Study Knitwear Design in Europe

This bachelor's program is designed for students interested in the technical side of textiles, preparing them to work with innovative products and processes as well as sustainability within the textile industry. It responds to current and future needs in the field, including technical textiles, the digital transformation of the industry, regulatory compliance, and innovation at the material, product, and process levels, all aimed at enabling more local and flexible production within an international learning environment.

The three-year program is built around textile technology as a thread running through all three years, beginning with introductory courses in fiber and yarn technology, knitting, weaving, non-woven techniques, dyeing and finishing, and assembly and processing. These foundational courses give students a broad and distinctive understanding of textile processes. Throughout the program, practical coursework combines theory and hands-on application, while project-based courses train students to bring together all the elements needed to move a specific textile material or product into production, with the resulting products and processes analyzed from multiple sustainability perspectives.

In the third year, students choose between two specialization tracks delivered through elective coursework in textile innovation. The Materials Innovation track provides in-depth knowledge at the fiber level, in textile functionalization, and in smart textiles.

The Product Innovation track allows students to deepen their knowledge of developing and creating innovative technical products.

The program concludes with an independent degree project rooted in either industry practice or research, carried out and examined according to standard academic requirements for method and report writing. Students also have the opportunity to pursue an international double degree option in collaboration with a partner university abroad, earning a degree from both institutions while strengthening their intercultural competencies. Graduates go on to roles such as project and innovation coordinator, production manager, compliance coordinator, or material, trim, or product developer, with further study available at the master's level in a closely related field of technical textile innovation.

Beyond general entry requirements, applicants must have completed coursework equivalent to Civics 1b (or Civics 1a1 combined with 1a2), Mathematics 2a, 2b, or 2c, and English 6 in the Swedish upper secondary system, corresponding internationally to social studies at level 1b or 1a2, mathematics at level 2a, 2b, or 2c, and English at level 2. Selection among qualified applicants is based 67 percent on academic grades and 33 percent on performance on the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test.

This bachelor's program trains students to create sustainable and innovative fashion, combining digital design technologies, advanced textiles, and functional clothing design within a single course of study. It is built around the integration of design, engineering, and technology, preparing graduates to organize production, develop new fashion standards, and build a business within the fashion industry.

The first year introduces foundational skills, combining introductory coursework in fashion engineering with information technology, mathematics, and physics, alongside a choice between media philosophy and sustainable development, followed by design fundamentals, engineering drawing, materials science, and further mathematics, together with a foreign-language elective at an advanced level. In the second year, students build technical garment-making skills through clothing pattern construction and modeling, fashion design, general chemistry, textile technologies, and probability and statistics, before moving into digital pattern design technologies, fashion visualization, clothing technology, and textile finishing, supported by an elective in areas such as prototyping methods or technical creativity and intellectual property.

The third year deepens specialization through clothing-specific technologies, knitwear design and technology, digital prototyping, the evolution of fashion, and the challenges of functional and sustainable textiles, including textile recycling, before turning to the design and technology of complex textiles, functional clothing, and image design and communication, alongside a substantial elective component covering new fashion product development, project management, or technology entrepreneurship. In the fourth year, students explore digital fashion, build fashion collections, conduct fashion research and prototyping, and study the international textile and clothing industry, culminating in a bachelor's degree final project and a professional internship.

Throughout the program, students develop engineering and logical thinking alongside creative design skills, learning to identify and evaluate textile materials, construct and model garment patterns, apply digital pattern design and 3D visualization tools, design garment joining technologies while ensuring quality, and analyze the environmental impact of new products. Students also build skills in image-building, trend analysis, quality assurance, and the development of virtual, animated fashion collections, along with the ability to work in interdisciplinary teams and apply theoretical knowledge to real production and research problems. A flexible 24-credit block of study modules allows students to shape their own path, developing competencies in areas such as design, marketing, business, computer games, or virtual fashion, with the option to choose a career or research mentor and to pursue a track focused on developing real innovations, products, or services in partnership with external organizations.

International experience is built into the program, with opportunities for part-time study, work placements, or project work at partner universities abroad, including short exchanges with international student teams in countries such as Italy, Portugal, Greece, and Sweden. Graduates go on to work as clothing designers, developing fashion collections that balance market demands, functionality, and aesthetics within multidisciplinary production teams; as textile experts, assessing and selecting materials and developing new, sustainable textile innovations; or as virtual fashion experts, creating digital clothing collections and managing personalized, digitally driven production.

Applicants must hold a high school certificate obtained no more than three years before applying, with a minimum average grade of above 60% in each relevant entry subject. Applicants must also demonstrate English proficiency through an IELTS score of at least 5.5, a TOEFL score of at least 75, a CEFR level of at least B2, or an equivalent qualification. A school transcript must be submitted, accompanied by official translations and certified copies where the original is not available, and all documents must be legalized with an apostille from the issuing country's foreign affairs ministry, except for documents issued within the EU or in Belarus and Ukraine.

Admission is based on final secondary school exam results, weighted as follows: mathematics accounts for 40% of the score, a science or technology subject such as chemistry, physics, biology, information technologies, geography, or engineering technologies accounts for a further 40%, and the English language exam accounts for the remaining 20%.