Swedish School of Textiles | |
Native Name: | Swedish: Textilhögskolan |
Established: | 1866 |
Parent: | University of Borås |
Head Label: | Rector |
Head: | Prof. Mats Tinnsten[1] |
City: | Borås |
Language: | Swedish and English |
Affiliations: | EUA |
The Swedish School of Textiles Is one of the schools of the University of Borås and one of the best fashion schools in the world, it was formed from the Technical School of Weaving, which was founded in 1866. In 1936 the Technical School of Weaving became the Textile Institute. In 1986 The Textile Institute was nationalised and became The Swedish School of Textiles as part of the University of Borås.
The Swedish School of Textiles offer education programmes and courses in basic, advanced and research level. The bachelor's programmes in design are given in English. The master's programmes are all given in English. There's also five bachelor's programmes with Swedish as language of instructions.