Bachelor of Fashion and Textiles (Sustainable Innovation)
Bachelor of Fashion and Textiles (Sustainable Innovation)
From the integration of 2D and 3D virtual fashion and textile design and digital production methods, to material innovations, smart textiles, and the need for improved transparency. Technology innovations and improved environmental, social and ethical practices will fundamentally change how clothes are made, consumed and experienced. To support the development…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
From the integration of 2D and 3D virtual fashion and textile design and digital production methods, to material innovations, smart textiles, and the need for improved transparency.
Technology innovations and improved environmental, social and ethical practices will fundamentally change how clothes are made, consumed and experienced. To support the development of sustainable solutions for the fashion industry, capabilities in technology and sustainability need to be developed and combined with traditional fashion and textile craft-based knowledge and skills.
The Bachelor of Fashion and Textiles (Sustainable Innovation) provides you with the capability to work in diverse roles across the fashion and textiles sector. You will gain practical, theoretical and technical skills to develop solutions, products and systems, using user-centred approaches at the intersection of design, technology, science, and art.
In this cutting-edge degree, you will delve into sustainability as a concept and goal within fashion and textiles.
You will explore industry-relevant knowledge and projects, ethical and sustainable practices, and material and digital technologies. You will also have the opportunity to minor in either fashion design, textile design, or fashion enterprise.
Career
Graduates may find careers across this diverse and rapidly transforming industry, in areas related to clothing production, sportswear, protective clothing, research and innovation, sustainability, and technical textiles, as well as in aligned industries, such as the health and automotive industries.
As a graduate, you can take on a variety of careers, such as:
materials designer, researcher, innovator, or production manager
digital fashion innovator or product manager
fashion experience creator
fashion coder or sustainability compliance officer
sustainable sourcing manager
corporate social responsibility (CSR) manager
product developer
production manager
fashion design engineer
fashion or textile technologist
You may also consider starting your own business, or choose to pursue honours or postgraduate study.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Since its establishment in 1887, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University (RMIT) has been meeting the needs of the community surrounding it. Originally a Working Men’s College, RMIT showed its flexibility during World War Two, training over 20,000 servicemen in communications to help with the war effort.Now, it is a true pioneer in international education, championing cross-border study opportunities with campuses in various countries. Granted formal university status in 1992, RMIT is ranked 21st in the world for universities that are less than 50 years old.RMIT is the largest higher education institution in Australia, currently with more than 82,000 students. With nearly 20% of those students coming from overseas, it is a university that truly welcomes diversity and is a melting pot of different cultures. RMIT has three campuses in Vietnam, a European hub in Barcelona, an office in Indonesia, and partners with 200+ institutions in 42 countries to provide study opportunities worldwide.
