MFA in Textile Design in Chandigarh
DURATION: 2 YEARS
ELIGIBILITY: Graduation or EQUIVALENT
NEXT INTAKE: ACADEMIC YEAR 2025
MFA Course in Textile Design in Chandigarh, India
The two-year course deals with the development of vertical understanding of textiles. At IIFD, M.FA in Textile Designing course will provide you with prospects for practice-based postgraduate study in the formation of pioneering textile designs and concepts for fashion end-use. The first year of MFA in Textile Design Course deals with the development of vertical understanding of textiles’ socio-cultural, environmental, and emotional dimensions throughout human history and into a future in relation to the hybrid textile industry.

MFA in Textile Design Course Curriculum
YEAR 1
The development of advanced skills to explore the potential to unite craft with innovative hi-tech and biotech production. The essentials of fabric making techniques such as fiber development and innovation, yarn sourcing and making, weaving and Jacquard technology, knitting, pattern design, and textile embellishment.
- Advanced yarn manufacturing process-I
- Fashion and clothing psychology
- Apparel quality assurance
- World textiles
- Project work
- Evolution of textile
- Environmental education
- Elements and principles of design
- Management and retailing.
- Color & Design.
- Business Communication Skills.
- Advance Fabric Structure
- Thesis on Prints
NOTE: The above said curriculum details are just the indicative outline. Kindly get in touch with the academic counselor for more details.
YEAR 2
The second-year focuses on the development of professional skills in order to refine personal aesthetic sensibilities and understanding of sustainable practices and design ateliers, deepening conceptual abilities in weaving, dying, knitting and printing. The aspect is to integrate the economic and conceptual real-world skills into the studio.
- Sustainable textile
- Field exposure
- Fashion study
- Garment manufacturing technology
- Apparel and home collection
- Indian traditional textile
- Tile finishing
- Principles and design of sketching
- Textile coloration
- Entrepreneurship
- Practical Advanced Fabric
- Workshop/Industrial Visits
- Portfolio and project work.
NOTE: The above said curriculum details are just the indicative outline. Kindly get in touch with the academic counselor for more details.
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Designers are strategists, communicators, makers and entrepreneurs. We make cool stuff, and we make stuff cool. It’s a great time to join such a multifaceted profession.

Pathway After MFA Textile Design:
- Fashion Consultant
- Fabric Quality Manager
- Cutting Assistant
- Fashion Merchandiser
- Personal Stylist
- Product Development Manager
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