Industrial Pattern Maker Course - Milan
Milan, Italy
Course
DURATION
16 months
LANGUAGES
Italian
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: IUAD's Industrial Pattern Maker Course in Milan trains you to turn designers' sketches and prototypes into multi-size patterns meeting industrial rules. IUAD combines technical training, industry collaboration and tradition since the 1960s. You can specialize in Womenswear, Menswear, Casual, Children, Beachwear and Sportswear, or Corsetry and Lingerie. Keywords: pattern drafting, grading, sizing, garment construction, CAD.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter roles in small and medium textile firms and fashion houses; partner links support placement and show a 80% employment rate. You'll likely work as a pattern maker, grading or CAD technician, sample cutter, production assistant, quality controller or technical designer.
Overview
Industrial pattern making requires a high level of flexibility in order to adapt the designers’ indications to industrial rules.
This profession was born after the industrialization of the clothing and apparel industry, as the process required a standardization of sizes. Industrial pattern makers translate sketches and prototype sheets into a multi-size pattern.
You can choose one of the following areas: Womenswear, Menswear, Casual, Children, Beachwear and Sportswear, Corsetry and Lingerie.
Your Academic Journey
Things you will learn
You will learn how to develop standard and irregular sizes, how to transform the sketch created by the designer into an accurate pattern and follow its development phases.
Subjects
- Basic pattern making
- Size development
- Pattern technique and industrialization
- Assembly and tailoring
- Irregular sizing
- Extra sizes development
Experience, work and learn
Our teaching method stimulates engagement and active learning. Students can experience and learn in an ever moving open lab, with actual projects and role-playing activities. 30% Lectures, classroom activities, reading, and studying, 70% Practice, labs, creation and presentation of personal projects, workshops.
- 30% Lectures, classroom activities, reading, and studying
- 70% Hands-on activities, workshops, production and presentation of personal projects, workshops
Your future after the Academy
Industrial pattern making offers important growth opportunities within both small and medium textile companies and fashion houses.
Our partner network helps us support you in your placement process, with an 80% employment rate.
