Curriculum

The Bachelor’s in Fashion Design and Technology program was created with the vision that French fashion education needed to internationalize to remain competitive in the rapidly changing global fashion industry.
To succeed in today’s fashion world, fashion designers need to do much more than competently sketch garments on sheets of paper. To achieve the goal of transmitting a broader range of competencies, IFA created its innovative curriculum that addresses the needs of world-renowned fashion companies. First Year

In the first year, IFA students build the foundation that will support their future success. Students learn the fundamentals of design and computer-aided design, and pattern-making and draping, while delving into fashion's history and culture

Second Year Second year students apply the skills they gained during the first year, by practical learning of design, creating a variety of garments, and focusing on fabrics and trends. They explore in greater depth essential design concepts and begin to learn fashion marketing that helps them acquire a 360° understanding of the forces at play in garment creation.

In the final year of the IFA Bachelor's Program, all classes are focused on the same goal: to help students create their own personal collections. Additionally to pursuit of increased skills in design, pattern-making and draping, computer-assisted design and marketing, students take specialized classes in creative draping, sportswear collections, knitwear, creative printing and a host of other subjects. The content of each specialized class is determined by the instructors assigned, based on their specialties and the goals of students’ who wish to enroll These classes also help students to prepare and execute design of their personal collections to be shown at the year-end graduation fashion show, at which fashion media representatives and fashion companies view the best work of IFA's graduates.