Curriculum

The purpose of the education is, on an artistic and scientific basis, to educate students who can participate in design practice, including as a fashion designer.

During the education, students learn to research, analyze, experiment and explore a product based on solid craft skills such as pattern design, sewing technique, draping and shaping. After graduation, the students will be able to take on jobs in the fashion industry and be able to offer quality at the highest level both nationally and internationally. The students acquire the necessary skills and knowledge to start their own business, be employed in the fashion industry or assert themselves at a high creative level. The goal of the education is thus to educate completed, rounded and experienced designers who are ready to take on jobs in the industry directly after completing the education.

Through the education, SAFD seeks to develop aesthetic, creative and technical prerequisites to be able to strengthen the student in his work and to be able to take a stand. The education has the task of opening up new horizons and thereby stimulating the students to innovate in their design process. Fashion and trends are constantly moving in rapid shifts to keep consumers interested. The students must be curious, investigative and experimental. Their clothes and design must reflect society and bear the mark of an immersion in it. Art, culture, society, aesthetics and philosophy are areas that are explored in depth.

In the teaching process, the students are challenged to exceed their own limits, to create new forms, material treatments and color combinations. The goal is to achieve innovative combinations and reinterpretations of the already existing through craftsmanship skills. Through the research and the drawing process, the students get a basic insight into inspiration, form and depth, elements which are indispensable for moving forward in the design process. The aim is for the students to be able to combine their natural creative aspect with the technical, so that the problems that the business world will ask them can be solved in an extremely professional manner. At the same time, it will be the students’ duty to contribute to modern society with innovation, quality and sustainability.

The education at SAFD qualifies the graduate to be able to independently handle the work of organizing and carrying out tasks within textiles, clothing and design. At the end of the 6th semester, the student must fulfill the education’s learning outcomes for knowledge, skills and competences.

• Must have development-based knowledge of the methods and practices of the fashion industry and design areas and central applied theory within aesthetics, trends and design culture.
• Must have an understanding of practice and central applied theory and methods in a design process with the aim of developing sustainable solutions.
• Must have knowledge of work techniques, methods, materials and tools, including an understanding of the craftsmanship, artistic and communicative aspects in different cultural contexts.
• Must have development-based knowledge of applied theory and method in relation to target groups and the importance of the market for the design process.

• Must be able to shape and visualize design proposals as well as abstract over form, materials and tools within the fashion industry.
• Must be able to use the design field’s methods, tools, materials and the skills associated with the profession and industry.
• Must be able to assess and communicate the design field’s issues and possible solutions to colleagues and generalists.
• Must be able to master a personal artistic expression in design and proposal making.
• Must be able to communicate practical issues and proposed solutions, including using industry-related terms and terminology.

• Must be able to handle development-based situations in study or work contexts.
• Must be able to take part in professional and interdisciplinary collaboration with a professional approach.
• Must be able to acquire new knowledge, skills and competences in relation to fashion and design in a structured context.
• Must be able to assess and choose between the design subject’s methods, technologies and theories and apply these in connection with own proposed solutions.
• Must be able to handle complex and development-oriented professional tasks and apply known knowledge innovatively with a view to creating renewal and development within the profession.

SAFD is a private higher education institution with around 70-90 students, and the environment at the school is open, inviting and creative. The educational institution must be a good place for everyone, and it is run on a set of shared values based on trust, transparency, respect for the individual and for multicultural diversity. We consider it okay to fail, and we talk to, and not about, each other.

As the school is a relatively small institution, we encourage students to participate in social events with other students and to seek advice from previous cohorts.

During the course, the students will be introduced to new topics and working methods, and they will receive valuable teaching and feedback from the lecturers. The students are expected to participate actively and respect deadlines, both for their own sake and that of their fellow students.

It is very important that students as well as staff look after the school’s premises and facilities so that the surroundings are pleasant to be in and that the surroundings are an inspiring study environment.

Classes start in mid-August and end at the end of June. It is calculated approx. 10 hours of homework per week in addition to normal teaching hours. The teaching hours are from Monday to Friday at 9.00 – 14.30 incl. ½ hour lunch break, and teaching is in Danish and English. The academic year starts in mid-August and ends at the end of June and follows the regular school holidays and holidays (but no winter holidays).

The teaching follows the current dates of the semester plan, just as the semester follows the dates mentioned in the semester plan. The school assumes that the student has access to a sewing machine outside the school as well as their own computer or laptop. The school has design and copyright for work carried out under the auspices of the school.

In connection with the end of each semester, it is particularly important that the students are aware of removing their belongings from the classrooms. It is therefore important that the students take everything of personal value with them after they have emptied both their desks in the classroom and their lockers, as this will otherwise be removed. It is further important that all students ensure that they have a copy of all locally stored personal files from the school computers, as the computers are cleaned and restarted after each school year.

All information is shared on SAFD’s intranet.

All students at SAFD will be given an account to access the intranet, as well as an e-mail account.

It is the students’ own responsibility to keep up to date on the intranet daily. The intranet is used by the administration and teaching staff to communicate all relevant information about schedule changes, deadlines, exam times and dates for training or social events.

It is also mandatory to keep up-to-date on the intranet daily, even when you are not at SAFD, for example during the time set aside for doing annual tests, graduation projects or in an internship.

SAFD has full rights to use all material created by the students to promote the school, both in written media, on TV and online. The teachers at the school have every right to use previous students’ works in their daily lectures as examples and to boost inspiration.

The students have every right to use their own work for their personal portfolio, on their private website or in their own job/internship application, etc. With respect for the student’s copyright, SAFD has the ownership right to the results or products that appear in connection with a task solution.

During the school year, there will be ongoing costs for materials and study trips. Upon registration and admission, the student has undertaken to pay tuition fees for the entire program with the exceptions that follow below.

• Cancellation before the start of the school year: Deposit of 5.000 DKK.
• Cancellation during the first 2 months after the start of the 1st semester: the current semester’s tuition fee.
• If you withdraw after the first 2 months after the start of the first semester, the tuition fee for the entire program must be paid.

Withdrawal from the program takes effect from the date on which a written withdrawal is received.

The education fee totals 220.000 DKK, which is due in the following installments:

The school reserves the right to adjust the price figures for the education fee once a year.

The semester follows the dates mentioned in the semester plan. On the dates not written in the semester plan, the school is closed. If the school is closed due to fire or other force majeure, the school is released from liability, as it is beyond the school’s control.

Feedback from students is absolutely essential for us to develop the quality of our education. Therefore, we carry out ongoing evaluations as part of ensuring the quality of the education and creating a study environment that promotes learning. The input from the various evaluations ensures ongoing and systematic involvement of students and beneficiaries and contributes to ensuring the quality of the education’s knowledge base, level and content as well as relevance.

The following evaluations are carried out annually:

• Study Start
• Study/Subject
• Alumni