View the first BoF Global Fashion School Rankings of 21 undergraduate and 10 graduate fashion programmes.
To view the full methodology behind BoF’s Global Ranking of Fashion Schools click here. More...

View the first BoF Global Fashion School Rankings of 21 undergraduate and 10 graduate fashion programmes.
Today, we are pleased to unveil the first BoF Global Fashion School Rankings of the top 21 undergraduate and 10 graduate fashion programmes in the world. The new rankings are based on rigorous BoF analysis of 60 data points collected directly from 24 participating fashion schools in 11 countries, a survey of more than 4,000 fashion students and alumni, as well as a reputational survey of 88 HR professionals and fashion influencers. More...

Central Saint Martins and The Royal College of Art have emerged as the top schools in BoF’s first Global Fashion School Rankings. But our survey also reveals widespread dissatisfaction amongst the more than 4,000 students and alumni who participated in our survey. Is fashion education selling a false dream. More...

Fashion houses want creative designers, so schools should focus on creative teaching — students can learn the business side later, says Walter Van Beirendonck, head of the fashion department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp. More...

Fashion Business Basics include everything an emerging designer needs to know to start an independent fashion label. For almost a decade, BoF founder Imran Amed has taught the only fashion business course at London’s Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. More...

Creativity is the lifeblood of fashion. Without it, the industry wouldn’t exist — we need original ideas, aesthetics and visions to inspire and delight consumers. But how do you prepare creative people for a career in a global industry? In BoF’s education survey, only 58 percent of students and alumni said they were “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the business education they received. More...

BoF has long been a trusted resource for educators, students and entrepreneurs, but now, for the first time, we have created a destination on BoF specifically dedicated to this part of our global community. Today, we are pleased to unveil BoF Education, an online platform providing fashion students and entrepreneurs with insight into how the fashion industry works, online tutorials on how to grow their businesses and advice on how to advance their careers in fashion. More...

This week on BoF we sparked a global conversation on the role, content and value of fashion education with the launch of BoF Education, our new platform for online learning, featuring free fashion courses and a rigorous global fashion schools ranking.
Global media outlets weighed in with their feedback, including The New York Times (USA), i-D (USA), The Guardian (UK), The Telegraph (UK), The Times Higher Education Supplement (UK), De Standaard (Belgium), Le Monde (France), The Australian (Australia), Modern Weekly (China), The Times of India (India), Haaretz (Israel) and more than 100 other websites, blogs and newspapers from around the world. More...