Welcome to the Textile Design program at the University of Borås! 

You are about to begin an exciting three-year journey where your creative ideas will grow into finished textiles, developed in our full-scale labs.

This unique education is the starting point of your professional path as a textile designer. What you learn here is designed to prepare you for a future career where textile design plays a key role in sustainability, material innovation, and new ways of manufacturing textiles. We are thrilled to have you with us.

Start of the semester

The semester starts on 1 September with a Kickoff for new students where the Student Union gives an introduction.

Read more about the Kickoff

Tuesday on 2 September at 10:00–12:00 AM there will be an introduction to the program given by the program coordinator.

Schedule 

As changes can happen with short notice, please make sure to check the schedule regularly. You will find the schedule in Kronox. 

Schedule

Preparations for the first courses

The first courses are Material theory and Textile basics and you need the following books:

Material theory:

• Fashionary (2021) Textilepedia: the complete fabric guide. Hong Kong: Fashion International Ltd.

Textile basics:

• Elsasser, V. H., & Sharp, J. R. (latest edition). Textiles: concepts and principles. Fairchild Books.
• https://doi.org/10.5040/9781501366499
• Burns, L. D., Mullet, K. K., & Bryant, N. O. (latest edition). The business of fashion: designing, manufacturing, and marketing. Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.

We are truly looking forward to welcoming you as a new student and are excited to meet you soon in Borås!

If any questions please contact:

tonje.kristensen_johnstone@hb.se

Register and create a student account

You must register so as not to lose your place in the programme or courses to which you have been admitted.

When you register for a programme or course, it means that you are confirming your admission and have decided to pursue these studies.

You must be registered to participate in the educational programme and for results to be reported from exams, laboratory work, or other study achievements.

At the same time you register, you create your student account. With the student account, you get access to the systems you need for your studies, for example the learning platform. You will also get access to a student email account.

Follow the instructions on how to register and create your student account

How to find your schedule

You can find your schedule, including locations, in the digital schedule tool KronoX. Please note that changes to the schedule can take place at short notice. Therefore, make a habit of checking the schedule in KronoX regularly.

KronoX

The learning platform Canvas

On the New Student website, you can find a lot of good information, including about the learning platform, Canvas, which you get access to after you register and create your student account. It is on the learning platform that we post information about the courses and this is also where a lot of communication between teachers and students, as well as between students, takes place.

Read more at New Student.

Kick-off and Orientation Days

Each term begins with a kickoff (in Swedish "Insparken"). The Student Union in Borås is responsible for the activities that are organised.

Read more on the Student Union's website

The week before the courses start, the university offers a number of information sessions that are good for you as a new student to take part in. You likely have many questions and concerns before the start of the term, and it’s here that you will have the opportunity to get answers to your questions and feel ready for the start of your studies.

Read more about Orientation Days