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The Master in Innovative Textile Development trains you to become an expert in textile innovation and after graduation, you hold a Master of Science degree. The unique feature is a focus on innovation in textiles in the broadest sense: both technical textiles and textiles for clothing. With this, it provides a unique master's program in the Netherlands and Western Europe. It will give an excellent springboard to the international textile market.

The Graduate Diploma Art & Design in Fashion and Textiles prepares you for Master’s study at the RCA. We focus on developing proficiency in the independent learning methods and practices of art and design, and on introducing you to the role and influence of art and design in the world today.

MA Textiles at the RCA operates at the intersection of design, craft and fine art, and we encourage this mix of thinking to collectively challenge the role of the 21st-century Textiles practitioner. Practice-led research is a fundamental intellectual framework for how we develop textiles and materials; conceived and created by ‘thinking through making’, we are uncovering new insights through the material and process exploration in the physical and digital domains.

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.

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.

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.

Calling all ambitious textiles trailblazers! Join us on the Fashion & Textile Technology degree course and equip yourself with the necessary skills to spearhead the transformation of a dynamic global industry.Learn about sustainable materials and innovate with boundless creativity using the latest technologies, from 3D printing to data analytics.

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.

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 graduates develop a unique interconnection of artistic creativity and technological skills in fashion design and fabric patterning and gain both theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience in production. The aim of this programme is to provide students with solid foundations in the area of textile technologies and possibilities of textile and clothing production in relation to the common disciplines of art and aesthetics.

The Academic Master in Fabrics Innovation Design is addressed to graduates willing to enrich their curriculum with a study path focused on culture, creativity research innovation and fabrics development, one of the most challenging and fast-growing fields of the entire fashion industry. The creative exploration in textile requires a complex mix of knowledge and abilities accompanied by a deep cultural background, both in that specific field, in fashion and in art in general. The Master course centers the entire study path on the theme of textile innovation and research.

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art with a focus on Textiles is a comprehensive program designed to develop students’ skills in textile arts, including weaving, dyeing, surface design, and fiber arts. Th...

This highly practical course is varied, exciting, and demanding. The course is designed to encourage you to develop skills, creativity, imagination, and independence based on personal experience, taught skills, and critical understanding. You will explore, experiment, research, and acquire and develop your skills, knowledge, and understanding in a range of textiles media. You can develop your portfolio in garment/fashion/costume, accessories, textiles, interiors/soft furnishings, printed/dyed textiles, constructed textiles, textile installation, expressive/fine art textiles, and digital textiles.

If you're looking to study fashion and textiles at degree-level, but have already achieved A Levels, this preparatory art and design course will help you build a strong portfolio of work you can use for your university application. You will get an opportunity to try many aspects of art and design within the textiles with fashion pathway. The broad experience and skills you acquire on this course will help you to explore your own potential. You will study contemporary art theory and practice, and will learn traditional skills combined with conceptual and innovative techniques. These will include skills in textiles, fashion illustration, drawing, colourwork, design development and presentation.

This program offers students a chance to build on their previous studies in textiles, helping them develop their unique creative voice and refine practical skills. It covers a variety of textiles disc...