Undergraduate Course in Textile and Fashion Design

Campus:

Turin

Start date:

October 2026

Duration:

3 years

IAAD.’s undergraduate course in Textile and Fashion Design is not only about creating functional, innovative garments: it also means understanding trends, cultural shifts and social change. This is the key challenge facing the fashion system today—a fascinating field full of opportunities, where art and technique, creativity and specialist skills come together. The qualification awarded at the end of the course is the First-Level Academic Diploma in Design (DIPL02) Textile and Fashion design.

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Details of the Undergraduate Course in Textile and Fashion Design

Start Date: October 2026
Duration: 3 years
Degree awarded: First-Level Academic Diploma in Design (DIPL02) Textile and Fashion design
Language: Italian
Campus: Turin
Strategic Director: Marina Spadafora
Coordinators: Giuseppina di Paola

Educational Objectives

The Textile & Fashion Design course aims to train a new generation of professionals who care about sustainability, inclusion and ethics, themes that IAAD. considers a priority in their courses.
The program develops the design dimension, a multidisciplinary approach to creating an integrated project that starts with a concept and finishes with the communication of the product.

Creativity is of the upmost importance; the instructors dedicate their time and effort to developing students’ individual expression so that their unique characteristics emerge as they develop their talents.
Understanding how trends are formed and what factors influence the evolution of taste, interpreting the signs and languages of fashion and design, interacting with creative designers and communication and style directors – these are among the main skills that a professional in this field requires.
In addition to these compentencies, students are taught specific techniques of drawing and representation (both traditional and using new technologies), to contribute to their understanding of the relationship between images and graphic representation and how they are used to communicate ideas.

During the three-year period, company visits, workshops, seminars, internships and special projects are organized to establish a network of relationships within the world of fashion design. Students have the possibility to fully participate in national and international events. They are able to gain first-hand knowledge of the fashion industry while exploring which career paths are most in line with their talents and aspirations.

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Degree awarded (for Turin Campus)

First Level Academic Diploma recognized by the MUR (Ministry of Education, Universities and Research) equivalent to a Bachelor’s Degree in Design (DIPL02) – Textile and Fashion Design

Career path

This course prepares students to become dynamic professionals who are able to adapt well to the changing and diverse needs of the market, creative young people who enter the working world as fashion designers, product managers, collection merchandisers, product developers, fabric and prints managers, merchandisers and buyers, accessories managers, trend analysts, fashion editors, digital marketing and e-commerce specialists, retail managers, store and showroom managers, licensing managers and digital fashion designers.
IAAD. also guides students who want to develop and transform a project idea into a start-up, giving shape to what they have learned during the three-year course.