Guidance on Academic Department
i-Fashion Design Department
Introduction to the academic department
This Department offers specialized education to nurture competent persons equipped with understanding of new IT grafted onto and converged with the overall aspects of fashion industry as well as practical ability to utilize digital technologies and tools in the fashion design works in the current era of the 4th generation industrial revolution.
In addition, we are operating LINC+ collaboration team through the LINC+ socially customized projects that began from 2017. Moreover, we are providing separate educational curriculum that closely adheres to the worksites demanded by the industries by entering into agreement for employment following graduation with collaborating industries composed of outstanding mid-sized fashion corporations. With the commencement of 4-year in-depth bachelor’s degree program since 2019, students will be granted with bachelor’s degree upon completion of this educational curriculum.
Educational goals
Fashion industry is an enormous industry that encompasses the entire processes of designing, manufacturing, distribution and sales of fashion items. In spite of the rapid changes in the industry due to the effects of the 4th generation industrial revolution at the moment, it has become a convergent industry that requires balance between industrial perspectives and cultural perspectives particularly based on the advancement of IT technology and mass production and distribution. From such perspectives, the educational goals of our Department are as follows:
First, cultivate i-fashion designer capable of personally performing practical affairs at the industrial site immediately upon graduation;
Second, cultivate i-fashion planner (MD) equipped with global competitiveness;
Third, cultivate i-garment distribution administrator who can comply with the demands of the consumers;
Fourth, cultivate manpower for the sites of IT-based customized order-manufacturing and nurturing of hands-on workers for i-fashion planning and distribution through online internet-based shopping mall business startup and fashion e-business system through manufacturing of small quantities of multiple models.