The BPS in Fashion Merchandising degree program provides a window into the entirety of the multi-trillion-dollar global fashion industry.

LIM’s Fashion Merchandising programs fuse business with creativity as students learn how to develop fashion and lifestyle products and services from start to finish. Along the way, you will complete required internships to gain real-world experience, make connections, and build a career-ready resume.

Fashion Merchandising majors learn how to predict trends, develop professional fashion presentations, create merchandise plans, and more.

Key courses include:

• Digital Tools for Fashion Presentations
• Fabric for Fashion
• Merchandising Concepts and Practices
• Product Development and Merchandising
• Sustainability and the Future of Fashion

Students in the BPS in Fashion Merchandising program are not required to take Applied Data Analysis or Finance, which are required courses in the BBA in Fashion Merchandising degree program.

All undergraduate students at LIM can select one of more than 20 minors to pair with their major course of study. Adding a minor helps you develop focused knowledge toward a specific career goal.

Here are just a few of the minors you can choose:

• Event Planning
• Fashion Marketing
• Fashion Styling
• Retail Buying and Planning
• Sustainability

Practical workplace experience is essential to preparing for a successful career in the fashion business. Fashion Merchandising bachelor’s degree students must complete 3 required internships.

Thanks to LIM’s industry connections, our students score internship opportunities with some of the biggest names in fashion and lifestyle.

Here are just of a few of the hundreds of places where our Fashion Merchandising majors have interned:

• Coach
• Gucci
• Free People
• Bloomingdale’s
• The TJX Companies

As a Fashion Merchandising major, you will graduate ready to work for any fashion and lifestyle retailer or brand, ranging from innovative startups to corporate conglomerates.

Your time at LIM will prepare you to pursue the career of your dreams in a variety of areas, including:

• Product Development
• Event Planning and Activation
• Forecasting and Trend Prediction
• Styling and Creative Direction
• Sustainability

Earning a Fashion Merchandising degree from LIM means learning directly from industry experts and having access to unparalleled opportunities for real-world, resume-building experience.

Plus, our location in New York City means being in a high-energy environment where you’ll have incredible access to the world’s most influential companies in fashion and lifestyle for completing internships, volunteering at major fashion events, and making career connections.

LIM is highly regarded for the quality of its business education and has deep and longstanding connections throughout the fashion industry. As a result, students have exciting opportunities to work on in-class industry projects, and LIM students regularly excel in major scholarship competitions sponsored by organizations such as the National Retail Federation Foundation and the Fashion Scholarship Fund. 

Networking is also an essential component of succeeding in the fashion business, and at LIM making those professional connections begins in the classroom. The faculty members who teach in our Fashion Merchandising bachelor’s program have professional experience in everything from product development and merchandise planning to buying and sustainable sourcing for companies such as American Eagle Outfitters, Target, Cotton Incorporated, and more.

We also regularly bring in industry leaders and successful alumni to share their expertise and career advice. For example, LIM hosts the “NXT in Retail” panel discussion series, where fashion business professionals discuss emerging industry issues.

LIM provides a wide range of academic resources and counseling services, comprehensive career development assistance, and extracurricular activities in an inclusive and welcoming environment.

You can also take your academic experience further and make meaningful personal connections by becoming involved in a student-led club or organization, volunteer opportunity, or study abroad program.

To be considered for admission, the following must be submitted:

1. The completed Application for Admission
2. Official transcript from most recent high school attended (high school diploma or equivalent required upon enrollment)
3. Students may be evaluated for admission using an unofficial transcript, if an official transcript is not available at the time of decision. (See Proof of High School Graduation Policies)
4. Official transcript from all colleges attended (transfer students only)
5. Students may be evaluated for admission using an unofficial transcript, if an official transcript is not available at the time of decision.

International students are required to submit all application materials and required documents in English. International students are also required to provide evidence of English proficiency, through one of the following ways:

• Diagnostic exam of English proficiency (such as TOEFL)*
• Prior academic coursework
• Aptitude exam with a required English language section (such as the SAT)
• English language learning certificate from an LIM College partner language school
• English is a native language of the student’s country of origin.

* Official scores must be less than two years old