Master Innovative Textile Development - Saxion University

The programme
The duration of this master programme is 1.5 years. For the first full year, you will study within the School of Creative Technology. You will spend the final half year working on your master thesis project, e.g. externally at a company or within the Sustainable & Functional Textiles lectorate. For more information about the content of this course, check the course content.

The first year is divided into 4 quarters of 10 weeks each. For each quarter, the student will be part of a project group of approximately 4 students. Each student will perform a different role in each of the 4 quarters. Each project is developed closely with a company, which acts as the client. At the end of the quarter the project team presents their product, process or concept to the expert team, which comprises the client, tutor, textiles lecturer and project lecturer. The projects focus on:
Business and organisational skills such as commerce, entrepreneurship, research and communication.
Technical competences like prototyping and testing as well as project work.
Design competences like conceptualisation and design as well as project work.
Technical aspects such as analysing, prototyping and testing as well as professional competencies such as responsibility.

Career prospects
The Master in Innovative Textile Development has been developed in response to a clear need from within the industry. The programme provides thorough preparation for positions in the national/international textile industry and in companies where crossovers with textile-based applications are important.