Course General Description

Our four-year BA programme provides students with the creative ability to visually communicate design ideas and the technical skills to produce innovative and exciting fashion and textiles for costume and product. We offer a high level of practical learning through studio projects, talks, workshops and one-on-one tutorials. Students will explore the many and varied practices within fashion and textile design and are exposed to a range new ideas and engage with an array of skills. The course has a strong knitwear specialty and students gain rigorous technical knit experience. The programme has strong links with industry through our Professional Practice module, our industry placements, our exciting calendar of Visiting Lecturers, direct from Industry, and competition opportunities that provide real world experience while you study. Class Contact hours are 23 hours per week in Year 1; however, as the programme progresses, study becomes increasingly self-directed. Year 4 students are supported in seeking employment or Postgraduate study. On graduating your training allows for a career as Knitwear Designer, a designer specialising in fashion and textiles for product and costume and other areas of employment or further study, such as digital drawing, manufacturing and production technical specialist, styling, buying, visual merchandising, journalism and forecasting.

School General Description

LIT is one of Ireland’s most dynamic and vibrant educational institutions. As you look around LIT, you will see an astonishing diversity of programmes and people exploring new ideas, pursuing new knowledge, creating new art, and filling our workshops, studios and labs with the vibrancy that comes from being an institution that is committed to discovery and creativity and in choosing LIT, you will experience a truly rich and diverse educational experience. We are extremely proud to be the only Institute of Technology to have been twice named Sunday Times ‘University Guide’ Institute of the Year, in 2009 and 2013.