Bachelor programme in Fashion Design and Costume Design
The Design department offers a professionally oriented, three-year Bachelor’s programme in clothing design and costume design. During their studies, students choose one of these two fields as a specialisation.
The specialisation in clothing design provides the foundation for professional practice. The programme uses a forward-looking approach that explores both the cultural and the commercial aspects of clothing as a form of temporal and social expression. The programme has the ambition to set a benchmark in fashion education.
The specialisation in costume design provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to design costumes for theatre, dance, opera, television and film. The programme emphasises the combining of technique, form, material and concept in a single creative process. The course involves close cooperation with the departments of theatre, opera and dance.
The Bachelor’s programme in clothing and costume design builds on subject-relevant traditions, and involves the interdisciplinary integration of humanistic, aesthetic, technological, scientific and commercial subjects. Close attention is paid to society’s needs for various design services, sustainable development and commercial design.
See Designavgang: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Programme description
Programme description not available in English. Language of instruction is Norwegian.
Course structure
| Course code | Course name | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|
| DE101 | Drawing, Form and Colour 1 | 5 |
| DE102 | Art and Design History 1 | 5 |
| DE103 | Drawing, Form and Colour 2 | 5 |
| KK101 | Introduction to materials, tools and techniques | 15 |
| KK102 | Body: Form and Idea | 5 |
| KK103 | Colour and material | 5 |
| KK104 | Design concept and method | 10 |
| KK105 | Theory and History of Costume and Fashion | 5 |
| KK106 | Theory, History and Method of Costume Design | 5 |
| Course code | Course name | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|
| DE201 | Art and Design Theory 1 | 5 |
| DE204 | Art and Design History 2 | 5 |
| KK201 | Materials and transformation | 15 |
| KK204 | Placement/professional practice | 10 |
| KK205 | Perspective and Identity | 15 |
| KK202 | Costume- and Concept Development | 10 |
| KK203 | Knitwear and Collection Development | 10 |
| Course code | Course name | ECTS Credits |
|---|---|---|
| DE302 | Art and Design Theory 2 | 5 |
| DE303 | Art and Design Theory 3 | 5 |
| KK303 | Individual project | 10 |
| KK304 | Professional practice and communication | 5 |
| KK350 | Bachelor project | 20 |
| KK301 | Klær i kontekst | 15 |
| KK302 | Costume design project | 15 |
Exchange
These exchange agreements are valid for bachelor programme in fashion design and costume design:
Admissions
The application deadline is April 01, 2026 23:59
About the Design department
The Design department offers both Master’s and Bachelor’s programmes in graphic design, illustration, clothing design, costume design, interior architecture and furniture design.
The department has excellent workshop facilities, and its small classes are highly conducive to training independently-minded practitioners who do not simply regurgitate the academic discourse, but rather challenge it in ways that develop their discipline and society as a whole. This is an important role for a public institution in an educational landscape where the number of design courses is constantly growing.
The Design department started life as Statens håndverks- og industriskole (Oslo National College of Art and Design) (SHKS), founded in 1818. The department is constantly seeking to develop the legacy and craft traditions of the SHKS, and regards its various workshop facilities as central to this effort.