Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology

Talent Development:
Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology has long adhered to the tenet of Arts and Crafts Fusion in talent cultivation. In BIFT, teaching and scientific research have been highly integrated, and special teaching and research platforms have been constructed, in and out of the university, with the aim of cultivating high-level design talents; more specifically, cultivating the talents with both Chinese cultural literacy and global vision. To strengthen students' theoretical level and research ability, and encourage students to take part in research projects and enhance their practical ability, BIFT has built a comprehensive talent training program and curriculum system, which has integrated study, research, production and utility.


International Communication:
As a window for the international exchange in Beijing, we have deepening international cooperation, and cultivating fashion designers with global eyesight. We are aimed at becoming a leader of fashion design in Beijing, and found an international clothing design association, with China as its host country. And we have established an international fashion design expert think-tank. teachers and students are encouraged to participate in international academic conferences, exhibitions and fashion weeks. We have held exhibitions to promote our research and educational accomplishments to overseas. To strengthen our influence in the industry, we have organized many events and projects, including the International Youth Designer Competition, Beijing International Jewelry Art Exhibition, and the International Jewelry Design University League.


Jewelry department and School of Fashion & Accessory Art and Engineering:
From the early primitive society to the extension of the highly developed technology in the process of modernization, fashion culture accumulated human creative wisdom.
Entering the Twenty-first Century, the rapid growth of information, technology and economy have accelerated the development of the world, which has brought unprecedented opportunities and challenges to us. Under this background, School of Fashion & Accessory Art and Engineering, Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology has been established, aiming to build a distinctive, professional and world-class fashion school. Since its establishment, it is the only design school that focuses on the development of fashion and accessory industry in China. Focused on design science, our school is devoted to the construction of an open and innovative design school with the high starting point, high-level and high integration and disciplines with characteristics of fundamental, comprehensive, intercrossing and international. We emphasize the important role that multi-discipline research, integration of technology and innovation play in teaching and scientific research. We have built a collaborative and innovative matrix structure in teaching and scientific research. From the horizontal point of view, it consists of Jewelry Design Teaching Department, Shoes & Hats & Bags Design Teaching Department, Textile Design Teaching Department, Accessories Design Teaching Department, Product Design Teaching Department and Industrial Design Teaching Department. Vertically we have set up fundamental research platforms, composed of innovative design thinking research center, color design research center, new materials design research center, design theories research center, ergonomics research center and crafts innovation research Bcenter, which are responsible for teaching and research in common design and technology.

School of Fashion & Accessory Art and Engineering comprises three majors:
Clothing & Accessory Design (Fashion & Accessory Design), Product Design and Industrial Design.

Clothing & Accessory Design (Fashion & Accessory Design) is one of the first batches of Beijing municipal first-rate characteristic specialities and includes four professional directions which are Jewelry Design, Suitcases and Handbags Design, Shoes Design and Accessory Design. On the one hand, we are exploring and studying the trend of industrial development; On the other hand, we focus on industrial needs and cultivate innovative and integrated design talents that meet the needs of clothing and accessory industry development.


Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology holds Beijing International Jewelry Exhibition every two years, it is a platform for communication and interaction in the international art jewelry world.
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