Bachelor (Hons) in Textile Design & Technology Technology Major
- Duration: 3 years ( 6 semester, fulltime, 5 days/week)
- Start: each August
- Location: Zurich and Wattwil / Switzerland
- Costs: CHF 18'600.- p. a.
- Time Table
- Course description for download (PDF, 900 KB)
- Study guide (PDF, 187KB)
Aims of the programme
The area of design & technology includes a wide field of activity. It ranges from design, product development, process and technology development to production management, quality performance and management all the way to consulting. Over the course of their studies, students learn practical skills in the use of technologies and test methods just as they gain experience in the development of new products, the design of new textile surfaces and also functional textiles. This broad area of interesting challenges is topped off by knowledge and tasks from the field of business management.
Creativity, technical understanding, practical intelligence, quality consciousness, an entrepreneurial mindset and management capabilities are trained
in the studios and in workshops, and evaluated with feedback.
Career prospects
Many interesting challenges are placed upon research and testing institutes in the textile industry, the textile machinery industry, the man-made fibre industry and the chemical industry. A student's personal career depends heavily upon his or her own personal skills and interests. Students can already choose their focal points of personal interest during their studies and become especially involved in them.
They are active in management positions as
- COOs/department or project managers
- Planners in production cycles and processes
- Process developers
- Product developers/managers
- Design and collection developers
- Consultants in field work
- Quality managers
- Partners with specialists in mechanical engineering
- Design engineers and consultants in mechanical engineering
Course elements
The course covers the following core areas:
- Understanding the whole textile chain within its context
- Knowledge and skills in textile production techniques and
- Business administration and management skills
- Product design and development skills
The supplementary practical tutorial in textile technology is an integral part of this full-time bachelor degree course, which is taught in English. Students learn the techniques of practical implementation of their design and development concepts. Here the focus is not just on ensuring that the students are familiarised with pattern construction and production methods – they are also encouraged to develop their own creative potential.
The practical and theoretical skills that the course participants acquire are intended to provide them with sufficient confidence to realise their own ideas and solve complex problems and tasks in the related workshops. The course involves incremental acquirement of knowledge and skills in a wide range
of different subjects, thus ensuring that course graduates are appropriately qualified for their future careers. The in-depth subject training is provided during the second half of the course. Concrete and detailed awareness of sector-specific tasks and the ability to combine various skills play an important role here. The course has been designed to optimise learning.
Social and methodological skills and self-competence are factors that determine to a major extent the future professional success of graduates and these are thus systematically fostered during the course. Considerable emphasis is placed on project-based work.
Participants
This course is aimed at people who
- have technical and design skills
- have a keen interest in the world of textiles and the many development processes.
- are inquisitive and have an inventive talent
- wish to develop their skills in a thorough and practice-oriented way in order to become successful in this interesting industry.
Course prerequisites
- a more advanced qualification (e.g. higher education entrance qualification (Matura), vocational college qualification (Berufsmatura)
- fluent English (e.g. level First Certificate in English or comparable qualification)
Training Concept
Course Programme Overwiev
Foundation Course, 1 year fulltime
2nd and 3rd year Textile Design & Technology
- TDT