The curriculum of MA International Fashion Brand Management: Fashion Visual Merchandising is informed by contemporary and international professional practice in the fashion industry. The course places strategic fashion brand management at its core and offers a unique combination of fashion visual merchandising and retail design subjects in order to equip you with the high level professional skills and knowledge needed to succeed.

Learning by doing The course adopts a learning by doing approach through collaborative project work, which includes problem-based practical workshops and the development of live-consultancy projects with industry partners, prepared jointly by UWL academic staff and industry specialists/consultants.

Collaborative learning You will collaborate with fellow students from other pathways and/or other MA courses within our school in your projects and gain invaluable industry experience.  These collaborations are carefully designed to provide a microcosm of the professional fashion business world.

Compulsory residential international field trips  The MA International Fashion Brand Management is the first postgraduate fashion course in the UK that formally integrates international residential trips into its curriculum. During these trips, you will meet industry professionals, attend master lectures, view collaborative work, and engage in personal growth. The compulsory  trips throughout the 2021 academic year will be:

• FT1: European Fashion Capitals Trip (Paris, Milan and Florence): 8 to 10 days (Semester 1).
• FT2: New York Fashion Field Trip: 7-8 days (Semester 2).

Optional international residential field trips  Students studying on this pathway will be able to attend Trip 3 and Trip 4 as optional trips. You may wish to attend only one or none:

• FT3: Copenhagen Fashion Summit: 3 to 4 days (Semester 3).
• FT4: Berlin Circular Fashion Trip: 3 to 4 days (Semester 2).

Internships  This course has an optional 80 hours internship integrated into the curriculum. An internship will enhance your employability by offering valuable experience and professional contacts within the industry and put your skills to use in the real world of fashion. It is possible to do your internship digitally.

When you graduate you may be qualified for a broad range of careers. You could work as a:

• fashion visual merchandising manager/consultant
• fashion digital visual merchandising manager/consultant
• fashion experiential visual design manager/consultant
• fashion retail space designer
• fashion visual communication manager
• fashion visual branding manager
• fashion brand visual development manager
• fashion set-designer
• fashion trade show designer
• fashion pop-up store designer
• catwalk designer