Laboratory Institute of Merchandising
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| Motto | Where Business Meets Fashion |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1939 |
| President | Elizabeth S. Marcuse |
| Provost | Christopher J. Cyphers |
| Students | 1700 |
| Undergraduates | 1515 (as of October 2015) |
| Postgraduates | 185 (as of October 2015) |
| Location | Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States |
| Website | http://www.limcollege.edu |
LIM College is a private, for-profit, specialized undergraduate and graduate college focused on the business of fashion in Midtown Manhattan.
The college was founded in 1939 by Maxwell F. Marcuse as the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, at the request of retailers who wanted a school that would teach students about the fashion business and merchandising. Maxwell Marcuse's son, Adrian G. Marcuse, was president from 1972 to 2002, succeeded by Elizabeth S. Marcuse. In 2009, the school changed its name to LIM College.
The college offers undergraduate majors leading to a Bachelor's degree in International Business, Fashion merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Marketing, and Management. Concentrations are available in fields including Digital business strategy,Cosmetics, Entrepreneurship, Event Planning, Fashion Communications, Fashion Merchandising, Fashion Publishing, International Marketing, Retailing, Styling, Home Fashions and Visual Merchandising. There is also an associate degree program in Fashion merchandising.
On the graduate level, the College offers a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, as well as Master of Professional Studies degree programs in Fashion Merchandising & Retail Management, Fashion Marketing, Visual Merchandising, and Global Fashion Supply Chain Management.
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