MSc International Fashion Retailing
The International Fashion Retailing masters programme is an exciting and innovative programme, which aims to equip the global fashion-retail managers of the future with skills in e-business, technology and international business strategy. You will graduate from the programme with the necessary management skills vital for a career in the fast-paced world of international fashion retailing.
Managerial know-how
The programme will teach you how to be adaptive and to have the managerial and specific know-how to innovate and create attractive products for an increasingly competitive global environment. You will become competent in strategic problem-solving and supply-chain management, and develop your self-learning and time-management skills.
The programme
The complete MSc programme is made up of taught course units and a research dissertation project. The taught course units, assessed by a combination of coursework and examination, cover a wide range of industrially-relevant subject areas:
- Design and Innovation Management
- Fabric Structures
- Fashion Consumer Behaviour
- International Fashion Retailing
- International Supply Chain Management
- Research Methods
Your dissertation is a chance to apply what you have learned to a focused five-month research project. Your choice of topic will be determined in consultation with your personal tutor and will develop further skills that can be applied to the real world.
Links to industry
Our graduates are highly sought after for a variety of roles in companies including Topshop, Gucci, Marks and Spencer and Asda George.
Your options
The programme is a one-year full-time MSc, delivered on-campus at the School of Materials.
Entry requirements
You will need a UK 2.1 Honours degree in a related field, or equivalent International degree.
If your first language is not English, then you will need to meet our minimum entry scores of the following English language qualifications: IELTS – 6.5 overall, with no individual element under 5.5; TOEFL – 570 with 5.0 in the TWE; CBTOEFL – 230 with 5.0 in the TWE.