Fashion and Clothing: Fashion and Clothing (BA) 2025-2029
Code: KXI25S1
- Degree title
- Bachelor of Culture and Arts
- Credits
- 240 ects
- Duration
- 4 years (240 cr)
- Start semester
- Autumn 2025
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Descriptions
The curriculum for the Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing takes into account the broad scope of the apparel industry and its diverse functions and tasks. It is competence-based, aiming to educate strong professionals who can broadly operate as experts in the fashion and clothing industry.
The entire lifecycle of a garment is covered in the curriculum. The courses introduce various aspects of industrial product development and the processes of productisation. The content includes themes and skills increasingly actual in working life: creative problem-solving, sustainability, utilisation of digital tools, communication, internationality, and collaboration. Cross-cutting themes also include responsibility, sustainable development, circular economy, and economic viability.
The curriculum emphasises the student’s competence in industrial manufacturing and product management in an international operating environment of the fashion industry. Students learn to assess the quality, structure, and durability of products, utilize digital tools, and operate in global networks while considering the principles of responsibility, circular economy, and sustainable development.
The degree Bachelor of Culture and Arts (240 ECTS) qualifies graduates to apply for the Master’s Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing or for other suitable Master’s degree programmes in higher education.
FASHION AND CLOTHING: STUDY MODULES IN THE CURRICULUM (2025- )
Bachelor of Culture and Arts (240 ECTS)
23 ECTS Materials and Environmental Impacts
65 ECTS Technical Design and Product Management
36 ECTS Collection Design and Assortment Planning
19 ECTS Business and Entrepreneurship
10 ECTS Metropolia Innovation Studies
47 ECTS Working Life and Communication Skills (incl. 30 ECTS Internship)
05 ECTS Profile Studies in Working Life Skills
15 ECTS Elective Studies
20 ECTS Research-Based Development Work (incl. 15 ECTS Bachelor's Thesis)
HEAD OF DEGREE PROGRAMME
Päivi Lonka
tel. +358 50 466 2047
PO Box 4072, FI-00079 METROPOLIA
paivi.lonka@metropolia.fi
Development
Opetussuunnitelman tavoitteena on vastata tulevien vuosien ja vuosikymmenen osaamistarpeisiin toimialalla. Vaatetusalan opetussuunnitelman kehittämiseen on osallistunut tutkinto-ohjelman opetushenkilöstö. Alumneilta ja opiskelijoita on saatu työhön arvokasta tietoa. Tutkinto-ohjelman ammatillinen neuvottelukunta ja sen työelämäedustajat ovat prosessin aikana antaneet palautetta uudesta opetussuunnitelmasta.
Further information
Opetussuunnitelma KXI25S1 (240 op) on vuonna 2025 uudistettu vaatetusalan AMK-tutkinnon opetussuunnitelma.
Yhteyshenkilöt
• OPS-vastaava: tutkintovastaava Päivi Lonka
• Ylläpitäjä: suunnittelija S. Mikkola
Metropolian yhteiset opinnot tässä opetussuunnitelmassa:
• U!REKA-opintojakso XX00FW79 Kestävyys eurooppalaisessa kaupunkiympäristössä (1 op) liitetty omana opintojaksonaan.
• Opintokokonaisuus Metropolian innovaatio-opinnot (10 op) sisältyy omana opintokokonaisuuteenaan.
• Tekoälyn perusteet ja Tietoturvan perusteet (yht. 0,5 op) on integroitu vaatetusalan opintojaksoon KX00GJ87 Opiskelutaidot ja johdatus vaatetusalaan (4 op) ns. lyhennelmänä.
Objective
The competence goals (programme-specific competences) of the Bachelor's Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing are
• materials and sustainability in the fashion industry,
• form and quality management,
• collection design and assortment planning,
• business in the fashion industry, and
• innovation, development and working life practices in the fashion industry.
The shared competences of UAS Bachelor'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
The Degree Programme in Fashion and Clothing provides a broad set of skills and knowledge to work in a variety of positions. Graduates find employment in companies both domestically and around the world. Their expert roles in the fashion industry can involve such areas as technical product development, quality management, sustainability, business, entrepreneurship, marketing, assortments and purchasing operations.
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