Fashion Design School in Milan, Italy

Istituto di Moda Burgo, Milan:
Immerse yourself in fashion, design and the creative arts with an academic year or summer course in Milan with Istituto di Moda Burgo. Conveniently located in the heart of Milan, we provide intensive academic year courses taught in English and Italian to local and international students. Course options include Fashion Design, Fashion Stylist, Pattern Making, and Dressmaking. We also provide short 2 or 4 week summer courses in a range of fashion and patternmaking-based subjects. We also offer our 4 main academic-year fashion programs at our school in Rome.

• The Istituto di Moda Burgo was established in Milan in 1961, by its director and publisher Fernando Burgo.

• The school was created with the desire to provide the fashion world with specialists. At the school, students learn that a fashion designer needs to possess familiarity with the functional value as well as the esthetic value of different fabrics.

• Our students work closely with consulting studios or businesses, and stay in close contact with commercial, quality and production areas.

• All of our courses are taught in Italian and English, and we strive to give the fashion leaders of tomorrow the confidence and competence they need to succeed.

• Our instructors are among the best professionals in the field. They are dynamic, effective, and - most importantly, fashion-forward.

• Our highly qualified staff give their lessons in a classroom that offers the most modern resources used in the professional world. The teachers, who speak Italian and English, have a constant rapport with the students (for example, in the pattern making class, there are no more than 8 students per teacher).


Year-Round / Academic Fashion & Creative Arts Courses:
- Taught in English or Italian language

We provide 'Normal' and 'Intensive' study options for each course. 'Normal' courses last from 1-2 years, while 'Intensive' options run between 5 months and 1 year. Study options include:

Fashion Design:
• Normal Duration: 2 years
• Intensive I Duration: 10 months
• Intensive II Duration: 5 months

Fashion Stylist:
• Normal Duration: 2 years
• Intensive Duration: 1 year

Dressmaking Course:
• Normal Duration: 2 years
• Intensive Duration: 1 year

Pattern Making:
• Normal Duration: 1 year
• Intensive Duration: 5 months


Summer Fashion & Design Certificate Programs:
We also provide a range of 2-4 week, private summer Certificate courses in a range of fashion & design topics:

• Fashion Stylist (Design & Pattern Making)
• Fashion Design
• Pattern Making
• Fashion Photography
• Accessories Design
• Jewelry Design
• Shoes Design
• Underwear Design
• Beach Wear Design
• Wedding Dress Design
• Theatre Costume Design
• Underwear Pattern Making
• Beach Wear Pattern Making
• Theatre Costume Pattern Making
• Wedding Dress Pattern Making