- University degree.
- More than 3 years of experience.
- Advanced knowledge of English.

In addition, it is also important to develop

- Negotiation skills (business vision, customer orientation, resource management, etc.).

-Interpersonal skills (communication, conflict management, delegation, teamwork, etc.).

- Personal skills (proactivity, initiative, tenacity, personal management, time management, information management, stress management, self-improvement, self-criticism, self-knowledge, learning, self-management, balance, integrity, etc.).

Profesor Master moda ISEM

  • Teresa Sádaba

    Communications · ISEM

  • Philip Moscoso

    Operations Management · IESE

  • Silvia Soler

    Luxury Brands · ISEM

  • Manuel Domínguez

    Retail · Mayoral

  • Luis Huete

    Methodology - IESE

  • Irene Fariña

    Fabrics · Sartia

  • Javier Antón

    Creativity · University of Navarra

ALUMNI PROGRAM

Each alumni is an ISEM ambassador in the world, therefore, we make a constant effort to maintain contact with our alumni and enrich our master's degree with their participation. With the FBA you will make contacts that maybe tomorrow's opportunities.

 

  • ADRIANA PLAZA

    CEO & founder at Bousiinne
    ""The teachers of the master have inspired me and have given me the knowledge to start on my project"

  • ADIB BOUSTANY

    Footwear Buyer at Noon
    "ISEM allows you to interact with talented people from all over the world, which improves your experience in the Master, giving you a different point of view of the business"

  • ALESSANDRA DE OSMA

    Founder at Moi&Sas

    "With the idea of undertaking fashion, there was always the question "where do I start?" ISEM gave me precisely the tools that answered my question"

  • RAFAEL CAMPOS

    CFO Ecoalf

    "The Master allowed me to achieve a more global and complete vision of the fashion world, learn with other colleagues and apply this knowledge in my work in the sector".

  • LUCIA CUERVO-ARANGO

    Footwear Director at Mango

    "ISEM convinced me for its philosophy of combining creative talent with business talent. The prestige that ISEM has in the market and its good relations with the main companies in the sector translates into the real possibility of offering professional opportunities to its alumni"

  • The University of Navarra offers 92 degrees, 20 master's degrees and 21 PhD programs taught in different cities:  Pamplona, San Sebastián, Madrid, Barcelona, Munich, New York and Sao Paolo. 
  • The new HQ of the University of Navarra in Madrid assures quality education aimed to students and profesionals.. 
  • The building has more than 13.500 square metres distributed in 10 classrooms, with capacity for more than 400 students, 19 workshops, a lecture hall and an amphitheatre.   

UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA

Since 2001

ISEM Fashion Business School, center of the University of Navarra in Madrid, is the first business school specialized in fashion companies that exist in Spain, since 2001.

ISEM provides the necessary knowledge and tools, in a training environment, for the development of people capable of managing creativity with a sense of social responsibility, ethical motivations, and critical intelligence.

Throughout these years, ISEM Fashion Business School has achieved a unique balance between specialized knowledge and practical experience.

The FBA has a 98% job placement rate. Career Services organizes recruiting days every month throughout the course and also offers support to its students and alumni in looking for jobs and developing the competencies and skills that companies need.

From ISEM we accompany each student in the design of their professional career, guiding them, not only in their immediate future, but throughout their entire career.

Orientation

ISEM offers its students and alumni the possibility of improving the development of their professional careers through individualized orientation sessions to work on aspects such as:

- Career planning.
- Dynamics of a selection process.
- CV improvement.

Internships and employment

In the course, several companies come exclusively to meet and interview FBA students, to cover possible vacancies within the company. Some of these companies are: Inditex, Grupo Tendam, Loewe, Grupo Pepe Jeans, Sociedad Textil Lonia, LVMH, Desigual, H&M, Encuentro Moda, Bimba & Lola, Mango and Bestseller, among many others.

On the other hand, ISEM alumni also have the option of accessing the job market and applying for the various job offers.

Professional profiles

The ISEM training gives a complete vision of the fashion business, for this reason, the professional profiles are very different:

- Purchases
- Communication and marketing
- Distribution
- Finance
- Logistics
- Operations
- Planning
- Product Management
- Retail
- Visual Merchandising
Asignaturas Master moda
The academic program for the Executive Master in Fashion Business Administration is structured by areas focused on the fashion business from a global point of view and a general direction. This program’s central focus is the planning of a collection from the raw material to the sale of the product in the store.

Objetives

The general objective of the Executive Master in Fashion Business Administration (FBA) is the professional improvement in the performance of the directive tasks of the people who study this program.

General Competences

- Develop problem-solving thinking. 

- Get used to thinking critically and propose creative solutions to problems.

- Ability to use information and knowledge effectively

- Develop personal management skills and prioritize objectives

- Achieve effective performance in teamwork environments. 

- Develop communication skills

- Develop negotiation skills

- Develop entrepreneurial initiative and behavior skills

- Develop the ability to acquire new knowledge

- Be able to recognize and deal with ethical dilemmas and social responsibility in an appropriate manner

Methodology

The Executive Master in Fashion Business Administration provides a time of intense study and deep reflection. It is an excellent option for experienced professionals who wish to take a leap in their training, without the need to open parenthesis in their work. The Pedagogical Method of the Program is as follows:

1- CASE METHOD

2- FINAL PROJECT OF MASTER: Company Creation Project

3- EXTERNAL PRACTICES: Business Consulting Project

4- INTENSIVE COURSES at IFM Paris and SDA Bocconi Milan

5- COMPANY VISITS

Curricular Structure

The program contains 4 modules with compulsory subjects and subjects by course, a total of 60 ECTS

MODULE I: Fundamentals (25 ECTS)
- Business situation analysis
- Accounting and Finance for Management
- Marketing Fundamentals
- Culture and Fashion
- Human Behavior
- Operations in the Fashion Industry

MODULE II: Applied module (23 ECTS)
- Negotiation
- General Management of Fashion Companies
- Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurial Initiative
- Fashion Marketing

MODULE III: Master’s Final Dissertation (6.0 ECTS credits)

MODULE IV: External Internships (6.0 ECTS credits)
Business consulting projects
Over the last few years, the Executive Master in Fashion Business Administration (FBA) has been recognized by different national and international rankings.

On the one hand, in the last four years, El Mundo´s newspaper  ranking (Spain) has positioned the FBA as the Best Specialized Master in Spain.

In addition, at the international level, the 2021 and 2022 editions of Eduniversal´s ranking recognize ISEM's Master's Degree as the fourth best Master's Degree worldwide in the Fashion Management category. The FBA is the first Spanish master's degree to appear in this ranking.

The American magazine The Education Magazine included ISEM among the 10 best Business Schools to study an MBA.
Programa para directivos de Moda ISEM
ISEM Fashion Business School Chair Grants

The requirements to be eligible for these
scholarships are as follows:

- Be admitted to the Master in Fashion
Business Administration (FBA).
- To have reserved a place in the program
- Submit the form of the call for scholarships
24/25.
- Submit the academic transcript that
includes the grades of the university
degree.
- Submit your Curriculum Vitae

The deadline begins in January 2024.

Call for Scholarships University of Navarra - Santander Group for the academic year 2024-2025

Two 20% discount scholarships are awarded to Spanish, European and Latin American students. Not cumulative with other discounts.

The application period is from April 1 to April 30, 2024.

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