Master's Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing: Master's Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing 2025-2026
Code: K0925S6
- Degree title
- Vestonomi (ylempi AMK)
- Credits
- 60 ects
- Duration
- 1.5 years (60 cr)
- Start semester
- Autumn 2025
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Descriptions
The textile and clothing sector is making progress towards a circular economy. The Master's Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing increases the student's comprehensive understanding of the challenges of the textile and clothing value chains, the pressures for change and the innovations and networks that support the circular economy. The studies increase the student's sustainability and circular economy skills, and offer the ability to work in various expert, development and management positions internationally. After completing the degree titled Master of Culture and Arts the graduate is able to anticipate, develop and manage processes and projects in their field and create a new kind of operating culture in the textile and clothing industry.
Teaching is mainly in Finnish. Some of the teaching and/or learning material is in English. This blended degree programme can be completed alongside work. The student prepares a personal study plan (PSP i.e. HOPS in Finnish), which includes five credits (5 ECTS) of elective studies.
The master’s thesis related to the studies is thirty credits (30 ECTS). The thesis is a work-based research development project. The client is usually the student's own employer, but can also be some other working life organization. The topic of the thesis must be clearly related to the themes of the textile and clothing industry.
The structure and competence objectives of the degree programme are described in the Attachments.
Head of Degree Programme, Master's Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing
Natalia Särmäkari
PO Box 4072, FI-00079 METROPOLIA
natalia.sarmakari@metropolia.fi
Development
Ensimmäisen vestonomi (ylempi AMK) -tutkinto-ohjelman opetus käynnistyi syksyllä 2015. Ohjelmalla haluttiin varmistaa vestonomi (AMK) -tutkinnon suorittaneille jatko-opintomahdollisuus omalla erityisalallaan.
Opetussuunnitelmatyötä ovat vuosien varrella ohjanneet valtakunnallisten linjausten lisäksi Metropolian pedagogisten strategioiden linjaukset, opetustoiminnan kautta työelämältä saatu palaute, neuvottelukunnan näkemys sekä työelämässä toimivien alumnien palaute. Edellä mainittujen lisäksi opetussuunnitelmaan on vaikuttanut myös koulutuksen toteuttamisesta saatu palaute.
Vuonna 2021 tutkinnon opetussuunnitelmaa lähdettiin uudistamaan keskittyen vahvasti kestävän kehityksen ja kiertotalouden teemoihin. Opetussuunnitelman uudistamista varten tehtiin selvitystyötä tekstiili- ja vaatetusalan työelämän tarpeista. Vaatetusalan neuvottelukunnan jäsenet antoivat palautetta opetussuunnitelmatyön eri vaiheissa. Samoin otettiin huomioon nykyisiltä tutkinto-opiskelijoilta kerätty palaute, sekä vaatetusalan työelämä- ja asiantuntijaverkostoista ja tutkimuksista saatu alan työelämän kehittymistä koskeva tieto.
Kehittämistyötä jatketaan. Tutkinto-ohjelmassa toimiva työelämälähtöinen neuvottelukunta on mukana opetussuunnitelman kehittämisessä.
Further information
YAMK-tutkinto-ohjelman opetussuunnitelma (OPS) uudistettiin vuonna 2022. Tämä OPS on kopioitu tunnuksen K0924S6 opetussuunnitelmasta.
- Yhteyshenkilö: lehtori, tutkintovastaava Natalia Särmäkari
- Ylläpitäjä: suunnittelija S. Mikkola
Huomioita:
-Liitteet kuten vuonna 2024, vain rakennetta kuvaava tiedosto on muokattu uudelleen vuonna 2025.
-OPS-kuvauksen osaamistavoitteet lisätty englannin kielellä.
Objective
The competence goals (programme-specific competences) of the Master's Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing are
• responsible product management, and
• research and development competence in textiles and clothing.
The shared competences of UAS Master's Degrees (Arene 2022) are
• learning to learn,
• operating in a workplace,
• ethics,
• sustainable development,
• internationality and multiculturalism, and
• proactive development.
Arene 2022: Recommendation on the Shared Competences of Universities of Applied Sciences and Their Application is available at the address https://www.arene.fi/wp-content/uploads/Raportit/2022/Kompetenssit/RECOMMENDATION%20ON%20THE%20SHARED%20COMPETENCES%20OF%20UNIVERSITIES%20OF%20APPLIED%20SCIENCES%20AND%20THEIR%20APPLICATION.pdf
- Download attachment Metropolia FI&EN YAMK-opinnaytetyon arviointikehikko - MASTER'S Thesis assessment grid 2020 (pdf, 290.10 kB)
- Download attachment Metropolia MASTER'S - Fashion and Clothing - Competences 2023 (pdf, 59.64 kB)
- Download attachment Metropolia YAMK vaatetusalan osaamismatriisi - vestonomi YAMK 2023 (pdf, 48.56 kB)
- Download attachment Metropolia YAMK vaatetusalan tutkinnon osaamiset - vestonomi YAMK 2023 (pdf, 15.87 kB)
- Download attachment Metropolia YAMK vaatetusalan tutkinnon rakenne 2022-2025 (pdf, 57.85 kB)
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| Code | Name | Credits (cr) | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | Autumn 2025 | Spring 2026 | Autumn 2026 | 1. / 2025 | 2. / 2025 | 3. / 2026 | 4. / 2026 | 1. / 2026 | 2. / 2026 |
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| K0925S6-1001 |
Responsible Product Management
(Choose all ) |
15 | |||||||||||
| K000FA53 | Textile and Fashion Value Chains and Indicators of Responsibility | 5 | |||||||||||
| K000FA54 | Responsible Sourcing and Quality Management in Textiles and Fashion | 5 | |||||||||||
| K000FA55 | Responsibility Communication of Textile and Fashion Brands | 5 | |||||||||||
| K0925S6-1002 |
Research and Development Competence in Textiles and Clothing
(Choose all ) |
40 | |||||||||||
| K000FA56 | Developing Circular Economy Business in Textiles and Fashion | 5 | |||||||||||
| XX00EJ16 | Research Methods and Skills | 5 | |||||||||||
| XX00FB87 | Master’s Thesis | 30 | |||||||||||
| K0925S6-1003 |
Elective Studies
(Choose 5) |
5 | |||||||||||
| Total | 60 | 25 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 15 |
Due to the timing of optional and elective courses, credit accumulation per semester / academic year may vary.
STRUCTURE Master (A18.12.2014/1129)
Asetuksen 18.12.2014/1129 mukainen rakenne. 2 § Opintojen rakenne Ylempään ammattikorkeakoulututkintoon johtaviin opintoihin kuuluu: 1) syventäviä ammattiopintoja; 2) vapaasti valittavia opintoja; 3) opinnäytetyö.
| Master´s Thesis |
| Research Methods and Skills |
| Master’s Thesis |
| Advanced Professional Studies |
| Textile and Fashion Value Chains and Indicators of Responsibility |
| Responsible Sourcing and Quality Management in Textiles and Fashion |
| Responsibility Communication of Textile and Fashion Brands |
| Developing Circular Economy Business in Textiles and Fashion |
| Elective Studies |
|
No attached course units |
| Not grouped |
ARENE 2022::UAS shared competences::Master’s degree
Replaces the “Metropolia's Generic Competences::Master's Degree” -matrix. Heidi Rontu/31.8.2022
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Ethics
The graduating student assesses and promotes the realisation of ethical principles and values of their field of profession, taking equality and non-discrimination into account. |
| Textile and Fashion Value Chains and Indicators of Responsibility |
| Responsible Sourcing and Quality Management in Textiles and Fashion |
| Responsibility Communication of Textile and Fashion Brands |
| Developing Circular Economy Business in Textiles and Fashion |
| Research Methods and Skills |
|
Proactive development
The graduating student is able to manage the development of new solutions that anticipate the future and produces new information using different research and development methods. |
| Developing Circular Economy Business in Textiles and Fashion |
| Research Methods and Skills |
|
Internationality and multiculturalism
The graduating student is able to develop and manage multicultural and international operating environments and networks. |
| Textile and Fashion Value Chains and Indicators of Responsibility |
| Responsible Sourcing and Quality Management in Textiles and Fashion |
| Responsibility Communication of Textile and Fashion Brands |
| Developing Circular Economy Business in Textiles and Fashion |
|
Sustainable development
The graduating student develops and manages sustainable and responsible operating methods in their work and promotes sustainable change in their work community and society. |
| Textile and Fashion Value Chains and Indicators of Responsibility |
| Responsible Sourcing and Quality Management in Textiles and Fashion |
| Responsibility Communication of Textile and Fashion Brands |
| Developing Circular Economy Business in Textiles and Fashion |
|
Learning to learn
The graduating student promotes their own and their community's continuous learning and competence development, drawing on knowledge from different fields and the opportunities of digitalisation. |
| Research Methods and Skills |
| Master’s Thesis |
|
Operating in a workplace
The graduating student is able to develop and manage their work community and reforms working life. - Is able to develop and manage multidisciplinary teams and work communities. |
| Textile and Fashion Value Chains and Indicators of Responsibility |
| Responsible Sourcing and Quality Management in Textiles and Fashion |
| Responsibility Communication of Textile and Fashion Brands |
| Developing Circular Economy Business in Textiles and Fashion |
| Research Methods and Skills |
| Master’s Thesis |
| Not grouped |
| Code | Name | Credits (cr) |
|---|---|---|
| K0925S6-1001 |
Responsible Product Management
(Choose all ) |
15 |
| K000FA53 | Textile and Fashion Value Chains and Indicators of Responsibility | 5 |
| K000FA54 | Responsible Sourcing and Quality Management in Textiles and Fashion | 5 |
| K000FA55 | Responsibility Communication of Textile and Fashion Brands | 5 |
| K0925S6-1002 |
Research and Development Competence in Textiles and Clothing
(Choose all ) |
40 |
| K000FA56 | Developing Circular Economy Business in Textiles and Fashion | 5 |
| XX00EJ16 | Research Methods and Skills | 5 |
| XX00FB87 | Master’s Thesis | 30 |
| K0925S6-1003 |
Elective Studies
(Choose 5 ) |
5 |