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Programme structure for Years 3 and 4

In Years 3 and 4 at AFMI, you will continue to develop your talents. In semester 5 you will dive deeper within your chosen specialisation. In semesters 6 and 7 you will do a minor and an internship in no particular order, and you will spend the last semester of your studies completing a graduation project.

Internship

In the second half of your third year (Semester 6) and the first half of your fourth year (Semester 7), you will do a 20-week full-time internship at a fashion company. AMFI has many contacts with companies for internships, but you can also look for an internship yourself, either in the Netherlands or abroad.

Minors

Minors are semester-length (six-month) courses that allow you to gain broader or more in-depth knowledge during your third (Semester 6) or fourth (Semester 7) year of study. You can choose to take a minor worth 30 ECTS (or 2 minors worth 15 ECTS each) at AMFI, in another AUAS degree programme, at another university of applied sciences or at a research university. You have a lot of freedom of choice, but each minor does have specific entry requirements.

Read more about Minors at AUAS.

AMFI offers the following minors:

  • Exchange: six months of study abroad
  • Fashion & Visual Culture: analysis and production of images and films
  • Fashion & Denim: denim and jeans innovation; from fabric to brand
  • Fashion Marketing Innovation: understanding consumers, developing innovative marketing
  • 3D Hypercraft: designing with digital 3D pattern techniques
  • Independent Fashion Magazines minor: creating a new issue of Garment magazine
  • Fashion Theories minor: in-depth fashion theory

Graduation project

In your final semester of study, you will work independently on a graduation project within Fashion & Management, Fashion & Branding or Fashion & Design. This might be:

  • A thesis on an issue faced by the business sector or a research topic of your choice that is important to the fashion industry.
  • A communication campaign for a fashion brand; to encourage consumers to consume responsibly, for example.
  • Designing your own fashion collection.

Read the course catalogue for more information on studying the Fashion & Management, Fashion & Design and Fashion & Branding specialisations at AMFI.

Diploma and title

After completing your studies at AMFI – Amsterdam Fashion Institute, you will receive a diploma in Fashion & Textile Technologies. This is the official CROHO name of the programme. You may use the title Bachelor of Science (BSc.).

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