Undergraduate Fashion Design and Production

The Degree in Fashion Design and Production is unique in the national context. It is an education that combines two major areas, Fashion Design and Fashion Production, and where the contribution of Media Arts to Fashion has special relevance. Studying Fashion Design and Production at the Lusófona University is an extremely enriching experience that combines the reality of academic training in the area with the reality of the professional environment. The course will have specialists guest's from the market in the areas of design, fashion production and various areas of the fashion world. Their contribution to the students' training will allow them, among other experiences, to present the work reality where the future graduates will integrate and establish partnerships for professional internships.

All students who, fulfilling the access conditions, are interested in the training area of ¿¿the Cycle of Studies in Fashion Design and Production. Candidates who meet the conditions set out in the International Student Statute.

- Fashion designer; - Creative Director; - Fashion producer; - Fashion Editor; - Artistic Director; - Stylist; - Fashion Illustrator.

Continue to develop research in the areas where research is already done. The focus on research in future studies will be the development of historiography of costumes in Portuguese cinema, Historiography of Fashion in Portugal. Sustainability, Identity, Digital Fashion and Cultural Heritage will always be topics to bet on in the choices for the research to be developed.

The Institution privileges the development of activities that foster the link between academia and the professional environment as well as the integration of students in multidisciplinary research teams, where they can acquire new skills through research and practical exploration. The Cycle of Studies seeks to meet the objectives and mission of the HEI through the development of multidisciplinary activities where students are integrated. The activities are developed in the classroom or outside of it but, in either situation, the students have the presence and support of the teachers to carry out their acquisitions. The implementation of the Bologna principles is also a premise of the EC and, in this sense, students can develop real projects requested by the business environment, needing to acquire skills with the support of the faculty involved in the various projects and in the curricular units. Students have access to the prototyping laboratory (Labtec) for exploratory projects and course work.

The research that is being developed in the Cycle of Studies focuses, essentially, on the valorization of the intrinsic relationship between Fashion Design and the Media Arts, giving special emphasis to the crossing of knowledge with Communication Sciences, Cinema and Audiovisual disciplines in general. Economic, ecological and social sustainability are the focus of the research and research activities planned and under development. We also seek to implement research into the current and important connection between Fashion Design and Digital Environments. The research also involves topics such as Gender Issues in Fashion and Androgyny; Fashion Production and Communication; History of Clothing, Fashion and Costume Design; Cultural Heritage.