Fashion, Textiles & Visual Courses
St. Joseph's College
Fashion, Textiles, & Visual Merchandising Courses in Victoria in 2026
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.
INSTITUTION | COURSE | MAJOR STUDIES IN 2026 |
Box Hill Institute | Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design) | 3D design and virtual prototyping, advanced digital product design, complex patternmaking, digital CAD principles, digital marketing, exploratory design, fabrics and fibres, fashion product development, fashion range development, fashion supply chains, garment construction, production processes, special event management, sustainable design practice, tailoring, understanding the consumer, visual merchandising. |
| Bachelor of Design (Fashion Enterprise) | Creative design process, advanced digital product design, branding fundamentals, content creation, digital CAD principles, digital commerce, digital marketing strategy, 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 | Contemporary Communication Practices, Design Innovation, Industry Techniques, Pattern Engineering, Sustainability and Ethical Practice. |
Certificate IV in Apparel and Fashion
| Colour Theory, Computer Aided Design Tools, Design Studio Concepts, Garment Construction, Networking with Industry, Pattern Development, Product Sourcing. | |
Kangan Institute | Certificate III in Apparel, Fashion and Textiles | 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. |
Melbourne Polytechnic | Diploma of Live Production & Technical Services Costume | Accessory Construction, Theatrical Millinery, Costume construction, Costume design, Costume making and co-ordination for stage and screen, Costume research, Making Character and Period costumes, Pattern Making and Draping, Underwear and Corsetry. |
RMIT University | Bachelor of Fashion (Design) | Design, Fashion, Sustainability, Textiles. |
| Bachelor of Fashion (Enterprise) | Fashion, Marketing, Merchandising, Product Management, Retail Management, Sustainability. | |
| Bachelor of Fashion Sustainability | Circular design, Digital communication, Digital fashion, Fashion, Innovation, Materials, Sustainability, Technology, Textiles. | |
| Associate Degree in Fashion | Business and Retail Options, Design and Technology Options, Fashion Business, Fashion IT and Design, Fashion Pattern and Production, Fashion Specifications, Fashion Textiles, Global Impacts of Fashion Industry, Production Planning and Supply Chain. | |
| 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. | |
| Diploma of Apparel, Fashion and Textiles | Developing and constructing products, Dyes for textiles, Experimental textiles, Fibres and fabrics, Knitting, Screen printing, Social media, Studio class, Sustainability, Textile design concepts, Textile design process, Weaving | |
Swinburne University | Bachelor of Design (Fashion) | Emerging technologies in fashion and textile design, Fashion branding and management, Fashion design capstone, Global fashion cultures, Professional fashion practice, Sustainable fashion design, Wearable technology design studio. |