Fashion, Textiles & viusual Merchandising Courses
Victoria 2025
Numerous Victorian universities and TAFE institutions offer courses in fashion, fashion & textiles, and visual merchandising. Entry into many of these courses requires a folio presentation. Some of these courses are listed below, but for a comprehensive list of courses at all institutions including Private Providers - such as Collarts, LCI Melbourne, The Masters Institute of Creative Education, Whitehouse Institute of Design, and Torrens University - and their specific entry requirements, please visit VTAC.
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Box Hill Institute | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | 3D design and virtual prototyping, digital CAD principles, digital product design, exploratory design, fabrics and fibres, fashion, fashion product development, fashion range development, fashion supply chains, garment construction, marketing, patternmaking, production processes and quality control, special event management, sustainable design practice, tailoring, understanding the consumer, visual merchandising.
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| Bachelor of Fashion Enterprise | Creative design process, digital CAD principles, digital commerce, digital marketing strategy, digital product design,, fashion analytics, fashion buying, fashion product development, fashion range development, fashion styling, production processes, retail finance, special event management, supply chain networks, sustainable design practice, understanding the consumer, visual merchandising, web design. | |
Holmesglen Institute | Bachelor of Fashion Design | Business Marketing, Industry Techniques, Innovative Design, Pattern engineering, Sustainability and Ethical Practice.
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| Certificate IV in Clothing Production | Colour Theory, Computer Aided Design Tools, Design Studio Concepts, Garment Construction, Networking with Industry, Pattern Development, Product Sourcing.
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Kangan Institute | Applied Fashion Design and Merchandising | Computer-aided design (CAD), Fabric and fibre technology, Fabric technology, Fashion, Fashion (design concepts), Fashion (design), Fashion (illustration), Fashion (pattern grading), Garment construction techniques, Marketing research, Marketing strategy, Networking, Pattern-making, Pattern-making (computer), Quality assurance, Quality control.
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RMIT University | Bachelor of Fashion (Design) | Fashion communication, Fashion design, Fashion design industry techniques, Fashion design practice, Fashion materials, Fashion presentation, Fashion production, Fashion studies, Fashion sustainability.
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| Associate Degree in Fashion Design and Technology | Computer-aided design (CAD), Computer-aided pattern making, Fashion design, Garment construction, Patternmaking, Product specifications, Production planning, Supply chain management, Sustainable Practices in the fashion industry.
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| Diploma of Fashion Styling | Business practices for fashion stylists, Catalogue styling, Editorial styling, Event management and styling, Fashion trend analysis, Personal styling, Project Management, Styling for still and moving images.
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| Bachelor of Fashion & Textiles (Sustainable Innovation) | Digital technology, Fashion technology, Fashion wearables, Materials innovation, Smart textiles, Sustainability, Sustainable fashion and textiles, User centred design.
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| Associate Degree in Fashion and Textiles Merchandising | Computer-aided design (CAD), Digital strategies for fashion, Distribution and logistics, Fashion business, Fashion marketing, Fashion materials, Global impacts in fashion, Global marketing, Industry research, Merchandise planning, Merchandise retail management, Product development (TCF), Product ranging.
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| Cert IV in Textile Design, Development and Production | Computer-aided design (CAD), Design and production (Textiles), Drawing, Experimental textiles, Fibres and fabrics, Machine knitting, Marketing, Screen printing, Sustainable practices in textiles, Textile design and application of colour theory, Textile design influences, Textile design specifications, Weaving.
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| Bachelor of Fashion (Enterprise) | Fashion buying, Fashion eCommerce, Fashion logistics, Fashion marketing, Fashion merchandising, Fashion product management, Fashion retailing.
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