studying fashion in Venice

Università Iuav di Venezia is one of the leading universities in Europe for training fashion designers and fashion studies.

The bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fashion aim at excellence by training designers capable of tracing an original path towards the definition of an Italian fashion school, inclusive and open to global exchange.

Iuav students and graduating students are recruited by various companies, their works are often featured in specialist journals and receive mentions and awards.

The bachelor’s degree in fashion design and multimedia arts combines experimental character with analytical and design methodologies with a focus on material culture. It deals with creative processes and products while establishing a close dialogue between artistic research and design practice. It complements the concept of technological innovation by extending it to the themes of the body, identity, and memory in contemporary visual and design culture.

This bachelor’s degree identifies with the production, design, industrial and consumer systems of art and fashion, with a specific interest in the Made-in-Italy sector.

the fashion communication and new media track

The fashion communication and new media track focuses on issues related to the communicative, curatorial and more directly immaterial design aspects that define the new forms of fashion and its visual culture.

This track combines practical and theoretical aspects, addressing fashion communication in relation to cultural studies and visual culture with a focus on image making and graphics, print and online publishing, data visualisation processes, retail design, and archive-related practices in conservation, imagination, and design. The study programme includes an internship period in companies, art direction studios, publishing platforms or cultural institutions.

careers

The professional roles of graduates are junior profiles related to editors, stylists, multimedia content designers, web contributors, retail/visual designers, event organisers and fashion curators.

After the bachelor's degree, students can continue their studies at Iuav with a master's degree in visual arts and fashion or a master's degree in theatre and performing arts.