Fashion Schools in Cairo

The Fashion Studio 

is a collective of industry professionals, offering a series of courses that allow students to build industry-grade portfolios as well as giving them the opportunity to showcase and feature their work to a variety of brands, blogs and magazines. All courses apply efficient methods to organizing research, sourcing visual information, and ultimately preparing students for future employment and academic opportunities in the creative world. 

The Fashion Studio is the only collective in Cairo that offers a practical, hands-on experience in the field of fashion. All courses are tailored to outlines similar to those at top international fashion schools. The Fashion Studio is well aware of the quality of portfolios required by such institutions, and aids students in compiling their material within that standard. Course fees are substantially less than other similar workshops offered as the collective’s primary goal is to educate and expand into a quality network of professionals spanning all creative fields. 

The Fashion Studio is a collaboration between the collective and A-muse Lifestyle Concept store. With classes taking place in A-muse’s gallery space, students are given the chance to learn in a real-life fashion and creative environment.

"The principle goal of creative education is to create artists who are capable 

of doing new things, not simply 

repeating what other generations 

have done"

  

Fashion and Design Center's story

After many years of experience the Fashion Design School in Cairo, currently under the Ministry of Industry and Technological Development, is collaborating with the Istituto di Moda Burgo (Italy), the Italian Fashion design school, with 40 years experience has made possible to establish a new branch in Cairo in order to create new professional expert in the Fashion Field.

Teachers

The teachers have been selected from the most professional people in the sector, moreover the Center has got already and will be visited by Italian experts periodically in order to follow up the accomplishment of Istituto di Moda Burgo's programs and because of their innovative ideas they will improve the teaching method in order to provide the most efficient knowledge to all our students.

The goal

This is the main goal of the Fashion and Design Centre to have the same kind of European Fashion reality and allow Cairo to become a world landmark and a cosmopolitan, modern and dynamic city.

In the near future, furthermore, we will be able to increase the number of qualified people ready to work in the Fashion Industries, who will receive an original Diploma from Istituto di Moda Burgo, signed by Mr. Fernando Burgo himself, and which is valid all over the world.

Books

Our courses are in the vanguard, thanks to our educational materials, brought up to date by Istituto di Moda Burgo's expert represents what's the best in our market.

The educational material which consists of books, rulers and drawing curves are created and edited by Fernando Burgo himself.

Examination

At the end of the year the student will have an examination through external fashion experts, to who he/she will present a collection of 12/15 fashion design together with flat drawings, for the Fashion design one.

For the pattern making examination instead the student has to be able to bring a complete finished garment, plus a book of pattern she/she has created during the academic year.

Special Project

The Fashion and Design Centre has moreover undertaken special project for training and consultation in Saint Katherine ( in South Sinai) and Siwa ( Western Egyptian Desert) to maintain and develop the Cultural Dress Heritage , through courses for Fashion Design and Pattern Making for the Bedouins and the Berbers women living in the desert.

The result obtained was the creation of a collection unique in its kind to be marketable in Europe, which has been already celebrated twice in Sharm El Sheik in September 2003 in Moovempick Conference Centre and in May 2004 in the extraordinary venue of Sound and Light in the Pyramids, event which was organized under the Auspices of H.E. Mrs. Suzanne Mubarack, and to which participated Egyptian Ministers and the Italian Ambassador H.E. Antonio Badini together with Ambassadors of the different European Countries and all the Egyptian and Italian Cultural world, with the honour of having as guest the famous Italian Fashion House Missoni, which presented his fiftieth year anniversary collection, with a special caftans collection and some of the Fall/Winter 2005 collection.

The Fashion and Design Centre is in addition about to start new Projects in the Area of El Areesh (North Sinai) and Aswan ( Upper Egypt) in order to train other group of Bedouin Women whom are intending to develop and promote their unique and genuine styles.

For furher information please contact:

info@fashiondesigncenter.org

MSA

The Faculty of Arts and Design at October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA) is not just a new Faculty but also a new concept in Arts and Design education. It addresses several significant changes that the Egyptian society have undergone in the 21st century and the fierce competition introduced by trade liberalization creating a new demand for ingenious specialists capable of producing attractive functional products, and the means to market them. On the other hand there has been a considerable shift in high school graduates interest towards literary studies. The number of those high school graduates represents around 75% of the total number of high school graduates. They require a variety of college education options that fit their needs and provide them with prospects of employment opportunities. The Faculty of Arts and Design responds to the job market demand for creative individuals capable of working in diverse fields such as product and packaging designs in a wide range of industries. Of special importance to the Egyptian economy is the role of these graduates in fashion, apparel, furniture, and consumer goods industries which are expanding for both local, regional and international markets

Fashion

First Semester - Introductory Courses (General)

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Pre -Requisites

DSN101 Introduction to Design Culture 3 None

DSN102 Design Basics: Form & Color 4 None

DSN103 Design Basics: Drawing 3 None

CS100 Introduction to Information Technology 4 None

ENG101 English for Academic Purposes 4 None

18 

Second Semester - Introductory Courses (General)

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Pre -Requisites

DSN105 Design Basics: Letterforms & Typography 3 None

CSV106 2D Digital visualization Studio 3 None

CSV107 Introduction to Interactivity and Media Art 3 None

ARCH101 Technical Drawing I 3 None

MTH105 Basic Mathematics 3 None

ENG102 English for Study Skills 4 None

19 

Third Semester - Fashion Design

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Pre-Requisites

ARCH201 Technical Drawing II :Introduction to CAD 3 CS100 & AECH101

CSV206 3D Design visualization studio 3 CSV106

FSHN261 Fashion design history 3 

FSHN270 Textile laboratory 3 

FSHN272 Textile materials for fashion 3 

ENG201 English for research purposes 4 ENG102

19 

Forth Semester - Fashion Design

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Pre-Requisites

FSHN251 Fashion design I 3 

FSHN281 Fashion design studio 3 

FSHN262 Fashion history , culture , society 3 FSHN261

FSHN232 Fashion digital studio I 3 CSV205

FSHN271 Apparel construction I 3 

MKT201 Principles of marketing 3 

18 

Fifth Semester - Fashion Design

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Pre-Requisites

FSHN351 Fashion design II 3 FSHN251

FSHN358 Fashion design studio II 3 FSHN251

FSHN355 Apparel design I : Flat Pattern 3 FSHN271

FSHN365 Culture and historical costume 3 FSHN262

DSN355 Communication design 3 FSHN251

15 

Sixth Semester - Fashion Design

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Pre-Requisites

FSHN382 Fashion design studio III 3 FSHN381

FSHN356 Apparel design II : Draping 3 FSHN355

DSN Elective Subject Elective I 3 

FSHN331 Computer-aided Apparel design 3 FSHN232

FSHN371 Apparel construction II 3 FSHN355

DSN385 Communication design studio 3 DSN355

18 

Seventh Semester - Fashion Design

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Pre-Requisites

FSHN443 User interaction techniques in design 3 

DSN451 Fashion merchandising and buying 3 

FSHN441 Lifestyle marketing strategies 3 MKT201

FSHN405 Graduation project I 4 Senior standing

H/S Elective Humanities and social sciences 3 ENG 101

16 

Eighth Semester - Fashion Design

Course Code Course Title Credit Hours Pre-Requisites

DSN Elective II Subject elective II 3 Junior standing

FSHN444 Forecasting fashion & apparel trends 3 FSHN443

DSN455 Product branding 3 MKT201

FSHN406 Graduation project II 6 FSHN405

15 

Total 

138 

Career Opportunities

Apparel Buyer 

Fashion Illustrator 

Patternmaker 

Clothing Production Assistant 

Merchandiser 

Designer 

Fashion Stylist 

Retail Store Manager 

Fashion Trainer 

Apparel Salesperson