Fashion Design Certificate | LaSalle College Istanbul

Fashion Design

Certificate
Certificate | Fashion Design

Preparation for the fashion world

Study at Turkey's first international design school, LaSalle College Istanbul, to take advantage of the school's experience and work in the industry's leading companies like many of our graduates.

Our Fashion Design Certificate Program offers an intensive curriculum, which will prepare you with the necessary skills of a successful, versatile, and innovative designer. Students learn how to carry out the main tasks of fashion designers, stylists, patternmakers, illustrators, and merchandisers. They learn, how to research future styles and trends based on historical knowledge, how to evaluate and choose fabrics, textures, and colours in order to create a collection of clothing that will meet the needs of different target markets.

This program also gives an opportunity to graduates in fashion design and related fields to improve their technical and employability skills and offer an opportunity to continue their education at our Fashion Design Diploma Program.


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The program, given in English, takes 9 months, consists of 3 terms and each term is 12 weeks. There are 11-week holidays in the Summer and 1-week holidays between the terms.

Our students who successfully complete their education are entitled to receive the Fashion Design Certificate. Graduates have the right to continue their studies in our Fashion Design Diploma program


This program starts in January, April, and October every year.
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • InDesign
  • Possibility to continue our diploma education
  • Possibility of international student exchange between the schools of the LCI Education network
  • Opportunity to continue in our Fashion Design diploma program by exempting from the courses and to have a dual completion document with an apostilled diploma sent by Canada and a certificate issued by Beykoz University
  • Industry software tools, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and InDesign
  • Technical knowledge and skills related to the philosophy of design
  • Ability to design by understanding the customer's request and transfer the concepts to the customer or firm
  • Understanding and applying design disciplines such as design, production, marketing by learning from the experts on this field
  • Gain technical and creative skills to design fashion products that meet demanding requirements not only aesthetically, but also in terms of sustainability, creativity, and quality
  • Integrating technical knowledge and skills related to design philosophy
  • Strong theoretical and practical knowledge
  • Education at international standards with the education curriculum created according to industry requirements
  • Career services support for professional development

Term 1

  • Graphic Process Application and Visual Presentation
  • Composition of Simple Garments
  • Assembling Principles of Simple Garments
  • Work Task Management
  • Study and Utilization of Raw Materials

Term 2

  • Composition of Various Garments
  • Assembling Principles for Various Garments
  • Fashion Concepts
  • Style Research by Draping
  • Fashion Phenomena
  • Research of Materials for Garment

Term 3

  • Composition of Elaborated Garments
  • Garment Feasibility
  • Fashion Product Development
  • Distinct Fashion Concepts
  • Styles Evaluation through Draping
  • Fashion & Society

This education is suitable for all candidates who have just graduated from high school; those who have completed their education in other branches at the university, but do not want to work in that field; those who have not been able to study fashion design for various reasons, but who have remained unfulfilled desire; those who would like to complete their education at international standards in Istanbul and start their professional life as a professional.

There is no aptitude test or score assessment is made before our education, and our students are selected by conducting an interview. During the interviews, their passions for the related education, and their acceptance conditions are evaluated. Students who pass the interview and the English Placement Exam may complete their registration.

Contact us by filling out an information request form to evaluate your registration situation and discuss your career target!

This program is offered in English. The acceptance level is upper-intermediate (B2)

We assess English levels by testing our potential students if they are not native English speakers. Based on the results of this exam, we place students in our prep class if necessary. Students can share English level documents such as IELTS or TOEFL.

You may contact us if you need support to increase your English communication skills.