Global Fashion Management

mps

Three continents. Twenty-two months. One international education for emerging fashion executives.


The Global Fashion Management (GFM) Master of Professional Studies graduate program, offered in collaboration with Institut Français de la Mode in Paris, Centro in Mexico City, and academic institutions in Asia, will prepare you for top managerial and leadership positions in the international fashion industry. Interactive and flexible, the course formats range from lectures and case studies to individual and team projects, presentations by guest speakers, and site visits.

Program

GFM SUNY seminar

Global Fashion Management MPS

The program emphasizes leadership, applied creativity, strategic problem-solving, and analytical thinking—along with effective writing and presentation skills. Coursework spans production management and supply chain, global marketing and fashion brand management, culture and international business, corporate finance, politics and world trade, business policy, global retail management, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
Students complete four intensive seminars taught at partner institutions across three continents. The program is designed to be completed in four semesters.
Graduates are equipped to advance within a range of sectors across the global fashion industry.
This selective program is tailored for professionals in retail, design, marketing, merchandising, import/export, technology, fashion journalism, supply chain, and other related fields.

This selective program is tailored to professionals in retail, design, marketing and merchandising, import/export, technology, fashion journalism, supply chain, or other related fields.

Degree Details

Impact

Prepared for the world. The global scope of the program gives graduates firsthand exposure to the culture—and business practices—of multiple international markets.

Beyond the Degree

Our alumni lead across the global fashion industry, working in strategic, creative, and operational roles. They represent a wide range of companies—from early-stage ventures to established American icons, like Macy’s, Ralph Lauren, Tiffany & Co., and PVH, as well as European luxury houses, including Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Hermès, and Ferragamo.

Career Outlook
GFM students in Paris

Learn From the Best

The international roster of faculty comes from a variety of industries as well as academia. Meet more Global Fashion Management faculty.
Praveen Chaudry

Chaudhry’s recent work has focused on the impact of globalization, problems of state formation and understanding resistance movements through the eyes of nomadic peoples and weavers in Kashmir. He is a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Scholarship and Creative Activities.

Meg Joseph

Meg Joseph

Joseph is an associate professor in the Department of Global Fashion Management. She previously worked in as director of international marketing for SONY Pictures Home Entertainment. She holds an MBA in marketing and the management of information, communication, and media from Columbia University and has completed doctoral work at the University of Buffalo. 

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Global Fashion Management

Goodman Center, Room E315
(212) 217-4300

Aaron Duncan

Associate Professor and Chair
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