Over the last decade, the Middle East has seen a vast influx of fashion and design schools, including this week’s opening, the Istituto Marangoni from Milan.
Six fashion and design schools in the Middle East
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Istituto Marangoni
The newly-opened branch of the 88-year-old Italian design school opened its doors in Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) this week, providing courses in fashion, interior and product design.
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Creative Spaces
The Beirut-based school offers a three-year fashion degree to students from underprivileged backgrounds and classes are taught by highly-qualified Lebanese and international designers.
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Lebanese American University
The highly-popular four-year BFA in Fashion Design course was created in 2013 in collaboration with leading designer Elie Saab and the London College of Fashion.
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ESMOD
A Dubai-based branch of ESMOD France, a fashion design and business school first launched in 1841, the school offers an undergraduate degree in Fashion Design and Creation and specialization opportunities in couture fashion.
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Casa Moda Academy
The Morocco-based public-private school offers diplomas in fashion design and styling, creative industrial modeling and fashion merchandising.
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Istituto di Moda Burgo
First established in 1961 with its main branch in Rome, the Italian school boasts branches in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar and Egypt, offering various design-related courses in partnership with local schools.