• This is an IU- Administered Program
• Classes conducted with the support of IES Abroad
• Program Directors: Deborah Christiansen and Mary Embry, Fashion Design & Apparel Merchandising Programs, SoAAD
• 12-24 IU students 

• Art, Design, Merchandising
• 3 IU credits (SOAD-F 485, SOAD-M 485 or SOAD-M 409)  See syllabus.
• Site visits to the Colosseum, Forum, Palatine Hill, Pantheon, Duomo (Milan)
• Business visits to Arsutoria Laboratory, Bulgari, Renato Balestra
• Museum visits to the Uffizi Gallery (Florence), the Museum of Fabric (Prato), Armani Museum, Alfa Rome, Museo Fendi
• Academic visits to Milano Fashion Institute, Accademia Costume & Moda (Rome)

• Getting Started Handbook
• Diversity, Identity, and Accessibility Resources

• Shared hotel rooms

You may apply if you:

• are an undergraduate student at any Indiana University campus who is making normal academic progress
• are in at least your second full-time semester of college
• have approximately a 2.75 cumulative GPA

Students must be able to demonstrate flexibility, resilience, and self-reliance.

Complete eligibility criteria and selection criteria are outlined within the Academic Policies and Procedures of the Office of Overseas Study. Selection is based on maturity, seriousness of purpose, and appropriateness of match between program and applicant. Students on disciplinary probation during program period are ineligible.

Summer 2019

Financial Aid and Scholarships:

• Most IU scholarships, grants and loans applicable to program costs.
• Overseas Study Scholarships, including Minority Scholarships and Scholarships for Students from IU campuses other than Bloomington.

Please see our financial aid page for general information and links to additional scholarship opportunities.