1 General Design Bachelor programme subjects

Design theory and history, visual culture, composition and colour, form and space, design methods and research, creative thinking, project development, professional ethics, interdisciplinary collaboration, professional practice, and the final thesis/project.

2 Fashion and Accessories Design specialisation subjects

Fashion and accessories design modules include garment construction, pattern making, sewing technologies, draping, textile transformation, accessory design, collection development, brand identity formation, digital fashion, virtual garment creation, and the principles of sustainable communication. Students learn to create collections - from concept development and sketches to technical implementation and final presentation.

Admission to the Fashion and Accessories Design study programme is carried out directly at Vilnius College of Design. Applicants must have completed secondary education (high-school diploma) and meet the minimum requirements set out in the admission rules.

International applicants to the Fashion and Accessories Design programme are required to pass a remote entrance examination in the field of design. The examination is intended to assess the applicant’s creative abilities, artistic skills, motivation, and readiness to study the chosen program.

The entrance examination consists of two parts: portfolio assessment and a motivational interview, conducted online via Microsoft Teams.

Portfolio

Applicants are required to submit a portfolio demonstrating both their creative abilities and their individual working process. The portfolio should include:

• academic drawing works and hand-drawn sketches;
• creative sketches related to fashion and/or accessories;
• fashion style analysis;
• an interpretative collage;
• analysis of works by designers or stylists who inspire the applicant;
• colour composition work;
• preliminary sketches, drafts, process work, and other relevant supporting material.

Applicants may also be asked to provide original/raw files, source materials, preliminary versions, photographs of work in progress, or other evidence demonstrating how the submitted work was created.

All submitted work must be the applicant’s own original work. Portfolios will be reviewed for authenticity, including checks for the use of AI-generated content or other forms of unauthoriszed assistance. Applicants must be able to explain their creative process, decisions, techniques, and the development of individual works during the interview.

If additional verification of the applicant’s skills or authorship is required, the College reserves the right to assign an additional individual creative task, which may be completed under specified conditions and/or during a live online session.

Motivational Interview

During the motivational interview, the applicant’s motivation, creative interests, previous experience, and readiness to study Fashion and Accessories Design are assessed. The applicant will also be asked to discuss the works included in their portfolio, including the techniques used, creative decisions, sources of inspiration, and the process through which the works were developed.

Full-time studies – EUR 5,700 per year.

Graduates of the Fashion and Accessories Design study programme can work as fashion designers, accessories designers, garment constructors, collection developers, fashion stylists, textile and surface design creators, brand identity developers, and fashion communication specialists.

The acquired competencies enable graduates to work in fashion houses, creative studios, and in the fields of textiles, clothing, accessories, advertising, styling, brand communication, and the creative industries, as well as to create an individual fashion or accessories brand and pursue independent creative practice.