KEI: Study Abroad & Intern Abroad

STUDENTS

PARENTS

My study abroad in Italy was the best experience. I studied at the top design school and lived in the fashion center of Europe. I was surrounded by people from different countries who were serious about fashion and design. I would recommend this program for sure!

Emma Trindel
SUNY Oneonta

Academics: summer

The summer program is 1 month. Students select one 6-credit course.

Fashion Design (6 credits)
The course provides the tools and guidelines related to the professional areas of fashion designing and an introductory investigation of the fashion scene, and the most influential designers, styles, emerging personalities, fashion weeks, online fashion culture, current events, and future trends. The fashion design specialization teaches students how to design and coordinate a fashion collection, including the study of important pattern and tailoring techniques, in addition to textile.

Syllabus

Fashion Stylist (6 credits)
Provides the tools and guidelines related to the profession of fashion styling and an introductory investigation of the fashion scene and the most influential designers, styles, emerging personalities, fashion weeks, online fashion culture, current events, and future trends. The fashion stylist specialization introduces styling and its aspects and requirements, with particular emphasis on visual culture and key elements of the fashion world's signs and images.

Syllabus

Fashion Marketing (6 credits)
The course is an overview of marketing, management and merchandising for the retail fashion industry with an emphasis on the Italian experience. The preliminary part is an introduction to the Italian fashion industry. This is followed by the analysis of marketing, brand management (target, positioning and brand values, definition), trends and lifestyles research, distribution channels, communication and advertising strategies, visual merchandising, and sales techniques. Site visits to relevant showrooms and retail spaces and discussions with industry professionals will complement the lecture portion of the course.

Syllabus

Credit & transcripts

Credit and transcripts issued by the Istituto Europeo di Design (accredited in Italy). Transcripts are also issued by SUNY Oneonta or Lincoln University (both accredited in USA).

University The Istituto Europeo di Design (IED), founded in 1966, is considered one of the top design schools in Europe. IED offers undergraduate and graduate programs in fashion, graphic, interior, product, industrial and architectural design. IED is a multi-campus institution with locations in Milan (original), Rome, Turin, Madrid, Barcelona, Sao Paolo, Venice and Rio de Janeiro. Each campus consists of state-of-the-art facilities, including a lighting techniques laboratory, a fashion show theater, accessories and shoe lab, rapid prototyping lab, video, sound and photography labs, and a jewelry lab.