Durban University of Technology's Fashion and Textiles department provides a premium and comprehensive education in Fashion design.
We offer a fully accredited 3 year National Diploma with additional years for a Bachelor of Technology or Masters degree. The course covers many aspects of Fashion and textiles that are necessary to meet an increasingly sophisticated industry's need for professional designers. Our course prepares learners for related roles in the fashion and textile industry as well as retail.
Our subjects include:
- Garment technology
- Pattern technology
- Creative Design
-2&3 Dimensional design
- Business Studies and Marketing
- Theory of Clothing
- Drawing and Illustration
- Textiles
- Computer aided design: Adobe, Lectra, Modaris
Our course is a comprehensive full time course that prepares students for many different careers within the fashion industry.
Applications for the course need to be sent through the Central Applications Office- www.cao.ac.za
Our mission statement is to provide an educational ethos which emphasizes a distinctive relationship between practice and research in a cultural context, in the belief that this combination provides the creative tensions necessary for students to achieve their full potential.
National Diploma: Fashion design
Bachelor of technology: Fashion
Masters of Applied Arts: Fashion
