FIT and Elmira College partner to advance the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Business School program

The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and Elmira College (EC) have partnered to advance students’ who complete Elmira’s Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Business School program; it is a business education programme that provides real-world fashion industry experience.

The aim of the partnership is to encourage EC graduates who complete the programme and who meet FIT's admissions requirements to apply to FIT's Global Fashion Management (GFM) Master’s in Professional Studies (MPS).

The partnership of the schools was devised to offer students the chance to attend select FIT GFM lectures and encourage communication between the two schools.

Students who finish the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Business School program will graduate with a business administration degree focusing on either fashion marketing or fashion merchandising.

Dr Brooke Carlson, interim dean of the School of Graduate Studies at FIT, said in a statement: “The rigorous curriculum in the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Business School is perfectly aligned with the FIT’s Global Fashion Management master’s degree program, which prepares emerging fashion managers and executives for global business leadership roles at brands, retailers, suppliers, manufacturers, and entrepreneurial ventures.

“Knowing Mr Hilfiger’s extraordinary reputation for excellence and business acumen and his goal to create a pipeline of future leadership for the fashion industry, we are delighted to partner with Elmira in offering their students educational opportunities at FIT.”

Dr Alison Wolfe, business and economics chair and director of the Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Business School at EC commented: “At EC, we value experiential learning and leverage our strong networks to bring industry experts into the classroom. I am so thrilled that our students will have the opportunity to attend some of FIT’s graduate-level lectures and get a taste of what FIT’s renowned GFM program has to offer them.”