Program Overview

The luxury and fashion sector is booming. Whether it’s apparel, accessories, luxury cars, beauty, watches, jewelry, luxury hotels or wine and spirits, there is an increasing global demand for exclusivity, rarity and high quality. A new generation is at the forefront of social and cultural change, with strong desire for lives experiences and a search for meaning, so luxury brands must focus on creativity and innovation to enhance their relevance to consumers.

The goal of this master’s program is to equip you with skills based on both academic fundamentals and practical experience, provide you with a broad view of the luxury sector, and thus give you the know-how that will make you the managers of tomorrow.

By completing the Luxury Management (M.Sc.) program, you will have acquired robust management and luxury fashion skills to thrive in this industry. You will also have options throughout your study program to individualize your studies and develop your personal profile: Take part in business excursions to Paris and Munich, choose elective courses, complete an internship or choose to spend a semester abroad. The fourth semester is dedicated to the writing of your master thesis as well as participating at 2 online courses. Therefore, for your last 2 semesters, you can decide where you want to live.

Study content
 

While studying for your master’s degree in Luxury Management (M.Sc.), you will delve deeper each semester into the luxury industry, luxury brands, and luxury products, acquiring ever-increasing know-how. A variety of important topics await you, such as:

• Luxury Business Mix
• Strategic and Financial Management in Luxury
• Customer Experience in Luxury Management
• Distribution & Communication in Luxury
• Origins of Luxury in History, Art and Culture
• Digital & Sustainable Transformation in Luxury

Customizable third semester
 

The master’s program in Luxury Management (M.Sc.) enables you to customize your third semester in order to follow your interests and develop your professional profile. Out of three options you can decide if you want to complete a six month internship at a luxury or fashion house/brand/company, study abroad at a partner university with a program in luxury and fashion management in Italy, France or UK, or attend the semester in Cologne where you will choose an elective module on one of the following topics:

• International Relations
• Corporate Finance
• Sustainability Management & CSR in a Global Context
• Entrepreneurship
• Consumer Behavior & Psychology

Practical relevance
 

Practice-oriented learning is a top priority at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences. On the master’s program in Luxury Management (M.Sc.), you can expect application-oriented teaching from experts who share their wealth of experience. You will work on projects and case studies. In the second semester, you can also participate in business excursions to Europe’s centers of luxury, such as Paris and Munich. In the third semester, you have the opportunity to complete an internship in the luxury sector.

Interactive learning, excursions, guest lectures, workshops and recruitment activities with our partners are also common practice at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences.