Swedish School of Textiles

Swedish School of Textiles

Swedish: Textilhögskolan
Established	1866
Parent institution	University of Borås
Rector	Prof. Mats Tinnsten[1]
Location	Borås
Language	Swedish and English
Affiliations	EUA
Website	The Swedish School of Textiles

The Swedish School of Textiles Is one of the schools of the University of Borås and one of the best fashion schools in the world, it was formed from the Technical School of Weaving, which was founded in 1866. In 1936 the Technical School of Weaving became the Textile Institute. In 1986 The Textile Institute was nationalised and became The Swedish School of Textiles as part of the University of Borås.

Education

The Swedish School of Textiles offer education programmes and courses in basic, advanced and research level. The bachelor's programmes in design are given in English. The master's programmes are all given in English. There's also five bachelor's programmes with Swedish as language of instructions.

Bachelor's programmes

• Fashion Design
• Textile Design
• Design Technician Programme
• Textile Engineering
• Textile Management and Business Administration
• Textile Product Development and Entrepreneurship
• Retail Education with Specialization in Textile and Fashion
• Bachelor Programme in Textile Management, with specialization in Fashion and Retail

Master's programmes

• Textile management
• Fashion Management and Marketing
• Textile Value Chain Management
• Fashion and Textile Design
• Textile Engineering

Doctoral education

• Textile Management
• Textile Engineering
• Design

Webpage

Official website

References

• Andréasson, Annie (15 October 2013). Kunskapens trådar – Textilhögskolans historia 1866-2013 (1 ed.). CTF Publishing. ISBN 9789197557641.

This page was last edited on 26 January 2024, at 11:08