Language

Spanish

Start date

September 2026

Frequency

Full time

Duration

4 Years

Credits

240 ECTS

Course also available in:

Barcelona

Explore and transform trends into innovative looks and powerful visual concepts that captivate audiences.

The four-year Fashion Design program, with a specialization in Fashion Styling and Communication, prepares you to interpret fashion and its expressions in response to the evolving needs of society. This pathway encourages you to develop a personal identity and acquire a comprehensive vision of the industry, combining creativity, visual culture, and professional techniques.

Throughout your studies, you will learn to analyze trends, design looks and fashion shoots, and shape editorials and advertising campaigns. Innovation, sustainability, and new technologies will be at the core of your learning experience, enabling you to imagine, create, and communicate with a contemporary perspective. Respect for your individuality and close guidance of your personal growth will ensure that you develop an authentic and transformative vision within an increasingly diverse and inclusive industry.

The Bachelor’s Degree in Higher Artistic Education in Design consists of 240 ECTS credits, distributed over four academic years. It is valid throughout the European Higher Education Area, equivalent to an official university degree, and accredited by the Agency for the Quality of the University System. This program allows access to official master’s degrees and, where applicable, doctoral studies.

IED Madrid: Private institution authorized to award the Bachelor’s Degree in Higher Artistic Education in Design • Order 4391/2011 • Own Fashion Design project authorized by Order 1708/2025 • Center no. 28073045

Information to decide

An official degree that explores creativity and sustainability in fashion, guided by leading professionals in the industry.

The program is structured into four academic years, each one focusing on subjects associated with fundamental technical and creative skills:  

  • Design fundamentals

  • History of art and design

  • History of fashion design

  • Representation and communication languages and techniques

  • The artistic basis of fashion

  • Design and clothing projects

  • Pattern design and garment making

  • Styling

  • Science applied to design

  • Materials and technology applied to fashion design

  • Design management

You will immerse yourself in a critical, flexible and adaptive learning ecosystem, where self-discovery will play a key role throughout the process. 

The methodology has a strong practical component, since it is based on projects, for which you will have numerous spaces where you can experiment with very different tools and processes. Among others, fashion workshops, with industrial quality equipment for different types of sewing or machines for specialized work such as knitting machines, 3D printers, leather, embroidery or triple drive machines.  

For those people who see fashion as a tool of personal expression and, at the same time, with the ability to positively impact present and future society. 

Also for those whose goal is entrepreneurship in the sector, since the program addresses skills and notions of business development and management. 

  • Fashion Stylist

  • Art Director

  • Coolhunter / Trend Analyst

  • Visual Merchandiser

  • Fashion Production Coordinator

  • Fashion Editor

  • Brand Communication Manager

  • Fashion Content Creator

  • Image and Style Consultant

  • Fashion Exhibition Curator

Syllabus

4 ECTS Design Fundamentals. Analysis

4 ECTS Color

6 ECTS Design Fundamentals. Ideation

4 ECTS Scientific Foundations for Design

4 ECTS Drawing. Representation

4 ECTS Ecodesign

4 ECTS Drawing. Communication

4 ECTS Theory and History of Art

4 ECTS Volume

4 ECTS Introduction to Pattern Making

4 ECTS Representation Systems

4 ECTS Sewing Techniques. History

4 ECTS Digital Technology

4 ECTS Project. Recycling and Deconstruction

ECTS (European Credit Transfer System): System adopted by all universities in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) to ensure the homogeneity and quality of the studies offered.

4 ECTS Techniques of Expression and Communication

4 ECTS History of Fashion

4 ECTS Theory and History of Design

6 ECTS Project. Design and Brand

4 ECTS Theory and Culture of Design

6 ECTS Project. Fashion and Technology

4 ECTS New Materials

4 ECTS Embroidery and Knitwear

4 ECTS Digital Modeling

4 ECTS Fashion Communication

4 ECTS Industrial Pattern Making

4 ECTS Fashion Illustration

4 ECTS Industrial Pattern Making. Garment Construction

4 ECTS Draping on Mannequin

ECTS (European Credit Transfer System): System adopted by all universities in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) to ensure the homogeneity and quality of the studies offered.

4 ECTS Photography and Audiovisual Media

4 ECTS Aesthetics

4 ECTS Business Organization

4 ECTS Fashion Narrative Techniques

4 ECTS Audiovisual Editing

4 ECTS Still Life and Lifestyle

4 ECTS Marketing and Brand

4 ECTS Editorial Analysis

6 ECTS Project. Hybridization

6 ECTS Collaborative Company Project

4 ECTS Project. Zero Waste

4 ECTS Fashion Styling and Art Direction

4 ECTS Editorial Identity

4 ECTS Electives

ECTS (European Credit Transfer System): System adopted by all universities in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) to ensure the homogeneity and quality of the studies offered.

4 ECTS Context, Culture and Design

4 ECTS Circular Fashion Management

26 ECTS Electives

26 ECTS Supervised Internship + Final Degree Project

ECTS (European Credit Transfer System): System adopted by all universities in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) to ensure the homogeneity and quality of the studies offered.

Faculty

Director

Federico Antelo

Director of the Fashion School at IED Madrid, Visual Artist, and Textile Designer

Teacher

Tíscar Espadas

Founder and Creative Director of the TISCAR ESPADAS brand

Teacher

Carlota Barrera

Founder and Creative Director of her brand

Teacher

REPARTO

Margil Peña y Ana Viglione

Teacher

Eva Maldonado Rodríguez

Teacher

Iván Blanco Fernández

Teacher

Julio Numar

Teacher

Eufemio Fernández López

Teacher

Laura Cerrato

Fashion historian, cultural manager and curator

Teacher

Rosa Moreno Laorga

Teacher

Sofía Nieto Recio

Teacher

Juanjo Gómez

Fashion Designer

Teacher

Enrique González

Doctor of Philosophy

News

Professional fashion catwalk with models parading

17 September 2026

IED fashion takes centre stage at 080 Barcelona Fashion

Acceptance Letter (by IED Barcelona lecturer Jeakyong Sim), Compte Spain and L’AMAR (brands founded respectively by IED Madrid alumni Santi Mozas and Nacho Lamar) will take to the catwalk at Spain’s most international fashion event in October.

Crowded stalls of an auditorium

15 September 2026

More than 200 students from 52 nationalities open the 2026-2027 academic year of the IED Barcelona

On 14 September, the Welcome Event welcomed a new generation of creatives and designers joining the undergraduate programmes.

14 September 2026

Chimera – Hybrid Artifacts: Design Connects Turin and São Paulo

Seven bags, two cities and one shared project. A collaboration between Italy and Brazil has evolved into an international design journey, bringing together different cultures, materials and design languages.

11 September 2026

Issue 4: Material World - Plural Intelligences

What happens when we recognize the intelligence of materials and learn to work with it responsibly, collectively, and collaboratively?

11 September 2026

IED Kunsthal Bilbao temporarily transforms Doña Casilda Park with ‘Sareak’

A cross-disciplinary project bringing together nearly 200 members of the community to reflect on contemporary communication through design.

11 September 2026

Peio Santisteban’s “Flores para un monstruo” Wins the IED Madrid Fashion Talent Award 2026

Twelve students from the Fashion Design Bachelor’s Degree at Istituto Europeo di Design Madrid presented their collections for the second consecutive year as part of the OModa Madrid Es Moda programme.

07 September 2026

Fashion show and festival: the IED Public Programme is back

In September, IED's Public Program returns with a calendar of events across its campuses in Italy and Spain, offering opportunities for dialogue, exchange and discovery open to the community and the wider public.

07 September 2026

From Turin to Tokyo: IED and Pioneer Denim bring new visions of denim to the international runway

Projects by students on IED Torino’s Undergraduate Programme in Fashion Design, developed using materials supplied by the company, are heading to Tranoï Tokyo and Denim Première Vision as part of the collaboration with Pioneer Denim, bringing together research, experimentation and product culture.

07 September 2026

IED Madrid Alumni Talent at OMODA Madrid es Moda 2026

Designers and IED Madrid alumni Luis Berrendero and Carlota Barrera have taken part in this edition’s programme, alongside other IED Madrid initiatives such as its Fashion Show 2026 and the event with Roberto Verino.

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14 September 2026 - 18 September 2026

Barcelona

IED Barcelona 2026 Undergraduate Welcome Week

The welcome event for undergraduate students, teachers and staff to mark the official opening of the new academic year will take place on Monday 14 September.

Exhibitions and Festival

02 October 2026 - 08 October 2026

Madrid

Sepiia’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition

IED Madrid alumni and designer Federico Sáinz de Robles celebrates the 10th anniversary of his brand, Sepiia, with an exhibition.

An open notebook showing two pencil sketches, one of a lamp and the other of designer handbags
Exhibitions and Festival

17 October 2026 - 17 October 2026

Barcelona

Barcelona Dibuixa 2026: “The Power of Hand Drawing”

IED Barcelona is offering this workshop, where participants will discover, guided by architect and lecturer Gianfranco La Cognata – Laco 2, how design takes shape through illustration.