Master's Program in Craftmanship in Contemporary Fashion
Madrid, Spain
DURATION
9 Months
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline
EARLIEST START DATE
06 Oct 2025
TUITION FEES
EUR 15,100 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* total fee for UE and total fee extra UE: EUR 15,100| fee and fee extra UE: EUR 12,100 | enrolment fee: EUR 3,000
Introduction
Transform your creative vision into a unique reality, reinterpreting traditional craft techniques, and creating timeless designs to meet the demands of today's fashion world.
The Master’s Degree in Craftsmanship in Contemporary Fashion is tailor-made to meet the growing demand to learn traditional craft techniques, adapting these skills of old and using them with new meaning in modern design.
In this course you’ll learn to master traditional craft techniques and processes, exploring skills whose continuity has been threatened by the passage of time. The main focus is on resignification, combining these techniques with the innovative technologies and materials that define contemporary design today.
What’s more, you’ll learn about and experiment with the aesthetic and expressive possibilities that modern craftwork can bring to the world of fashion, integrating its artistic value with functional solutions that meet the needs of today's fashion world.
We’ll provide you with all the tools you need to put what you’ve learned to the best use in your professional career, to create your own brand or collaborate with other fashion designers.
Ideal Students
Who is it for?
Graduates in Fashion Design, as well as other disciplines of design, the Fine Arts and Architecture, who want to further their professional career in the field of fashion, and specifically in the realms of craftwork and the luxury market.
Admissions
Curriculum
Design and Culture Society
- History of New Media
- Keys to contemporary culture and design
- Innovation and social impact
- Social, economic and technological realities
Contemporary Craftmanship & Sustainable Management
- Trends in Contemporary Craftsmanship & Fashion
- New Procedures
- New Materials
- Management & Artisan Trades
Technical Area and Energy Efficiency
- Contemporary Embroidery
- Contemporary Hand Printing
- Contemporary Hand Knitting / Weaving
- Contemporary Hand Textile Manipulation
Projects
- Dress Typology. Hybridization of Techniques & Materials
- Coat Typology. Hybridization of Techniques & Materials
- Craftsmanship Application in Collection Design
Entrepreneurship
- Strategy and project management
- Entrepreneurship in the creative industries
TFM
- TFM
*The instructors, schedules, and locations specified in this academic program may be modified due to organizational needs or availability. These changes will be made in order to ensure the quality and proper development of academic activities and will be communicated to students in a timely manner.
Program Outcome
- You’ll acquire traditional craft techniques and use them with a contemporary approach, introducing innovation into the design processes by exploring new ways to use materials and introducing new materials to expand the aesthetic possibilities offered by each craft technique.
- You’ll experiment and exceed the limits of each traditional technique, using modern technological tools to further the possibilities offered until now.
- You’ll also develop an experimental, critical and open workflow, constantly exploring and questioning to challenge new frontiers.
- And you’ll find and define your own aesthetic style, creating a unique and very personal visual identity. By doing so you’ll pave the way on your professional road to start collaborating with other designers and brands.