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Master in Fashion Management (MFM course) is a 2 year postgraduate degree in the field of fashion management covering all the necessary aspects needed to become skillful professionals in the fashion industry.
To pursue this course, the minimum eligibility is a graduation degree in any domain. Admission is mostly done through NIFT MFM Exam, whose syllabus is discussed in the last section.
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MFM Syllabus
The course curriculum of this master in fashion management course includes basic training in the form of classroom learning, case method, role plays, presentations, group assignments, seminars, symposiums, etc.
The table below shows some of a semester wise breakup of Master of Fashion Management Syllabus:
| Semester I | Semester II |
|---|---|
| Basics of Fashion | Fashion Finance & Economics |
| Process of Garment Manufacturing | Logistics & Resource management |
| Fashion Marketing & Merchandising | Fashion Communication |
| Fashion Design Process | Lifestyle Journalism |
| Fashion Styling & Photography | . |
| Semester III | Semester IV |
| E-commerce | Industry Internship |
| Consumer Behaviour | Fashion Event Management |
| Research Methodology | Masters Project |
| Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship | . |
| Communication skill, Grooming & Etiquettes | . |
| Visual Merchandising & Window Display | . |
MFM Subjects
The table below shows some of the topics and units which are covered in few of the common MFM course syllabus:
| Name of the Subject | Topics & Units included |
|---|---|
| Fashion Marketing & Merchandising | Retail Strategies, Retail organization, Role of a fashion buyer, Range Planning Marketing, National sourcing & International sourcing, Market research, Visual Merchandising, Introduction to merchandising, etc. |
| Fashion Design Process | Types of Design, Design elements, Colour theory, Design Concept, etc. |
| Fashion Communication | Design Processes and Thinking Communication Concepts & Processes Introduction to Advertising Graphic Design for Fashion Creative Advertising & Media Planning Professional Ethics & Responsibilities, etc. |
| Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship | Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Behaviours, Entrepreneurial Traits, Intellectual Property Rights, etc. |
| Process of Garment Manufacturing | Raw material, Process flow in the garment industry, Making Patterns, Use of patterns, Stitching, assembling parts, Quality features of garments and how to maintain its quality, etc. |
MFM Books
Some of the major books included in the Master of Fashion Management course curriculum are:
| Name of the Book | Name of the Author |
|---|---|
| Pattern Making for Pattern Design | Armstrong and Joseph.H. |
| Fashion Buying | Helen Goworek, Blackwell Science |
| Elements of Design and Apparel Design | Sumanth. G. |
| Fashion Writing and Criticism: History, Theory, Practice | Peter McNeil and Sanda Miller |
| Design and Analysis of Experiments | Montgomery, Douglas C. |
| Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Druckar, Peter |
NIFT MFM Exam Syllabus
Students need to qualify General Ability Test (GAT) in order to get admission in MFM course, which consist of the following sections:
- Quantitative Ability
- Communication Ability and English Comprehension
- Analytical and Logical Ability
- General Knowledge and Current Affairs
- Case Study
Syllabus of NIFT exam GAT is described below:
- Quantitative Ability: This section tests the quantitative ability of candidates, consisting of questions from the topics such as Number system, Percentage, Rate of Interest, Work and Task, Ratio and Proportion and Distance, etc.
- Communicative Ability & English Comprehension: In this section, the students are tested on the basis of their language skills and its use in day-to-day communication in English.
- Analytical Ability & Logical Ability: This section tests the candidate’s capacity for the ability of inference and logic from the given information.
- General Knowledge and Current Affairs: This section is designed to test the candidate’s general awareness and current affairs knowledge.
- Case Study: The Case Study is designed especially to test the managerial skills of the candidate. It is based on a situation of an industry environment in which the candidate has to analyze and provide solutions to the questions asked.
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