Bachelor of Fashion Technology course is shortly called as B.F. Tech and this course extends to a period of four years. The course is designed for the purpose of training in the students in the core garment manufacturing sector with focus on best practices in information technology and apparel production. In most of the colleges, the course is offered with specialization in apparel production.

The course structure is designed in such a way that the institutes offering this course can offer the best professionals to the industry of fashion technology. Only a few colleges offer this course in India and the name of government institution offering this course is given below:

• National Institute of Fashion Technology

Content of the course:

In the Bachelor of Fashion Technology course offered by the National Institute of Fashion Technology, the first year of the course is geared to make students aware of the processes, concepts and theories and to build a strong foundation in technology, management and design for fashion industry. The second year of the course offers understanding on basic skills to understand construction of garments, production planning, software pertaining to apparel industry, statistical tools, manufacturing process and machinery and fabric properties. At the end of the second year, students are taken to textile industry for completion of internship programme.

In the third year of the course, candidates will be able to get a comprehensive understanding of IT applications, supply chain, skills for construction of specialized garments, management of trade, skills for production, planning and control and processing techniques. In this year, which includes fifth and sixth semester, students will have to undertake cluster internship at the end of fifth semester and appareal industry internship at the end of sixth semester. In the final and the fourth year of the course, candidates are taught to handle subjects pertaining to decision-making and they are offered an opportunity to choose from a number of electives including ergonomics, project management, e-commerce, advanced Java, etc…

Eligibility requirement:

For getting into the B.F. Tech course offered by the National Institute of Technology with specialization in Apparel Production, candidates must have completed their higher secondary of equivalent examination from a recognized board or university.

Higher studies after Bachelor of Fashion Technology:

After completion of B.F. Tech course, candidates can go for the following PG courses that are offered by the National Institute of Fashion Technology:

• Master of Fashion Technology

• Master of Fashion Management

• Master of Design

Careers after B.F. Tech:

The Bachelor of Fashion Technology course, equips the students with essential skills to pursue wide range of careers in different fields like:

• Network Management

• Database application

• Internet programming

• Intranet administration

• Software development

• System analysis

• Project analysis

• Sourcing

• Product development

• Industrial engineering

• Garment technology

• Quality assurance

• Production

They are able to find placement in IT related field since the course offers them knowledge pertaining to not only fashion industry, but also pertaining to IT industry as well. In addition, with the development of fashion technology industry, they can get a wide range of employment opportunities.