Academic duration: 4 years Degree
Bachelor of Arts
Major Introduction: This major was founded in 1985, for the first batch of Chinese colleges and universities to set up clothing major, but also Art Design College’s the first major, with a long history and profound accumulation. It is now a national first-class undergraduate major construction point and an application-oriented major in Tianjin's "13th Five-Year Plan" comprehensive investment; China Garment Designers Association governing unit, Ministry of Education Education Management information Center clothing CAD certification examination unit. It has high-quality achievements such as national high-quality online open courses, national first-class undergraduate courses, national "13th Five-Year Plan" teaching materials, ministerial level "14th Five-Year Plan" teaching materials, and the construction of fine demonstration courses for graduate students under The State Council. Teachers have published 21 textbooks and 4 monographs, completed more than 30 national and provincial teaching and research projects, and guided students to win several awards in discipline competitions and professional competitions. There are high-level teaching and research platforms such as Tianjin Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, Tianjin Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center, and Tianjin Smart Fashion Design and Research Institute. Has a strong team of teachers, a variety of clothing production laboratories, design studios; For more than 38 years, the college has cultivated a large number of industry stalwarts for the society.
Training objectives: Adhering to the fundamental mission of "cultivating virtues", with creative design as the core and art and technology as the support, this major enables students to acquire comprehensive and systematic professional knowledge, ability and accomplishment in fashion creativity, fashion design method, clothing plate making and production, clothing accessories, smart wearable, clothing brand management, media communication, digital design and other aspects. It aims to cultivate high-quality applied talents with innovative spirit and practical ability who can engage in product development, brand promotion, education and training, management and other work related to clothing.
Teachers: This major has abundant teachers and talented people. It has the head of national quality online open courses, the head of national first-class courses, and the head of provincial and ministerial first-class courses; It has "Tianjin University Discipline Leading talents", "Tianjin University Youth Reserve Force Talents", "131 Innovation Project" talents; It has provincial and ministerial level famous teachers, provincial and ministerial level excellent teachers, excellent young backbone teachers and so on. It also has directors of China Fashion Designers Association, China Fashion Color Association, China Textile Education Association, members of China Artists Association, members of the Clothing sub-committee of the Textile Education Committee of the Ministry of Education, experts of the University-Enterprise Cooperation Committee of the Ministry of Education, Tianjin Top Ten Young Artists, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Top 100 Young designers and other high-level teachers and talents.
Compulsory courses: Interpretation of fashion popular culture, clothing effect drawing techniques, history of Chinese and Western clothing, clothing design, clothing structure design, clothing technology, three-dimensional cutting, clothing accessories design, digital clothing design, fashion design Frontier, fashion design workshop, national clothing study, comprehensive Innovation design, graduation design, etc.
Employment prospects: Wide range of employment, good prospects. After graduation, you can enter fashion design studios, fashion brand companies, digital fashion new media platforms, scientific research institutes, import and export commodity inspection, government management and other departments to carry out design research and development, design planning, product promotion, education, training, management and other work. Can be in the relevant enterprises and institutions as fashion brand designer, plate maker, craft, display, commodity inspection, fashion buyers, fashion media, management trainees, etc.
Awards and further studies: In recent years, our students have won the highest honors in the industry such as "National Top Ten Fashion Designers", "New Talent Award" and "Design Star", and a number of students have won gold, silver, bronze, first, second and third prizes in national professional competitions such as "Jordan Cup", "Shishi Cup" and "Humen Cup", as well as Milan Design Week, China Good Creativity and other discipline competitions of the Ministry of Education. In addition, many graduates have entered the School of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, Donghua University, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, Soochow University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Central Saint Martins School of Art, London College of Fashion, Parsons School of Design in the United States, ESMODE Fashion School in France and other top fashion institutions at home and abroad for postgraduate study. The potential for further study is large, the quality is high, and the advantages are obvious after study.
Excellent cooperative enterprises: with a number of enterprises and institutions to establish long-term cooperative relations, in the integration of production, learning and research, production and education integration of fruitful results.
The cooperative social institutions are: Zhongguancun Fashion Creative Design Alliance, Tianjin Garment Chamber of Commerce, Tianjin Intangible Heritage Protection Center. And become the long-term support unit of Tianjin Fashion Week and Tianjin Qipao Cultural Festival. Cooperative enterprises include: Brazil Weikenya Textile and Garment Group, Tianjin Textile Group, China's time-honored brand "Old Meihua" Clothing Co., LTD., Tianjin Feinix Clothing Co., LTD., Tianjin Yingda Leather Clothing Co., LTD., Beijing Kanan Jin Culture and Media Co., LTD., Shanghai BOTH BY BO Clothing Co., LTD., etc.
International cooperation and exchange: Focusing on international exchanges and cooperation, the University has established exchange student cooperation programs with the University of Creative Arts in the United Kingdom, the University of West Bohemia in the Czech Republic, California State University of SAN Bernardino in the United States, and the National Suncheon University of South Korea, as well as preferential postgraduate admission cooperation modes.
The specific methods are as follows: 2+2 (junior year, double bachelor's degree), 3+1 (senior year, Chinese bachelor's degree, foreign master's degree); California State University, SAN Bernardino, USA: 1+2+1 (sophomore to go abroad, senior to return to HKUST, double bachelor's degree); University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic: Online workshop National Suncheon University, Korea: Pursuing a PhD degree.
