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This Bachelor of Fine Arts program focuses on design development, textile materials, and the exploration of both traditional and contemporary textile techniques. Students engage with current research in materials and fibers, using this knowledge to experiment with how textiles can be designed and applied across a range of projects, with sustainability integrated as a core value throughout every stage of the design process.

The program develops students' artistic, technical, theoretical, and reflective capacities in parallel, aiming to train them to demonstrate skill and ability as textile designers, artistic proficiency, and the capacity to critically reflect on both their own work and that of others within the wider field of design. Critical reflection is built into coursework connecting historical design analysis and design theory to a range of applications, from individual projects to collaborations with companies and organizations, developing students' ability to identify and solve design problems and to evaluate and critique both their own work and that of others.

Teaching is organized around recurring strands in design methodology, design aesthetics, and design projects, following a structured progression toward the concluding degree project. In the first year, students build core knowledge of textile design processes through coursework in form, color, materials, and expression, alongside foundational techniques in weaving, knitting, and textile printing; students choose their own progression through these techniques, developing advanced skill in one or two areas of their choosing through dedicated design projects. The first year also introduces the textile value chain, textile materials, and processes of dyeing, finishing, and manufacturing, along with a historical perspective on textile production and an early introduction to sustainable development in textiles and fashion.

The second year deepens these design methodologies with a focus on textiles as a material for both expression and function, as well as for communication, including an advanced design project developed in a chosen technique and a course applying experimental and collaborative design methods, design strategy, and sustainable design practice. This year also includes a dedicated course on sustainability in textiles and fashion, along with coursework in critical self-reflection on design work and in planning and communicating textile exhibitions. Students may also have the opportunity to spend an exchange semester at another institution, or take an elective course, to deepen or broaden their knowledge in an area relevant to their chosen focus.

In the third year, students undertake a substantial design project carried out either as a commission for an external company or organization or as an internship placed within one, deepening their understanding of design practice in relation to sustainability, artistic considerations, and economic factors. They also study design research methods, using this work to define a relevant area of focus and formulate the basis for their degree project, and develop exploratory design work based on their own design concept, from initial idea through to design proposals. The program concludes with a degree project in which students apply their artistic, theoretical, and practical knowledge through an independent design investigation, documenting, justifying, and critically reflecting on their own design process.

Throughout the program, students access dedicated studios, workshops, laboratories, and libraries, and work alongside peers and teachers from diverse cultural backgrounds, as well as students from related programs in fashion design, textile management, and textile engineering. Graduates go on to work across fields such as fashion and clothing, interior design, product design, and the automotive industry, as independent designers, or continue their studies at the master's level.

Beyond general admission requirements, applicants must demonstrate artistic and creative ability to work, experiment, illustrate, and realize textiles and other elements expressively in order to clearly communicate an intended idea, along with technical skill in textile techniques such as weaving, printing, sewing, embroidery, knitting, or other textile construction methods, and some critical-theoretical knowledge of the textile and design field. Applicants must also verify English proficiency at a level corresponding to English 6 (English level 2) in the Swedish upper secondary school system.

Eligibility and selection are assessed on artistic grounds through an application portfolio, including a specific application assignment, an assessment day, and an interview. The portfolio is first evaluated for demonstrated artistic and technical ability and critical-theoretical knowledge, with particular emphasis on the applicant's ability to develop ideas from visual research into finished work of artistic quality.

Candidates who pass this stage are invited to an assessment day, where their artistic and technical skills are tested directly and their qualifications and other merits are discussed in an interview. Final admission is based on a ranking of applicants according to their demonstrated abilities across the portfolio, assessment tasks, and interview, with relevant experience in fashion, design, or art potentially considered as a tiebreaker among otherwise equally matched candidates.

This master's degree specializes in textile design, providing a forward-looking environment for rethinking and creating textiles within an expanded field encompassing textile craft, new materiality, innovation, and digital approaches to design. Students build on undergraduate design knowledge to deepen their artistic, technical, theoretical, and reflective skills, working with textiles across a range of contexts while placing sustainable design practice at the center of their studies.

The program is organized around a series of major design projects, supported by shared coursework in design methodology and artistic development, along with design seminars that run alongside other courses throughout the two years. Each student's individual study plan grows out of the project proposed in their application, and a dedicated supervisor follows each student through all of their design projects, ensuring continuity across the program. Teaching takes place in a multidisciplinary environment, drawing on instructors from various backgrounds together with guest lecturers and external supervisors, which gives students the chance to build a professional network during their studies; mentoring, seminars, and workshop activities form the core teaching approach, and documented reflection on both process and results is embedded in every design project.

In the first year, students deepen their theoretical understanding of design methodology while developing their individual artistic practice in relation to current trends in art and design. They also develop their initial application project into a fuller design program and further advance that work either through a project that may involve collaboration with a textile or fashion company or organization, or through a practical placement within one, both with attention to sustainability in the textile industry. Students can also take elective courses in specific textile techniques, such as dyeing, textile printing, weaving, knitting, or construction, to deepen their technical skills.

The second year continues this trajectory through further study of design history and critical reflection, a research project exploring materials, design, and function in relation to fashion and textiles, and the concluding master's degree project, in which students bring together a final collection for exhibition. Throughout the program, students gain practical experience through internships, and take part in workshops, seminars, and guest lectures led by researchers and industry professionals, along with opportunities to present their work on national and international platforms.

Graduates go on to a range of career paths, including working as textile designers for companies across sectors such as furniture, automotive, and interiors, launching their own textile or fashion-related businesses or design studios, collaborating with organizations focused on sustainable and socially responsible practices in the textile industry, or pursuing doctoral studies and further research.

Applicants must hold an undergraduate degree comprising at least 180 credits in design, or an equivalent qualification, along with a demonstrated ability to conduct experimental, investigative work and engage in critical reflection. Applicants must also demonstrate English proficiency equivalent to English 6 (English level 2) in the Swedish upper secondary school system. Students with a bachelor's degree specifically in textile and fashion design are eligible to apply, as are those from other design-related disciplines or with equivalent skills to a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design, provided they meet the program's admission criteria.

Applicants apply for the textile design specialization specifically and must submit a portfolio containing work samples and a CV, along with an application project describing their intended focus during the master's program. Eligibility and selection are assessed on artistic grounds in stages: the portfolio is first evaluated for artistic interpretive ability, experimental work, technical skill, and reflective capacity, after which selected applicants are invited to an interview, followed by a final ranking of eligible candidates for admission.

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%.