SCAD
School of Fashion
The SCAD School of Fashion offers a balanced curriculum of design and construction, costume history, and merchandising and marketing. Fashion students are encouraged to develop creative and intellectual thinking, inventive design skills and the practical expertise necessary to succeed in careers in the global fashion marketplace. One of the most comprehensive fashion schools in the world, SCAD offers undergraduate and graduate programs across four global locations and online in accessory design, fashion, fashion marketing and management, and luxury and fashion management.
To complement this innovative curriculum, the School of Fashion welcomes numerous designers and prominent industry professionals who give lectures, lead workshops and provide valuable insight through one-on-one interaction with students. Recent visitors include Tom Ford International chairman Domenico De Sole; Barneys retail legends Simon Doonan and Linda Fargo; fashion editor Anne Slowey; author Derek Blasberg; publicity maven Kelly Cutrone; and designers Alexander Wang, Mark Badgley, James Mischka, Betsey Johnson and Christian Siriano, among many others.
No. 1
graduate fashion program in the U.S.
London-based The Business of Fashion has ranked the SCAD graduate fashion programs as No. 1 overall in the United States, No. 5 in the world, and No. 1 for both "Best Learning Experience" and "Best Long-Term Value."
WORLD'S FIRST
- M.A. and M.F.A. degree programs in luxury and fashion management
- M.F.A. in accessory design
- Minor in fragrance marketing and management
Degree Programs
Fashion marketing and management
Fragrance marketing and management
Menswear
Legends and Luminaries
Every year, SCAD hosts a variety of industry leaders — guests who are luminaries in their fields and whose expertise is invaluable to SCAD students. From workshops and panel discussions to master classes and one-on-one critiques, students have unparalleled access to innovative fashion influencers.
Notable Fashion Guests
- ALEXANDER WANG
- BETSEY JOHNSON
- Calvin Klein
- Christian Siriano
- DAVID YURMAN
- DIANE VON FURSTENBERG
- DOMENICO DE SOLE
- Fern Mallis
- Miuccia Prada
- OSCAR DE LA RENTA
- VERA WANG
- ZAC POSEN
World-
Class
Resources
SCAD fashion students have access to design studios and labs with Cintiq tablets, a resource room and library of fabrics, fashion books and magazines, a state-of-the-art media lounge for viewing educational films, and collections storage.
Teaching museums
The SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film in Atlanta — one of the largest fashion museums in the South — and the award-winning SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah, feature curated couture exhibitions with designs by Oscar de la Renta, Vivienne Westwood and Carolina Herrera. The two museums also exhibit looks from the university’s permanent collection of more than 1,000 garments created by the world’s leading fashion houses.
