Fashion, Textiles, & Visual Merchandising Courses in Victoria in 2023

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, Whitehouse Institute of Design, and Torrens University - and their specific entry requirements, please visit VTAC.

INSTITUTION	COURSE	MAJOR STUDIES IN 2023
Box Hill Institute	Bachelor of Design (Fashion Design)	Collaborative Communication, Creative Design Processes, Digital CAD Principles, Introduction to Digital Marketing, Sustainable Design Practice.
Box Hill Institute	Diploma of Visual Merchandising	CAD, Concept development, achieve targets, colour, design displays, design history, develop style guides, drawing, photo shoots, signage, space and product planning, styling of visual components, workplace health & safety.
Holmesglen Institute	Bachelor of Fashion Design	Business Marketing, Industry Techniques, Innovative Design, Pattern engineering, Sustainability and Ethical Practice.
Holmesglen Institute	Certificate IV in Clothing Production	Colour Theory, Computer Aided Design Tools, Design Studio Concepts, Garment Construction, Networking with Industry, Pattern Development, Product Sourcing.
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.
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.
	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.
	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.
	Bachelor of Fashion & Textiles (Sustainable Innovation)	Digital technology, Fashion technology, Fashion wearables, Materials innovation, Smart textiles, Sustainability, Sustainable fashion and textiles, User centred design.
	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.
	Bachelor of Textiles (Design)	Sustainable and ethical design practices, Textile and fashion structures, Textile and fashion studies, Textile communication, Textile design, Textile design practice, Textile industry practice, Textile materials, Textile surfaces.
	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.
	Bachelor of Fashion Enterprise	Fashion buying, Fashion eCommerce, Fashion logistics, Fashion marketing, Fashion merchandising, Fashion product management, Fashion retailing.
	Diploma of Visual Merchandising	2D drawing, design and concept development, 3D design and construction, Colour impact, Computer-aided drawing (CADD), Interpreting sales data to extract insights, Photostyling, Planning and Styling for events and activations, Technical drawing and Illustration, Visual merchandise display and presentation.
Swinburne University	Diploma of Visual Merchandising	Achieve visual merchandising targets, Contribute to workplace health and safety, Design and install merchandise signage, Design and install visual merchandising displays, Develop visual merchandising creative concepts, Implement visual merchandising concepts, Produce drawings to communicate ideas, Style using visual merchandising aids.

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