Why Fashion Design?

For future designers who want to learn the craft of fashion design. Who want to experiment, and who aim to develop their own signature and a critical perspective. With a focus on creativity, originality and craft. Do you want to explore fashion design from start to finish? From concept development and pattern drawing to textiles, techniques, collection building and theory. And finish by creating your own independent collection? Are you looking for a close-knit department with many contact hours between lecturers and students? Then the bachelor’s programme in Fashion Design is the right fit for you.

You study at an award-winning fashion academy

The bachelor’s programme Fashion Design at the ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design Arnhem is among the leading fashion courses in Europe. The programme has been awarded the Grand Seigneur, the most prestigious fashion prize in the Netherlands.

You gain international experience

You study together with an international, diverse and inclusive generation of students from all over the world. Many lecturers are active professionals in the national and international fashion field. Within the current curriculum, there is room for collaborations with international partners and for presentations in the Netherlands and abroad. In the third year, you do an internship with a designer or company in a city of your choice.  

You have creative freedom

You have the freedom to discover who you are as a designer. To find out what drives you, what you stand for and what you want to create.