Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Welcome to the Digital Fashion Academy FAQ section. Here, we’ve organized common queries into categories to help you find answers quickly. If you need further assistance, feel free to contact us.
📘 General Information
Yes, once you enrol in a course, you can begin studying right away. However Digital Fashion Academy also organises live online masterclasses that you can attend either live at the time of the event or watch the recording.
By enrolling in a Digital Fashion Academy course, you gain access to up-to-date knowledge taught by world-class professionals with real-world experience in fashion, eCommerce, and digital marketing. Our courses are designed to equip you with practical skills that are immediately applicable in your work.
You’ll stay up to date with the latest tools, trends, and digital strategies shaping the future of fashion. Whether you’re looking to advance in your current role, switch to a more digital position, or enhance your freelance profile, our programs support your ongoing professional development and career growth.
Executive courses are short courses for professionals
Executive education courses focus on particular skill sets, topics and functions. Executive education training courses can be completed in much shorter time frames than say, an MBA degree program.
Some executive education programs are modular – these executive education courses build on each other, for instance, from introductory to advanced levels.
Courses are delivered online, offering both live sessions and on-demand lessons for maximum flexibility. They combine theoretical knowledge with practical exercises, workshops, and quizzes to ensure effective learning.
Yes. At Digital Fashion Academy, we believe that continuous learning is essential in a fast-changing industry like fashion. Our courses are ideal for professionals who want to keep their skills current, adapt to new technologies, and stay competitive in the job market.
Whether you’re a beginner exploring digital fashion for the first time or a seasoned executive looking to stay ahead of trends, our flexible, on-demand courses make it easy to integrate lifelong learning into your routine. We regularly update our content to reflect industry shifts, ensuring you always have access to the most relevant knowledge and tools.
Whether you’re a beginner exploring digital fashion for the first time or a seasoned executive looking to stay ahead of trends, our flexible, on-demand courses make it easy to integrate lifelong learning into your routine. We regularly update our content to reflect industry shifts, ensuring you always have access to the most relevant knowledge and tools.
🎓 Course Content & Structure
No, the courses are on-demand, allowing you to study at your own pace, anytime, and anywhere. However, assignments are scheduled to help keep you accountable and motivated to finish the course on time.
Executive education courses focus on particular skill sets, topics and functions. Executive education training courses can be completed in much shorter time frames than say, an MBA degree program.
Some executive education programs are modular – these executive education courses build on each other, for instance, from introductory to advanced levels.
Yes, you’ll receive feedback from instructors and can attend live Q&A sessions organized periodically.
Yes, Digital Fashion Academy offers a certification program so you can become a certified Digital Fashion Professional.
Yes, the exam for the certifications in Ecommerce and Digital Marketing consist of two parts:
1) The creation of a Digital Portfolio containing all the work to be done during the course e.g. Fashion brand case study, Benchmarking, Advertising creation, SEO Exercise and so on.
2) Final Online Quiz that you can pass with a percentage of correct answers.
The course and the exam are entirely online.
You have access for a period of 12 months after purchase.
Yes, all virtual classrooms will be recorded and available to watch on the platform.
👩🏫 Instructors & Teaching Methodology
The instructors are all industry professionals with experience working in leading roles in fashion and luxury companies and international agencies.
Yes, when you enrol on a course with Digital Fashion Academy you have the possibility to ask follow up questions. For simple questions you can ask the student support team your questions who will reach out to the teachers for reply. For more in dept answers you can book mentoring sessions or you can write in the DFA LinkedIn Private Group.
The access to your course depends on the duration of the course itself it ranges from a period of few months for short courses to 12 months.
Yes, all virtual classrooms will be recorded and available to watch on the platform.
🏅 Certification & Assessments
Yes, there are two different types of certificates depending on the type of course you are attending: if you’re attending an executive course you’ll receive a certification of successful completion at the end of the course. If you are attending a certification course you’ll receive a full certification by Digital Fashion Academy and you’ll become a certified Digital Fashion Professional.
Yes, the certifications in Ecommerce and Digital Marketing consist of two parts:
Creation of a Digital Portfolio, including assignments like fashion brand case studies, benchmarking, advertising creation, and SEO exercises.
A final online quiz that you can pass by achieving a required percentage of correct answers.
Both the course and the exam are entirely online.
Yes, you can use your certificate on your CV and online on you LinkedIn profile and on your personal website.
💳 Enrollment & Payment
You can pay by credit card, PayPal, or bank transfer. Credit cards and PayPal offer pay-by-installment solutions.
Digital Fashion Academy offers payment plans to facilitate access to our courses, we also offer a 20% discount when you register to our Reward program.
The courses fee can be split into smaller payments e.g. you can either pay in 3 installments with PayPal or you can pay in 3 installments via bank transfer. More payment plans will be available soon.
You can benefit from a 20% discount when you sign up for the reward program here.
Yes, you can split the payment by 3 installments when you pay with PayPal. Or contact us for personalised payments solutions.
There are no scholarship available at the moment. As soon as scholarships open up again we will update our website with updated information about scholarship opportunities.
To apply a discount code in checkout, click on the “Have a coupon?” Link between the “Additional information” and “Payment” on the checkout page. Click here to see a screenshot.
🛠️ Support & Resources
You’ll receive mentoring support throughout the course, guided by an experienced digital learning manager and our team. You can also join clinic sessions to ask questions, showcase your work, and get feedback to help you grow.
Your mentor will provide structured feedback on your project work, and you can ask our teachers any course-related questions through our platform or by email. Plus, you’ll have the chance to share, reflect, and engage with fellow students through our platform, private community, and live sessions.
🌐 Language & Accessibility
Yes! The video lessons and readings can be access to from mobile phones, the exercises such as the ones for the Digital Portfolio are better completed from laptops or desktop computers
💼 Job Opportunities and Career
Yes. We offer guidance on creating a professional digital portfolio, tips on improving your LinkedIn profile, and access to our private community where job opportunities are shared. We also organize live sessions focused on career development in digital fashion. For more information contact us.
Yes, the Digital Fashion Academy certificate is recognized by professionals and companies in the fashion and eCommerce sectors. It demonstrates your commitment to digital transformation and your ability to apply practical digital skills in real-world scenarios.
Fashion designers usually start their career in a fashion brand where they learn everything they need to know about how to create fashion garments, how to organise a fashion collection and they learn about the essential business models of fashion. Taking a fashion design course is important to access your first job in a creative department of a fashion brand, but that’s just the first step. Fashion designers need to have a full vision for the brand positioning and a deep understanding on the commercial aspects of fashion business, for this reason it would be beneficial to take a course about fashion business management to succeed as a fashion designer.
📞 Contact Us
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