13 Fashion Design and Technology Degree Programs in Sweden

At the Swedish School of Textiles, fashion design is understood in its broadest sense as an activity that explores, expresses, and shapes individuals, communities, bodies, and human-cultural interactions. In the Master's programme specialising in Fashion Design, questions and issues related to expressions centered around the human body are explored and developed from a wide range of perspectives, including environmental, technical, economic, and political considerations, all within a cultural context.

The International Master of Science in Textile Engineering is a 2-year master programme educating the next generation of textile engineers. The first semester you will study at Ghent University in Belgium, the second semester at the Polytechnical University of Valencia in Spain (for the academic year 2022-2023), the third semester you can choose between the University of Borås in Sweden or the Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan. During the fourth semester, you do a thesis at one of the partner universities. So you will study in Europe (and Japan). The professors teaching you come from all over the world.

Fashion design is about reflecting how people live, act, and behave. By designing the functions and expressions of clothing and other products and artefacts related to the body, fashion designers can explore, develop, and propose new possibilities. This can range from diversification and freedom of expression from a social and cultural sustainability perspective to the development of clothing that enables, contributes to, and shapes different human activities in, for example, sports, outdoors, or work.

Our programme in Textile Design can take you further than you imagined. The Swedish School of Textiles, specialising in textile design, provides a forward-looking environment for rethinking and creating textiles within its expanded field, including Textile Craft, New Materiality, Innovation, and Digital Specialisms. It delves deep into the most relevant subjects and skills required for a career in the textile industry and related industries.

Specialising in Textile Interaction Design involves exploring and developing textiles that interact with and adapt to their surroundings as well as to bodies, actions, humans, and other species. This specialisation delves into questions and issues related to textile interaction from a wide range of perspectives, including environmental, ethical, technical, and cultural considerations.

Clothes and body-related artefacts can be active, responsive, protective, or supportive in human actions and activities. In this way, clothes can play a central role in various types of body-based activities, human performances, and interactions with the environment. Specialising in Performance Wear at the Swedish School of Textiles involves exploring and developing apparel that can perform – act and interact – in relation to various human activities and performances in outdoor, sports, work, or artistic contexts, considering a wide range of perspectives, including environmental, ethical, technical, and cultural factors.

Design, textile materials, and challenging existing textile techniques are in focus in the Bachelor’s programme in Textile Design. With knowledge in textile construction techniques and the latest research in materials and fibres, you can experiment with how these materials could be designed and used in a number of projects. Also, sustainability is a foundational aspect for students in every design project.

This programme will give you an overview of the fundamentals of textiles and fashion to build upon your existing degree in topics like business administration, industrial economy, textile engineering, textile design, and fashion design. This will provide interdisciplinary and multicultural perspectives on the challenges related to working towards sustainable textiles and fashion. The main emphasis on sustainability is also an important area of research throughout the Swedish School of Textiles.

This programme provides you with relevant analytical skills and innovative tools for supply chain management to deal with complex issues caused by an unsustainable fashion and textile industry. You will gain advanced knowledge of textile value chain processes and specialise in the management of different parts of the supply chain. In this way, you will learn how to design and manage systems to work towards more sustainable fashion and textiles. The main emphasis on sustainability is also an important area of research throughout the Swedish School of Textiles.

The textile industry needs to change – and for that, we need innovative developers and leaders who can think in new ways. You and your ideas can transform the textile industry into a sustainable and circular industry. The Textile Production and Innovation educational programme gives you the tools and mindset, but it is you who will move forward and take responsibility for a sustainable textile industry.

The starting point of this programme is textile fibres: what do they consist of? What significance do they have, and what could be done with them? This educational programme links together and specialises in different elements that develop both theoretical and practical knowledge. It is a modern programme that includes recurring elements such as digitisation, recyclability, and a sustainability perspective.

The transition to a circular textile industry calls for students who have new ways of thinking about innovation and product development. This educational programme equips you with the tools to analyse future conditions and to transform contemporary products and processes for future needs in a global perspective. You acquire a profound textile technological understanding and get the chance to explore its potential in transdisciplinary contexts, with a specific emphasis on advancing textile innovation.

As a fashion student at the Beckmans College of Design, you will create fashion and collections using various artistic processes and design methods while building a wide network of contacts in the industry.