Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne

With just a few hundred students enrolled, the Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne offers courses on fashion design and technique, world-renowned couture classes and baccalaureate programs. It offers the cheapest tuition fees among any of the top fashion schools featured in this list, costing EU€10,450 (US$13,230) per year. But as well as being great value, it also offers the prestige of belonging to a school associated with the commissioning body in charge of determining what can be categorized as ‘couture’. Among the school’s alumni are Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino and André Courreges. Often students are not considered unless they have already completed a design course elsewhere.