BS Textile Design

Overview

The Bachelor of Science (BS) degree program in Textiles Design provides students with a comprehensive education in the art and techniques of designing various aspects of textiles, including structures, surfaces, materials, products, bodies, and spaces. This program offers a blend of traditional and modern digital approaches to textile design, equipping students with a versatile skill set that is highly relevant in today’s global market.

In our studios, workshops, and classrooms, students acquire a wide range of skills, including print and stitch embellishment, dyeing, mixed media construction, and material selection and manipulation. This equips them to create textiles that are visually appealing, functional, and suitable for their intended purposes.

The program also provides students with the flexibility to specialize in various areas of textile design. They can choose to focus on textiles for fashion, exploring the interplay between fabrics and garment design. Alternatively, they may specialize in textiles for interiors, learning to design textiles that transform interior spaces, creating ambiance and visual impact. Students can also opt for textiles for design/crafts, where they explore the intersection of textile design with other creative disciplines such as product design and craft traditions.

Guest lectures, industry collaborations, and field visits are integral to the program, providing students with valuable insights and exposure to real-world practices and trends. Upon completing this course, students develop practical, professional, and entrepreneurial skills, enabling them to work effectively as part of a team or establish their own textile business.

Why Study at PAF IAST?

Location and Ambience

PAF IAST is nestled in natural mountains that flank its campus from all sides, offering one even the ravishing view of snow-capped peaks of Nathiagali and natural winding trails. To its north-west is Tarbela Lake, a journey of only a few kilometers from the campus. Set in the middle of the campus is a natural lake, fed by the springs of surrounding mountains. The campus is just a 3-kilometer drive from the Hazara Motorway. The ideal setting equally conducive to academic activity and aesthetic sensibilities of the human eye is a serene island of its own kind, far from the chaos, congestion, and cacophony of metropolitan culture. The major cities like Islamabad, Abbottabad, are just an hour’s drive, while small towns like Wah, Hasanabadal, Taxila, and Swabi can be reached in just half an hour.

Technology Advancement and Foreign Partnership

This institute is an emerging center of excellences, with its own technology park. All faculty members hold PhD degrees in appropriate disciplines. By virtue of its wide array of facilities and the facilitation for its students to learn and benefit both from classroom teaching and faculty trained at premier Austrian universities/institutions, the institution is ideally cut out for imparting state-of–the-art engineering and allied education in Pakistan. The institute enjoys close linkages with top ranking universities in Austria and China. We have already concluded with them formal agreements regarding student and faculty exchange programs, provision of dual degrees in certain areas, and the training support from foreign faculty. cities like Islamabad, Abbottabad, are just an hour’s drive, while small towns like Wah, Hasanabadal, Taxila and Swabi can be reached in just half an hour.

Academia-Industry Relationship

There is a strong synergetic relationship between academia and industry which paves the way for job opportunities for students even in the midst of their studies. PAF IAST will serve as a welcome platform for the industry to share their requirements for a skilled workforce. This will enable the institute to incorporate their valuable inputs in practical vocational training and expose the students to industrial perspectives

On-Spot Industry Internship

It will be a mandatory requirement for every student to do an internship every semester in an appropriate industry. This will garner them practical experience related to their respective degree programs. To crown it all, Technology Park will afford them rare opportunities to apply themselves innovatively and become promising entrepreneurs.

Need and Merit-based Scholarships

Different types of local and foreign scholarship opportunities are available on need and merit base.

Employment Opportunities

Textile is a growing industry and candidates interested in making a mark in the field of fashion, garments and Fiber manufacturing can go for Textile Engineering. This program offers a bright career for the students because the demand and supply of textiles will never diminish.

Following are the employment opportunities that can be made available to Textile designers from SDAAT.

Textile Designer
Textile Engineer
Fiber Artist

Clothing/ Color Technologist
Textile expert for Interior Designing firms

Course Curriculum

Semester 1

Course	Code	Title of Course	Credit Hrs.
ICC	SS-102	English Language & Communication Skills	3(3-0)
	SS-112	Pakistan Studies	2(2-0)
	COMP-102	Introduction to ICT	3(2-1)
FON	DAA – 101	Foundation Drawing	3(0-3)
	DAA – 151	History of Art & Design-I	2(2-0)
	DAA –121	Introduction to Digital Tools	2(0-2)
	DAA – 102	Object in 3D	2(0-2)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS			17(9-8)

Semester 2

Course	Code	Title of Course	Credit Hrs.
ICC	SS-111	Islamic Studies	2(2-0)
IEC	MGT-262	Entrepreneurship	3(3-0)
FON	DAA – 131	Storytelling	2(2-0)
	DAA –141	Introduction to Digital Media, Film & TV	2(2-0)
	DAA – 132	Design Thinking	2(2-0)
DCC	DAA – 103	Drawing-I	2(0-2)
DCC	TXD- 111	Surface Design-I	3(0-3)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS			16(11-5)

Semester 3

Course	Code	Title of Course	Credit Hrs.
ICC	SS- 200	Technical and Business Writing	3(3-0)
ICC	DAA-101	Mathematics for Art & Design	3(3-0)
FON	DAA – 201	Drafting	2(0-2)
FON	DAA – 241	Fundamental of Photography	2(0-2)
DCC	TXD – 211	Weaving-I	3(0-3)
	TXD – 213	Textile Materials and Construction	2(2-0)
	TXD – 212	Surface Design-II	3(0-3)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS			18(8-10)

Semester 4

Course	Code	Title of Course	Credit Hrs.
ICC	COMP-111	Programming Fundamental	4(3-1)
IEC	COMP-471	Project Management	3(3-0)
DCC	TXD – 216	Weaving-II	3(0-3)
	FTD- 251	History of Art & Design-II	2(2-0)
	TXD – 214	Textile Technology	2(2-0)
	TXD – 215	Textile Design Studio-I	3(0-3)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS			17(10-7)

Semester 5

Course	Code	Title of Course	Credit Hrs.
IEC	SS-821	Research Methods	2(2-0)
DCC	TXD – 311	Textile Design Studio-II	6(0-6)
	FTD – 312	Design Management	2(2-0)
	FTD – 351	Theory of Art & Design-I	2(2-0)
DEC	Select 1 or 2 courses from the list of Degree Elective Courses worth 4 Credit Hrs.		4(4-0)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS			16(10-6)

Semester 6

Course	Code	Title of Course	Credit Hrs.
IEC	DAA-206	Marketing	2(2-0)
DCC	TXD – 313	Textile Design Studio-III	6(0-6)
	FTD – 352	Theory of Art & Design-II	2(2-0)
	FTD – 314	Sacred Geometry	3(0-3)
DEC	Select 2 courses from the list of Degree Elective Courses worth 4 Credit Hrs.		4(2-2)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS			17(6-11)

Semester 7

Course	Code	Title of Course	Credit Hrs.
IEC	SS-220	Organizational Behavior	3(3-0)
ICC	SS-310	Professional Ethics	3(3-0)
DCC	TXD – 461	Project-I	6(2-4)
DEC	Select 1 course from the list of Degree Elective Courses worth 3 Credit Hrs.			4(0-4)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS			16(8-8)

Semester 8

Course	Code	Title of Course	Credit Hrs.
DCC	TXD – 462	Project-II	9(2-7)
DEC	Select 1or 2 courses from the list of Degree Elective Courses worth 4 Credit Hrs.		4(4-0)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS			13(6-7)

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Careers

Animators, Game Designers, Filmmakers, Architects, Fashion Designers, Textile Designers, Film editors, Director of Photography, film Directors, Art and Design Teachers, Character Designers, Art Directors, Visualizers, and most of all Entrepreneurs.

Linkages

SDAAT is making efforts to find partners from the field to work on collaborative projects. The school will organize an Annual Industry Day to bring different companies and individuals from the industry in the school, to see the student’s work, thus helping find financial support for the student projects. These activities will expose students to market trends and link them to the professional industry.
The focus of these multi-purpose partnerships is to develop creative and innovative collaborations between students and the industry experts to enrich both students’ learning skills through exposure working with experts in the field and initiate collaborative projects to develop the market-access of experts in building their businesses.
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Infrastructure

Custom Design buildings spread over 100 Acres of land containing all the necessary facilities with special focus on safety and security of the students. Hostel facility is also available for boys and girls. 24/7 internet facility on the campus is available for students to do their research and assignments along with sports facilities.

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