Fashion Design
Discover how fashion can change society. Use your creative talent to empower people with your designs.
Bilbao
ESP
Bachelor of Arts
Language
Spanish
Start date
September 2026
Frequency
Full time
Fruition
On campus
Duration
4 Years
Credits
240 ECTS
Course Coordination
Usune Bravo
Push your creative boundaries, give people what they want to express their personality through what they wear, dress them in your art, with your work in the field of fashion design.
What we wear is a form of expression! The Bachelor of Arts in Design, specialising in Fashion Design gives you all the resources you need to work in the professional fashion world combining creativity, function and fashion with one precise goal: to make us look and feel good in what we wear, comfortable and confident with what we convey through the clothes we wear.
This program at IED Kunsthal Bilbao gives you a solid grounding in Fashion Design to face the challenges of the modern fashion industry. You’ll learn to define brand identity and image, design and create a collection, and acquire a panoramic insight into all the processes involved in garment making, fashion design and the development of management and communication strategies.
In this program you’ll gain an in-depth understanding of the world of fashion, a complex ecosystem and a global community with a variety of essential functions, of which design is just one.
The Bachelor of Arts has a total of 240 ECTS credits divided into four academic years. It is valid throughout the European Higher Education Area and, to all intents and purposes, is equivalent to an official university degree, and accredited by the Agency for the Quality of the University System. This program enables access to official master’s degrees.
Information to decide
A program to design clothes as an extension of your artistic expression to make your mark on the creative market.
The program model represents the backbone of the IED Kunsthal Bilbao learning experience. It’s based on a collaborative strategy, with four principle concepts: learning from those who know, learning by doing, learning on demand, learning from reality.
IED Kunsthal Bilbao is a design school where working professionals and aspiring designers share experiences and knowledge to create a great design community. You’ll acquire the values and skills necessary to take your first steps on the road to your professional career with a proactive attitude, specific problem-solving skills, and your own creative personality.
Based on a humanistic model, we welcome people with an open mind who embrace contemporary culture and adopt a critical attitude towards their context. We’ll give you what you need to change your game and transform that context, putting you in a position to offer solutions for clients, corporations, organisations and society as a whole. A program model based on real design experience.
This program is for those who realise the value of fashion in society and want to fully comprehend how this sector works, in a professional environment with a wide range of functions that go beyond just fashion design.
It’s a program for students who know full well that fashion is much more than just a question of clothes.
If artistic expression is important to you, here you’ll find a place to develop your style, to turn ideas into creations and present material proposals for the industry.
The IED Kunsthal Bilbao syllabus combines a theoretical approach and hands-on experience with an invariable focus on innovation and global development.
Inclusion, sustainability and a sense of community are values found in all subjects to give you a comprehensive learning experience in which we set the bar to achieve the highest possible standards of academic excellence. As part of this novel learning experience, we actively encourage you to experiment with your creative talent in a variety of fashion industry contexts.
What’s more, you’ll live this experience in the unique setting of Bilbao, a cosmopolitan context where industry has learnt to coexist in harmony with nature, a European city that’s become a capital of fashion design with a wealth of opportunities for future development.
Syllabus
What will you learn?
In the first year, you’ll acquire a broad understanding of the design world also in its historical context, and learn the most useful methods and tools to use when working in the sector.
First Semester
Representation Systems
Design Fundamentals / Fashion Projects 0
Design Fundamentals / Method and Process
Design Fundamentals / Theory
Communication, Methodology, Productivity
Digital Technology
Science Applied to Design
Artistic Drawing
Aesthetics 1
Design Fundamentals / Theory
The History of Art 1
The Basics of Colour
Form and Volume
Second Semester
Fashion Materials and Technology 1
Pattern Design and Garment Making 1
Modelling and Illustration
What will you learn?
In the Second year you’ll start developing projects, testing out what you’ve learnt in specific fields, such as men’s fashion design or printing techniques.
First Semester
Design Management
Design Culture
Aesthetics 2
The History of Fashion
The History of Art 2
Photography and Audiovisual Design
Fashion Materials and Technology 2
Pattern Design and Garment Making 2
Fashion Illustration
Second Semester
An Introduction to Fashion Styling
Projects 1 / Production Techniques Needlework and Knitwear
Projects 2 / Women’s Collection
Projects 3 / Printing Techniques
Projects 4 / Men’s Collection
What will you learn?
In the third year you’ll acquire more in-depth knowledge of digital illustration and the materials and technology used in the fashion sector, as well as specific know-how in strategic fields, such as marketing and business management.
First Semester
The history of contemporary fashion
The Sociology of Fashion
Fashion Business Management
Fashion Marketing and Communication
Fashion Materials and Technology 3
Pattern Design and Garment Making 3 / Experimental Clothing and Sportswear
Second Semester
Production and Communication Technology
Projects 5 / Stage and Show Wardrobe Collection
Projects 6 / Accessories’ Collection
Projects 7 / Sportswear Collection
Styling Projects
Digital Illustration
Creating Fabrics
Participation in Activities
What will you learn?
In the fourth year you’ll create a portfolio to showcase the particular style of work you’ve developed to the professional world. You’ll also present your final project and gain work experience with fashion companies.
First Semester
Production and Communication Technology 2
The Fashion Brand and Company
Digital Illustration 2
Research
Communication
Creating your Digital Portfolio
Second Semester
Work Experience
Final Project
Work Experience II
Here you can access the Study Plan of Higher Artistic Design Education.
Faculty
Course Coordinator
Usune Bravo
Professional Collaborator
Silvia Gallego
Teacher
Borja Legarda
Teacher
Maite Mugerza
Teacher
Fermín Hualde
Professional Collaborator
Eduardo Piédrola
Teacher
Marián Rubio
Teacher
Marta Cazalla
Professional Collaborator
Tomás Carrascal
Teacher
Susana Zaldívar
Teacher
Adele Orcajada
Professional Collaborator
Josema Carrillo
Inside the labs
+2
Multidisciplinary Workshop on Artistic Techniques
+3
Prototyping Workshop
+4
Textile Workshop
Projects
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