Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles

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Transform a creative vision into compelling fashion statements

With a UTS Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles, you'll be ready to take on the world as a future-focused, innovative designer. This practical course will help you build and refine vital technical competencies, including patternmaking, garment construction and textile design.

UTS' close industry ties will give you exclusive opportunities to work on real projects with industry leaders and textiles studios like Liberty London, Australian Wool Education Trust and Calcoup Knitwear. With a globally recognised qualification and vital professional skills, you'll have everything you need to launch a dynamic, inspired career in this fast-growing international industry, working in Australia or in fashion capitals like London, New York, Tokyo and Milan.

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Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles

CODE

UTS: C10306 (version 3)

CRICOS: 077334G

UAC: 602040 (Autumn Session, Spring Session)

LOWEST SELECTION RANK

79.1

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DURATION

3 years full time\ 6 years part time

INTAKE

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COURSE FEES

Indicative total tuition fee for government-supported domestic students\ $29,332.00

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LOCATION

City campus

What you’ll study

This degree will give you a practically-focused education, equipping you with the capabilities you need for a successful future in fashion design. You'll learn to design, illustrate and construct garments, design and create fabrics and other textiles, and benefit from a range of hands-on experiences.

You'll acquire a comprehensive understanding of key design perspectives, ideas and theories, shaping you into a well-rounded professional, and you’ll have the opportunity to develop your learning in an international context through our Global Studio elective offering.

Subjects at a glance

• Core subjects

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Typical course program

The outline below shows an example program for the Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles based on a full-time study load. Please note that your exact program may differ based on your unique circumstances, such as your commencement date, subject selections and recognition of prior learning.

1. 16 : core Fashion and Textiles subjects
2. 3 : Design Studies subjects
3. 2 : Design electives

4. 1 : Transdisciplinary elective

5. First year

You’ll begin by undertaking foundational subjects in your core disciplinary streams and design studies. You'll learn about important cultural and historical perspectives in fashion, discover the elements that make up fashion design research and development and build practical skills in Visual Illustration and Technical Sketching, Digital Fashion Design Programs, Flat Patternmaking and Garment Construction. 2. #### Second year

You'll continue your education this year with practical education in Illustration, Experimental Textile Construction and Digital and Screen Printing. You'll also establish vital practical skills in Drape-Led Design techniques, Knit and Stretch Garment Design and Construction, as well as the opportunity to develop an international outlook for fashion design and manufacture through our Global Studio elective offering. 3. #### Third year

In your final year, you'll activate your learned design skills in advanced studio subjects, across Textiles Design, and Garment Design and Technical Construction alongside professional practice subjects preparing you with industry relevant skills. Elective units, including a Transdisciplinary elective, allow you to shape your own learning and enhance your collaborative skills.

First year

You’ll begin by undertaking foundational subjects in your core disciplinary streams and design studies. You'll learn about important cultural and historical perspectives in fashion, discover the elements that make up fashion design research and development and build practical skills in Visual Illustration and Technical Sketching, Digital Fashion Design Programs, Flat Patternmaking and Garment Construction.

Second year

You'll continue your education this year with practical education in Illustration, Experimental Textile Construction and Digital and Screen Printing. You'll also establish vital practical skills in Drape-Led Design techniques, Knit and Stretch Garment Design and Construction, as well as the opportunity to develop an international outlook for fashion design and manufacture through our Global Studio elective offering.

Third year

In your final year, you'll activate your learned design skills in advanced studio subjects, across Textiles Design, and Garment Design and Technical Construction alongside professional practice subjects preparing you with industry relevant skills. Elective units, including a Transdisciplinary elective, allow you to shape your own learning and enhance your collaborative skills.

See typical course program in the UTS Handbook

Course highlights

Within this course, you'll undertake a number of core disciplinary units, which we teach you vital capabilities such as Textile Design and Construction, Flat Patternmaking and Drape Design skills, foundations in Fashion Design Technologies and Visualisation skills. There will be opportunities to enhance your knowledge with your design studies and elective units, spanning topics from Dye Methods to Machine Knitting.

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0:01\ Movement has always inspired me, I've always been creative and I had a dream to build a career.

\ 0:10\ I'd actually love something that would let me live after pulling that.

\ 0:19\ Before I started my Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles at UTSI.

\ 0:24\ Didn't even know how to sew.

\ 0:26\ The first year was a huge lining curve, but learning those core design foundations was so rewarding and looking back, I can see how those early skills shaped everything I'm doing now.

\ 0:37\ From day one, the lecturers and tutors were like mentors.

\ 0:40\ They didn't just teach us technical skills like pattern making and construction, they taught us how to look at design differently.

\ 0:47\ To reimagine my friends and the people I met here made a huge difference too.

\ 0:55\ We supported each other through late nights in the studio and encouraged each other to keep going.

\ 1:00\ They helped me grow as a designer.

\ 1:03\ UTS really listens.

\ 1:04\ When my class showed a strong interest in knitting, they responded by getting us more knitting machines.

\ 1:10\ We also have access to tools like WGSN and Clothes 3D as a part of our learning industry.

\ 1:16\ Partners came in to show us how they use this technology, and it just clicked.

\ 1:20\ UTS is preparing us for what's next.

\ 1:24\ I've started interning at an Australian fashion label and walking into that studio I felt ready.

\ 1:30\ I'm still figuring out if I want to start my own label or work in house, but whatever I choose I know I can do it.

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Admissions information

• Course description

• Important dates

• Year 12 adjustment factor scheme

• ATAR and selection ranks

• Scholarships and prizes

• Transdisciplinary Electives at UTS

• Course duration

• Admission requirements

• Domestic course fees

• Inherent requirements

• Assumed knowledge

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Your future career

As a graduate of the UTS Bachelor of Design in Fashion and Textiles, you'll have the comprehensive and up-to-date toolkit of design skills, theoretical understandings and industry connections you need to succeed in the vibrant, competitive international fashion industry.

You’ll be prepared to launch a rewarding, exciting career in Australia or abroad in the world's fashion capitals. With career opportunities on offer within fashion houses, international brands, media, manufacturing and more, you'll be ready to design your own future and carve out your place in the fashion industry of tomorrow.

Career options

“Having the whole textile room, all the knitting machines, being able to do your own natural dyes, I think UTS is pretty much the only uni in Australia to have all those facilities. That was definitely a big selling point for me.”

Ethan Bergersen

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“I really found myself creatively, and I still find that I visit a lot of seeds of ideas that were planted back then.”

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“The facilities at UTS are so fantastic. You have these dedicated spaces for particular techniques – you’re allowed to do whatever you want, and I think I tried it all.”

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Where you’ll study

Our world-class facilities support your future-focused learning and high-impact research. They enable effective partnerships with industry and provide services to our community.

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The fashion studio is your dedicated space for working over a range of specialist areas such as couture, ready-to-wear, swimwear and sportswear.

The textiles workshop is a spacious, well-equipped space where you can try different processes.

The knit lab is a newly expanded area where students are introduced to machine knitting. It includes flatbed knitting machines equipped with a range of accessories, as well as Tanaka dry-felting machines.

The photomedia studio is equipped with everything you need for professional-grade photography, including lighting studios, green screens and darkrooms for traditional black and white photographic printing.

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Study in purpose-built facilities and access the latest technologies shaping your field, from 3D printing to AI, drones and seamless knitting machines. Our commitment to hands-on practice and professional accreditation means our courses are highly respected by the industry – and our students are too.

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