Top nine in the world!

Ninth place among the world's best fashion schools! We at the Swedish School of Textiles are happy that we have been ranked number nine on CEOWORLD magazine's list of the best fashion schools in the world for 2024!

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Education and research environments

Xianyi Zeng: I want to change the entire textile industry in Europe

His main research area was initially automation and data analysis, but later he became interested in artificial intelligence. Now he wants to promote sustainability and digitalisation in the European textile industry. Meet the university’s new honorary doctor Xianyi Zeng.

Nordic cooperation on circular innovation focusing on workwear

A Nordic interregional collaboration is now commencing to demonstrate how workwear companies can prepare, and adapt their global value chains to the upcoming EU regulations on circular economy.

A new doctoral thesis examines alternative perspectives on the body in fashion design

Can a body be a chair, a road sign, or perhaps an ice cream? Faseeh Saleem has recently completed his PhD studies and in his research, he challenges conventional design processes and introduces new ideas about what a body could be. A new artistic doctoral thesis at the Swedish School of Textiles is thus complete, showcasing an alternative path where art and fashion intersect.

Fashion history and fashion futures – new courses are starting this autumn

We now offer new online courses with a focus on fashion both as a cultural phenomenon and an industry. Two courses are starting this autumn and two will start Spring 2025. The four courses can be studied as a package or individually.

Unique solution for smart textile production

Smart textiles have the potential to revolutionise healthcare. In his doctoral thesis in textile technology, Emanuel Gunnarsson presents unique solutions to the bottleneck that has long inhibited the market.

Swedish School of Textiles researchers break new ground in textile technology

The new Stelec project, funded by the EIC Pathfinder funding programme, enables basic research in textile technology. These include major technological breakthroughs in three areas to make e-textiles more sustainable.