The intuition to bring to the South an academy capable of training the new figures in modeling and tailoring required by industry belongs to Domenico Lettieri, who started our story 50 years ago.
Today theIUAD Academy is accredited by the MUR among AFAM institutions to award Level I and Level II academic degrees in four departments: communication design, interior design, fashion design and cinema &adv.
We believe in learning through practical application, which is why our courses are mainly based on labs and workshops, to learn the profession from real problems and take care of the realization of a design product from idea to prototype production to promotion.
The Academy is in Naples and Milan. Both locations keep the teaching method and vocation for savoir faire intact, with three-year and advanced courses based mainly on the practical aspect of learning.
Visit the Naples office or the Milan office
Here you can download all official documents related to the general regulations of the Academy and individual departments.
PRESIDENT
Dr. Michele Baldassarre Lettieri
DIRECTOR
Dr. Giuseppina Auricchio
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michele Baldassarre Lettieri – President
Teresa Lettieri – Vice President
Carla Lettieri – Councilor
Giuseppina Auricchio – Councilor
Sabrina Migliarotti – Councilor and Administrative Director.
ACADEMIC COUNCIL
Dr. Giuseppina Auricchio – President
Prof. Barbara Mazzone
Prof. Carla Lettieri
Prof. Angela Pastore
Arch. Catello Raffaele
Prof. Riccardo Marchese
Prof. Tommaso Roviello
Prof. Lara Aragonese
Prof. Laura Masciadri
Prof. Olivia Spinelli
It is the duty of the President, in line with the plans and programs adopted by the other relevant bodies, to promote the development by the Board of Directors of useful strategies to enhance the role and activities of the Academy.
The President prepares, each year, a report outlining the Academy’s economic performance and representing the vitality and sustaining capacity of the institution, synergistic with the educational activities, investments and renovation/acquisition projects of its spaces.
The Director is responsible for the educational, scientific, and artistic performance of the institution and prepares an annual report on the results obtained in relation to the set objectives. This Report is intended to foster the balanced development of institutional goals through medium- and long-term project actions by ensuring adequate preparation of students to promote their social and professional integration by providing them with specific artistic-professional skills. The executive articulation of individual projects, functional for the realization of this Address Plan, is carried out by the Director within the scope of his responsibilities under the Statute.
The Evaluation Board of the Academy of Fashion is a necessary body of the Institution in accordance with Law No. 508 of December 21, 1999 (Official Gazette No. 2 of January 4, 2000) and made its own by our Statute of Autonomy, approved by resolution of the B.o.D. of 03/27/12 and updated in Art. 11 by resolution of the B.o.D. of 04/10/13, which is reproduced below:
Components
The Evaluation Board of Accademia della Moda was established by a resolution of the Board of Directors in 2013 and is composed of:
Dr. Roberto Morese – President
Arch. Fabio Mongelli – External Expert
Prof. Matilde De Luca – Internal Component
All students enrolled in the IUAD Academy, possess access to their own personal page on our Eduarth instructional management system, where they can interact with the institution’s secretariats and their faculty, both for material submission and for requests for receptions. The teachings of each faculty member, related to each class, is associated with each freshman, on the same management system.
The IUAD Academy Student Council has already been expanded for a few years now to include representatives from all classes in Years I, II and III of both three-year and two-year courses. This implies that a more detailed snapshot of problems or suggestions for improvement can be had during the meetings, which can detect the typicalities of each class nucleus.
The council meets, on average, every 3 months, with special meetings requested by the director or class groups of specific courses. Following the meetings, the director reports to the BoD (when proposals require budget approvals) reports or to the Academic Council (when requests are related to the conduct of teaching), which approves or disapproves the requests. The IUAD Academy’s Student Council has for some years now been expanded to include representatives of all I, II and III year classes of both three-year and two-year courses. This implies that a more detailed snapshot of problems or suggestions for improvement can be had during the meetings, which can detect the typicalities of each class nucleus.
The Fashion Academy adheres to the Guidelines approved by ANAC in Resolution No. 1310 of December 28, 2016 and outline of ANAC Guidelines placed for consultation on December 20, 2016, containing guidance on the implementation of Article 14 of Legislative Decree No. 33/2013 as amended by Article 13 of Legislative Decree No. 97/2016. Read more at https://www.miur.gov.it/amministrazione-trasparente
As per the resolution of the Board of Directors dated 12/05/2024 SUPPLIER LIST
The Institute proceeds to cover the teachings, subject to the conclusion of renewable fixed-term contracts, with Italian and foreign scholars who have acquired recognized artistic and professional qualifications, based on the curriculum vitae of the interested parties.
Teachers already in charge of teaching, conferred with a permanent contract, retain tenure.
For supplementary training activities of institutional courses, the Fashion Academy, after completion of procedures for comparative evaluation of candidates, may enter into fixed-term, renewable contracts with individuals possessing artistic and professional qualifications appropriate to the functions to be performed.
The Director with reference to teaching may also make the appointment for clear reputation.
For the last academic year, faculty recruitment was carried out through Public Notice and subsequent Ranking.
The International Relations Office of the IUAD Academy consists of two divisions:
The Erasmus office, which reports to the Education Secretariat in Naples, has full management and administrative responsibility in the figure of Dr. Bevilacqua, assisted by Dr. Lo Carmine for the Milan office.
IUAD Academy holds the ECHE Charter, first obtained in December 2014 for the 2014-2020 programming. The new ECHE Charter was applied for and obtained on 22/12/2020 for the new 2021-2027 programming and is posted on the Accademia della Moda website in the Erasmus section https://www.accademiamoda.it/programma-erasmus/
Accademia IUAD, since the beginning of its activity within the Erasmus+ program has entered into 40 partnerships with institutes from different European states. Importantly, Accademia della Moda is always looking for new partnerships within the Erasmus+ program in order to enable a wider choice for its outgoing students. A list of current and renewal Erasmus partnerships for the new 2021-2027 programming is available at https://www.accademiamoda.it/programma-erasmus/.
The identification of new partners is carried out in three ways:
a. The foreign institution is recognizable and accredited;
b. When it presents a high quality of programs, staff, and teaching methodologies;
c. When educational offerings are compatible between IUAD Academy/Foreign Institute;
d. When there is an interest expressed by IUAD Academy students.
Increasing the number of international students is one of IUAD Academy’s priorities, as we believe that the exchange of knowledge, cultures, techniques and experiences are also an opportunity for our Italian students to grow both educationally and personally.
The strategies implemented in recent years to draw the attention of foreign students to our educational offerings are as follows:
1. Scholarship contests- The scholarships offered by the Academy also aim to reward foreign students by inviting them to participate in contests for both three-year and two-year specialized courses https://www.accademiamoda.it/iscrizioni/#agevolazioni
2. AP (Advanced Placement) program collaboration with the Italian Embassy in the United States for the recognition of educational credits to American students who take a university examination in Italian language their last year of high school.
3. PRIA Program. The collaboration with the Italian Embassy in Russia.
L PRIA is the acronym for the program-whose management is entrusted to the Education Office of the Italian Embassy-of spreading Italian culture at as many as 140 institutes in Russia. Specifically, students at PRIA member institutions are involved annually in 3 different competitions:
– Festival of Italian Regions
– Poetry contest
– Italian Language Olympiad
Winners are awarded a scholarship offered by several Italian institutions participating in the program. The Fashion Academy offers a scholarship for a short course in Fashion Design covering tuition and accommodation costs http://www.programma-pria.net/it/
3. Study trips/cultural exchanges between students and faculty.
In collaboration with the JCET University of Nantong CHINA, the Academy periodically organizes cultural exchanges with the aim of promoting its institution in the Western world as well. Our faculty members, in fact, for longer or shorter periods are hosted by the aforementioned Chinese university to give lectures, seminars and workshops by carrying out projects aimed at recognizing new talents and selecting the best students who are offered a scholarship to enroll in our Level I Master’s programs. Similarly, the possibility of study trips to China is also offered to our most deserving students to live an educational experience in a completely different context in which they can develop new skills and knowledge.
On 09/19/17, some students from Raffles Guangzhou were guests of the Academy for a Workshop related to pattern making and dressmaking techniques and attended an illustration class taught by our lecturers.
International Fairs and Agents
The Fashion Academy is also represented in Europe and the World by WEBA and ICEF student recruiting agencies and agents who represent it at various orientation fairs. The agents are constantly updated on the curricula and select foreign students with a strong inclination towards the academic and artistic world and therefore truly motivated to undertake an educational path in the field of design by offering support during the selection and admission process to the courses.
European Higher Education Virtual Fair (EHEVF) India 2021 – fair for Indian students wishing to study in Europe
International online presence
Creation of a website for Chinese students and presence on Chinese social networks, such as WeChat.
Keystone online platform for foreign student recruitment (worldwide), a platform that reaches students from all over the world where they can inquire about our courses.
Thanks to a new partnership, our students have the opportunity to publish their portfolios in Arthreads, an online magazine as well as an international platform for emerging designers and new talent divided by Academies.
EDUITALIA
IUAD Academy since 2017 has joined Eduitalia; Association of Schools and Universities offering courses for foreign students. The purpose is to enhance and disseminate the educational offerings of member Schools and Universities abroad.
http://www.eduitalia.org/istituti-associati/?lang=it
http://www.eduitalia.org/citta/it-napoli/accademia-moda-iuad-italian-institute/?lang=it
The association in addition to enjoying the patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is recognized is collaborates with numerous Italian embassies and cultural institutes around the world http://www.eduitalia.org/riconoscimenti-istituzionali/?lang=it. Each year a guide for foreign students interested in studying in Italy is produced and sent to high schools and various foreign orientation fairs. As of this year, our institution is also present. http://www.eduitalia.org/guide/Eduitalia2018.pdf
Three-year degree in English language
To boost enrollment of foreign students and Erasmus + exchanges, the Academy starting with the 2017/18 academic year has promoted an English-language Fashion Design class, which allows not only to break down language and communication barriers but also to push Italian students to improve language skills and acquire technical terms in English. The Fashion Academy also presents the full version of its website in English(https://www.accademiamoda.it/en).
Since 2019, the Fashion Academy has been a member of the European Footwear Confederation (Belgium) , which in April of the same year mandated our institute to support the organization of the sixth edition of the World Footwear Congress, held for the first time in Italy in Naples.
Since April 2021, Accademia della Moda has been a member of the SciLED Alliance, an international cooperation project between Greece, Spain, Romania, Portugal and Italy on training in the footwear industry promoted by the European Footwear Confederation and the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi (Romania), which among its various activities, many of which are also in attendance, the creation of a distance VirtualLab.
Since 2021 Accademia della Moda has established a partnership with theHellenic Clothing Industry Association in Athens, Greece.
In 2021, two IUAD faculty members held a workshop on footwear at the Escuela Universitaria de Diseño, Innovación y Tecnología ESNE in Madrid, with which our Academy has had an ongoing international Erasmus mobility agreement for several years. Following the workshop, IUAD offered two scholarships to attend the two-year specialist program in Accessory Design to the two most deserving students.
In 2018, IUAD Academy joined the Progression program of Coventry University in England. Through this program, our students have the opportunity to finish their studies by attending their final year at the aforementioned English institution, which not only validates the CFAs earned in Italy, finished exams and the final England test, but also recognizes its Bachelor Degree in Fashion Design to our students (Double Degree).
The IUAD Academy, starting with the 2018 edition, is among the Italian Partner Institutions of the London Graduate Fashion Week, one of the most prestigious and influential contests that opens to young graduates concrete possibilities of affirmation at an international level. An ‘important showcase for a young designer who will have the opportunity to compare himself with foreign students and improve his language skills related to the world of fashion.
IUAD Academy over the years has also entered into various cooperation agreements with foreign institutions outside the EU, in favor of mutual interest, to continue and increase its international relations in education and research by promoting the exchange of students, faculty and its staff.
Currently the institutions with which it collaborates are:
Our questionnaire is filled out by all students online compulsorily and anonymously as the first step in booking exams. The director, during consultations, and course coordinators, during specific meetings with classes, present and explain the importance of the survey in acquiring the satisfaction index, but more importantly, in solving any problems.
For the completion of the course of study, our curriculum includes an internship experience with companies in the industry.
The curricular internship is part of the active policies that IUAD implements for orientation, job placement and is mainly aimed at deepening and completing training through a “full immersion” experience in the world of work.
Once the contact has been established between the company and the student, we proceed to draft the documentation to accompany the internship. The latter consists of an agreement signed between the Academy (promoting party) and the company (host party), where the latter undertakes to host at its facility students enrolled in one of our three-year courses. The agreement will be accompanied by a Memorandum of Understanding and a Training Project in which the educational objectives to be achieved by the student during this study-work alternation course are determined and the company and educational tutors are designated. Each internship includes an obligation on the part of the Academy to notify Inail of the activation of the internship, the hours and times of access to company premises. At the same time, the student is given the attendance register, the forms for the development of the final report (student report and final evaluation of the company) and the document for the evaluation and recognition of educational credits, which the student will hand in at the end of the internship.
