Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship)
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Quick facts
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Duration
Full-time 2 years, Part-time 4 years -
Location
Brunswick -
Fees
AU$30,720 (2021 annual)
Next intake
February, July
Entry score
IELTS 6.5
Duration
Full-time 2 years Location
Brunswick
Overview
The Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship) is an internationally-recognised course designed to provide you with specialist skills, knowledge, and confidence to be a leader in the global fashion industry.
Whether you want to create a fashion enterprise or work within the global marketplace, this master’s degree offers you the opportunity to hone your skills and amplify your passion for this global industry.
Growing up, I was always creative. I enjoyed painting, making cards and altering my clothes. I completed a Bachelor of Fashion, worked for a year then decided I wanted to do a Masters. I researched my options on the Business of Fashion website and RMIT was one of the top universities."
- Meher Dang, Master of Fashion Entrepreneurship at RMIT
Entrepreneurs provide leadership while continuously questioning the status quo to create added value. This course will advance your skills as an independent and motivated thinker to recognise opportunities, take calculated risks, and to be resourceful, passionate and understand your role within a dynamic environment.
As entrepreneurs learn by doing, the Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship) encourages you to take charge of your learning through industry engagement projects. Such projects develop business and entrepreneurial acumen while embedding practical and theoretical of the fashion system.
Upon graduation, you will have advanced knowledge and skills suited to a variety of careers within the global fashion industry. This course also offers a pathway to further learning, which may include DR213 PhD (Fashion and Textiles).
Details
Build networks and relationships in the fashion and textiles industry
You will engage with industry throughout your studies, starting from your first semester, including work on specific industry projects.
You can consult with fashion businesses extensively throughout your core and elective subjects. A major project elective provides a pathway to further academic study, with opportunities for research with an industry partner.
Lecturers and academics all have strong industry relationships and experience, and the School of Fashion and Textiles enjoys links to local and global fashion industry and government organisations.
Build on your entrepreneurial aspirations
This master’s degree offers a flexible structure with core subject and elective choices within specialist areas of the fashion system. You can customise your subject selection to build on your existing knowledge or entrepreneurial aspirations.
Subjects focus on entrepreneurial thinking, sustainable fashion, ethical supply chains, fashion analytics, and the business strategies required to build a global fashion brand.
You will study in state-of-the-art facilities at RMIT’s Brunswick campus, and you will be able to choose your electives from a University-wide subject selection.
How you will study
Subjects include a variety of teaching approaches, such as seminars, lectures and tutorials, and use methods including collaborative group work, self-directed learning, peer review, case studies, and seminars and workshops.
Assessment involves learning by doing, and will include a range of activities such as reports, e-commerce tools, written reflection, research projects, presentations, and peer or industry review.
Full-time students will attend approximately 12 hours of classes per week, combined with intensive additional self-directed study and research per week. Part-time students can attend either day or evening classes, and will need to study approximately 6 hours per week.
All programs are delivered in English. You will have access to online resources through the myRMIT student portal.
You will be engaged with industry throughout your studies, including small industry projects, and subjects that allow you to begin developing and launching your own business venture. You can also undertake a major project elective which provides a pathway for further academic study, and the opportunity for research with an industry partner.
The Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship) has professional industry links with a wide range of organisations and associations, including the peak industry body the Australian Fashion Council (AFC).
The School of Fashion and Textiles has many close links with industry. This course is taught by academics with strong industry relationships and current professional experience in the fashion industry. In addition, we collaborate with industry and community partners in a range of activities, including partnered projects, placements, virtual studios and case studies to ensure you are immersed in current industry professional practices, techniques and strategies.
This course has regular consultations with the School’s Industry Advisory Group which consists of high profile industry representatives. Part of these consultations is to ensure that the course’s links with industry standards and practice remain current and valid.
You have the opportunity to select two elective subjects (Global Fashion Supply Chain and Global Entrepreneurship) that are delivered offshore as global intensive courses, designed to help understand how fashion enterprises operate in different cultures and economies.
RMIT’s Global Experience Office (GEO) supports students to undertake exchange or short-term mobility activities with over 165 partner universities worldwide.
Dr Stephen Wigley, Associate Dean, Fashion Enterprise
Dr Carol Tan, Program Manager
Jamie Robertson, Manager Planning and Resources, School of Fashion and Textiles
If you hold fashion and or textiles undergraduate qualifications, your core foundation semester includes three core subjects, plus one elective choice. If you are new to the discipline of fashion and textiles your core foundation semester includes four coure subjects.
In semesters two and three, the combination of two core subjects and two elective subjects scaffold your study plan to the final semester core subject, wherein you create a fashion venture.
In your final semester you have a three elective choices. Electives can be chosen from the Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship) program plan, or from university-wide electives.
Choose a program structure
Choose a program structure
Program code: MC213
Career
Upon graduation, you will be able to effectively and strategically manage a fashion and textile enterprise within the global fashion industry. It will enable you to manage teams in various environments, as well as lead your own fashion business. You will develop advanced entrepreneurial skills and industry acumen, combined with an in-depth knowledge of the fashion system, suited to a variety of careers.
The program also offers a pathway to further learning into a PhD.
Graduates of this course have found work at fashion companies including:
- Forever New
- Australian Fashion Council (AFC)
- Zimmerman
- Otto & Spike
- David Jones
- Myer
- Australian Defence Apparel Pty Ltd
- Ethical Clothing Australia
- Edited
- COS
Admissions
You must have successfully completed:
- an Australian bachelor degree or equivalent in any discipline with a minimum of 65% average or a grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 (out of 4.0)
OR - a four year Australian bachelor degree with honours (or equivalent overseas qualification) in any discipline with a GPA of at least 2.5 (out of 4.0)
OR - a minimum of five years' fashion industry experience
If you have a GPA lower than 2.50 you may still apply but selection will be merit based and assessed on your experience, a one-page personal statement and an interview. The one page personal statement should outline the reasons you will benefit from undertaking the Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship) and how it's aligned to your interests, aspirations and career ambitions.
You must have successfully completed:
An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent overseas qualification) in any discipline with a minimum of 65% average or a grade point average of 2.5 (out of 4.0)
OR
an Australian four-year honours undergraduate degree (or equivalent overseas qualification) in any disciplinewith a minimum of 65% average or a grade point average of 2.5 (out of 4.0).
You may also be considered if you have completed a minimum of 5 years' fashion industry experience.
If you have a GPA lower than 2.50 you may still apply but selection will be merit based and assessed on your experience, a one page personal statement and an interview.
Entry requirements
Work experience
To have your professional experience considered you must include in your application a CV and personal statement that details your experience.
Interview
You may be required to attend an interview (either in person, or via phone or Skype).
Statement: You must include with your application a one-page personal statement outlining the reasons you will benefit from undertaking the Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship) and how it is aligned to your interests, aspirations and career ambitions.
Interview: You may be required to attend an interview (either in person, or via phone or Skype) if requested.
References: If applying on the basis of work experience, you must provide written references confirming the nature and length of work experience.
To study this program you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:
- IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0)
- TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 79 (with minimum of 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing)
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 58 (with no communication band less than 50)
- Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 176 with no less than 169 in any component.
For detailed information on English language requirements and other proficiency tests recognised by RMIT, visit English language requirements and equivalency information.
Don't meet the English language test scores? Complete an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Advanced Plus Certificate at RMIT English Worldwide.
The following information outlines the tasks you will be required to undertake during professional experience placement and on-campus learning activities.
The non-academic abilities listed are provided for your information only and are not entry requirements.
If there are any activities outlined which may be difficult for you to undertake, there are a range of adjustments to your study conditions available to enable and support you to demonstrate these abilities. Please contact the Equitable Learning Service to discuss any adjustments you may require.
The following information outlines the tasks you will be required to undertake during professional experience placement and on-campus learning activities.
The non-academic abilities listed are provided for your information only and are not entry requirements.
If there are any activities outlined which may be difficult for you to undertake, there are a range of adjustments to your study conditions available to enable and support you to demonstrate these abilities. Please contact the Equitable Learning Service to discuss any adjustments you may require.
By understanding the types of activities you’ll participate in, you can:
- understand more about the program
- determine if you may need support during your studies
- make an informed decision about whether the program is suitable for you
If you are living with disability, long-term illness and/or a mental health condition, we can support you by making adjustments to activities in your program so that you can participate fully in your studies.
To receive learning adjustments, you need to register with Equitable Learning Service
The University considers the wellbeing and safety of all students, staff and the community to be a priority in academic and professional experience placement settings.
Pathways
Fees
2021 indicative fees
Full-fee places: AU$30,720.
Additional expenses
- Student services and amenities fee (SSAF): AU$313 maximum fee for 2021.
- Other items related to your program, including field trips, textbooks and equipment.
Annual fee adjustment
Amounts quoted are indicative fees per annum, and are based on a standard year of full-time study (96 credit points). A proportionate fee applies for more or less than the full-time study load.
Fees are adjusted on an annual basis and these fees should only be used as a guide.
Defer your payment
This program is offered on a full-fee paying basis only. If you are offered a place, you will need to pay the full tuition costs of your program. However, eligible students (such as Australian citizens or holders of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa) may apply to defer payment of some or all of their tuition fees via the Commonwealth Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme.
Learn more about fees for postgraduate study.
Payments and refunds
For information on how to pay your fees or how to apply for a refund, please see Paying your fees and applying for refunds.
Eligible students (such as Australian citizens or holders of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa) may apply to defer payment of some or all of their tuition fees via the Commonwealth Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme.
How does a HELP loan work?
If your FEE-HELP and/or SA-HELP loan application is successful, the Australian Government will pay RMIT, on your behalf, up to 100% of your fees. This amount will become part of your accumulated HELP debt.
You only start repaying your accumulated HELP debt to the Australian Government once you earn above the minimum income threshold for repayment, which is set each year by the Australian Government (this also applies if you are still studying). The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will calculate your compulsory repayment for the year and include this on your income tax notice.
For more information about loan repayment options see Commonwealth assistance (HELP loans) or Study Assist.
In addition to tuition fees, you will be charged an annual student services and amenities fee (SSAF), which is used to maintain and enhance services and amenities that improve your experience as an RMIT student. The SSAF is calculated based on your enrolment load and the maximum fee for 2021 is $313.
For more information about calculating your actual SSAF see Paying SSAF.
You may also be required to purchase other items related to your program, including field trips, textbooks and equipment. These additional fees and expenses vary from program to program.
The annual tuition fee for 2021 is AU$34,560.
The total indicative tuition fee for 2021 commencement is AU$71,040.
In addition to tuition fees you also need to pay for:
- Student services and amenities fee (SSAF) in each calendar year.
- Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) - Student visa holders must have cover for the total duration of their visa.
- Some programs incur additional expenses.
You also need to account for your living expenses. Estimate the cost of living in Melbourne.
Applying for refunds
For information on how to apply for a refund as a continuing international student, please see Refunds.
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