Japan Institute of Culture and Fashion , was first established in 1919. Cultural Fashion College is one of the world's top ten fashion design colleges and universities that only focus on fashion design. At present, it is the cradle college of fashion designers with the highest popularity in Asia, and it is also the earliest fashion school founded in Japan.

The authoritative international fashion consulting platform BoF (Business of Fashion) released the latest ranking of the world's top ten fashion schools in the second half of 2016. Among them, both undergraduate and graduate students majoring in fashion design of the Japanese Institute of Culture and Fashion are within the top 10 in the world, and it is the only institution in Asia that has been listed in the top 10. Other colleges and universities in the Top 10 list of global fashion design include: Central Saint Martin (CSM) London Fashion Institute (LCF), Parsons Brimuda Fashion College (Polimoda), New York Fashion Institute (FIT).

Bunka Fashion College, Tokyo Shibuya District Yoyogi, is one of the world's top ten fashion design colleges and universities that only focus on fashion design. At present, it is the cradle of fashion designers with the highest popularity in Asia, and also the earliest fashion school founded in Japan.

The college is supported by the clothing industry of all countries in the world and Japan, and has a very close cooperation relationship with large enterprises in relevant industries in the world. More than 500 large enterprises from all over the world have reached long-term cooperation with the college. For the annual clothing show of the school cultural festival, relevant industries and manufacturers at home and abroad provide first-class materials and support to make the performance more excellent.

The college attaches great importance to each person's innate qualifications, cultivates their originality, expands their vision to reach an international outlook, and uses the world as a stage to display. The focus of the college teachers is to actively develop teaching courses that can be used all over the world and provide students with various opportunities in order to actually achieve the above goals.

The college has cultivated a number of excellent fashion designers and won a high reputation in the industry. The college has a collection of more than 20000 pieces of clothing museum and a library still used by graduates, with substantial and up-to-date facilities and teaching equipment. Fashion themed cultural festivals, overseas research and other activities are held every year. Every year, it also attracts a large number of students and scholars from all over the world who come to study for a short or long time.

Tuition of Japanese Culture and Fashion Institute:

The tuition fees and various expenses of the Institute of Culture and Fashion are "rare" among Japanese colleges and universities. The annual tuition fees of more than one million yen and miscellaneous fees of hundreds of thousands of yen, combined with the high price level in Tokyo, the cost of studying abroad is more than twice that of public universities and even private universities in other countries. And for scholarships, foreigners have relatively high application threshold and low application success rate. All expenses should be calculated for the preparation of the application for studying abroad. The Japanese government is about to levy a consumption tax of up to 8% (previously 4%) on consumers in April 2014. Applicants should focus on the time of application, tuition payment and purchase of various materials to avoid unnecessary expenses.

Ranking of Japanese Culture and Fashion Institute:

In the 2010 ranking of major universities in the world's fashion design colleges, it was followed by Italy's Marangoni Institute of Fashion Design, Britain's Central Saint Martin Institute of Art and Design, and the Parsons Institute of Design in the United States. France's ESMOD International Institute of Fashion Design ranked fifth in the world, and it was the only one in Asia to enter the top ten.

School environment and evaluation

Bunka Fashion College, Tokyo Shibuya District Yoyogi, is one of the world's top ten fashion design colleges and universities that only focus on fashion design. At present, it is the cradle of fashion designers with the highest popularity in Asia, and also the earliest fashion school founded in Japan.

Disciplines of Japan Institute of Culture and Fashion:

Specialized courses in clothing, fashion engineering, fashion circulation and fashion technology;

The college has relevant subjects available for study in relevant branches of fashion design and clothing industry, such as specialized courses in fashion engineering for garment production expertise and technology, fashion circulation courses for cultivating talents in a wide range of fields such as commodity circulation, trafficking and information, and specialized courses in fashion technology for learning technologies such as shoes, bags, hats and jewelry production. The graduates of the School of Culture are very active not only in China, but also in the world's fashion industry.

Specialized courses of clothing

1. Clothing Department

The two-year course is a comprehensive study of basic garment production, knowledge and technology. Contents such as design, plate making, cloth sewing, design painting, etc.

2. Clothing Research Department

It is targeted at graduates from universities, short term universities and colleges. In a short period of one year, from design to plate making, sewing, matching, and even commodity planning, we will actually operate and learn.

3. Clothing Specialization Section

In the specialized clothing course set up as an advanced course, students will learn more professional skills in line with their own goals.

a. Design Specialization

Improve free creativity, imagination, and performance skills, with the goal of cultivating designers with rich perceptual strength.

b. Technical Specialization

The goal is to cultivate technicians with high degree of completion in punching and sewing technology.

c. Advanced Uniform Ordering Specialization

Clothing production that meets each customer's preference, purpose and body shape, and learn their in-depth knowledge and advanced technology.

4. | | Department (Night) Clothing Department

The two-year course is a comprehensive study of basic garment production, knowledge and technology. Contents such as design, board making, cloth sewing, design painting, etc.

Specialized courses in fashion engineering

1. Fashion highly specialized division

Be able to comprehensively master the planning of the clothing industry and the selling strategy, and learn the basic knowledge of clothing in the first and second grades, while the third and fourth grades will strengthen their own specialty through cooperation and internship with enterprises.

2. Fashion Engineering Foundation

Learn the basic knowledge and technology of garment production, and divide it into 4 professional study groups from grade 2.

a. Garment Design Department

The goal is to become an internationally active designer and creator.

※ Men's wear design can be selected when you are in Grade 3.

b. Clothing Technology Department

Learn high level knowledge and skills of punching.

※ The production system department can be selected when upgrading to grade 3.

c. Commodity Planning Section

Including operation, planning, etc., to cultivate talents who can comprehensively plan the brand.

d. Knitting Design Department

Widely learn knitting and tailoring, and apply them to knitting clothes.

Fashion Circulation Course

1. International Fashion Business Planning Section

For the purpose of cultivating the comprehensive and planning positions of fashion related enterprises and entrepreneurs with business ideas, a curriculum outline will be set up every academic year. Grades 1 to 2 cultivate the ability of planning and filing, and grades 3 to 4 conceive their own graduation projects through internships.

2. Fashion Circulation Department

Grade 1 learns basic knowledge related to fashion and circulation. Grade 2 starts to divide into 5 special study groups to improve their respective majors and cultivate practical ability.

a. Overall Modeling Section

Learn the creativity and communication skills necessary for professionals.

b. Store Design Section

Cultivate professional shop assistants with high commodity knowledge and matching ability.

c. Retail Planning Section

Learn the knowledge from planning to store operation concretely and practically.

d. Fashion Model Department

Models who are active in fashion shows, TV and magazines and have rich personalities are targeted.

e. Fashion makeup department

Cultivate the practical ability of professional makeup artists who are the core of fashion.

f. Fashion Circulation Specialization Section

The fashion and circulation specialty offered by advanced courses is more specialized in professional knowledge and practical ability.

g. Fashion Director Specialization

Based on the "interest" in students' personality, realize everyone's diverse dreams.

3. Part II (Night) Fashion Circulation Department

Grade 1 learns the basics of fashion distribution and retail industry, and grade 2 begins to learn the planning and reporting of distribution and sales in retail industry through marketing.

Fashion Technology Specialized Course

1. Fashion Fabric Design Department

Focus on fabrics, and learn about the production of various fabrics such as dyeing, weaving, printing, and other materials and processing methods. From the production cost to the planning of sales channels, the production of original products, etc., will actually operate.

2. Fashion Commodity Basic Department

Grade 1 learns the comprehensive basis of commodities, and grade 2 begins to divide into special groups.

a. Hat&Jewelry Design Section

Refine your taste in modeling and cultivate the creators of new products.

b. Bag Design Section

The goal is to be a package creator with high skills and knowledge.

c. Shoes Design Department

Be aware of market trends, and cultivate originality at the same time.

The college has relevant subjects available for study in relevant branches of fashion design and clothing industry, such as specialized courses in fashion engineering for garment production expertise and technology, fashion circulation courses for cultivating talents in a wide range of fields such as commodity circulation, trafficking and information, and specialized courses in fashion technology for learning technologies such as shoes, bags, hats and jewelry production. The graduates of the School of Culture are very active not only in China, but also in the world's fashion industry.

Specialized courses of clothing

1. Clothing Department

The two-year course is a comprehensive study of basic garment production, knowledge and technology. Contents such as design, plate making, cloth sewing, design painting, etc.

2. Clothing Research Department

It is targeted at graduates from universities, short term universities and colleges. In a short period of one year, from design to plate making, sewing, matching, and even commodity planning, we will actually operate and learn.

3. Clothing Specialization Section

In the specialized clothing course set up as an advanced course, students will learn more professional skills in line with their own goals.

a. Design Specialization

Improve free creativity, imagination, and performance skills, with the goal of cultivating designers with rich perceptual strength.

b. Technical Specialization

The goal is to cultivate technicians with high degree of completion in punching and sewing technology.

c. Advanced Uniform Ordering Specialization

Clothing making that meets each customer's preference, purpose and body shape, and learning their in-depth knowledge and advanced technology.

4. | | Department (Night) Clothing Department

The two-year course is a comprehensive study of basic garment production, knowledge and technology. Contents such as design, board making, cloth sewing, design painting, etc.

Specialized courses in fashion engineering

1. Fashion highly specialized division

Be able to comprehensively master the planning of the clothing industry and the selling strategy, and learn the basic knowledge of clothing in the first and second grades, while the third and fourth grades will strengthen their own specialty through cooperation and internship with enterprises.

2. Fashion Engineering Foundation

Learn the basic knowledge and technology of garment production, and divide it into 4 professional study groups from grade 2.

a. Garment Design Department

The goal is to become an internationally active designer and creator.

※ Men's wear design can be selected when you are in Grade 3.

b. Clothing Technology Department

Learn high level knowledge and skills of punching.

※ The production system department can be selected when upgrading to grade 3.

c. Commodity Planning Section

Including operation, planning, etc., to cultivate talents who can comprehensively plan the brand.

d. Knitting Design Department

Widely learn knitting and tailoring, and apply them to knitting clothes.

Fashion Circulation Course

1. International Fashion Business Planning Section

For the purpose of cultivating the comprehensive and planning positions of fashion related enterprises and entrepreneurs with business ideas, a curriculum outline will be set up every academic year. Grades 1 to 2 cultivate the ability of planning and filing, and grades 3 to 4 conceive their own graduation projects through internships.

2. Fashion Circulation Department

Grade 1 learns basic knowledge related to fashion and circulation. Grade 2 starts to divide into 5 special study groups to improve their respective majors and cultivate practical ability.

a. Overall Modeling Section

Learn the creativity and communication skills necessary for professionals.

b. Store Design Section

Cultivate professional shop assistants with high commodity knowledge and matching ability.

c. Retail Planning Section

Learn the knowledge from planning to store operation concretely and practically.

d. Fashion Model Department

Models who are active in fashion shows, TV and magazines and have rich personalities are targeted.

e. Fashion makeup department

Cultivate the practical ability of professional makeup artists who are the core of fashion.

f. Fashion Circulation Specialization Section

The fashion and circulation specialty offered by advanced courses is more specialized in professional knowledge and practical ability.

g. Fashion Director Specialization

Based on the "interest" in students' personality, realize everyone's diverse dreams.

3. Part II (Night) Fashion Circulation Department

Grade 1 learns the basics of fashion distribution and retail industry, and grade 2 begins to learn the planning and reporting of distribution and sales in retail industry through marketing.

Fashion Technology Specialized Course

1. Fashion Fabric Design Department

Focus on fabrics, and learn about the production of various fabrics such as dyeing, weaving, printing, and other materials and processing methods. From the production cost to the planning of sales channels, the production of original products, etc., will actually operate.

2. Fashion Commodity Basic Department

Grade 1 learns the comprehensive basis of commodities, and grade 2 begins to divide into special groups.

a. Hat&Jewelry Design Section

Refine your taste in modeling and cultivate the creators of new products.

b. Bag Design Section

The goal is to be a package creator with high skills and knowledge.

c. Shoes Design Department

Be aware of market trends, and cultivate originality at the same time.

All examinations in culture have written tests and interviews. For colleges and universities, the written test content is Japanese+papers, which must be related to fashion.

interview:

The interview is three on three, three students and three teachers.

In college, a fabric design drawing will be added to the written examination, which will provide you with fabric to design three clothes, that is, hand painting; The college needs to bring a collection of works and three sets of clothes for the interview. The interview is three to one. Three teachers will give a ten minute talk about the design concept and technology of clothes according to the work they bring. The teacher will have detailed questions about the work.

As for ready to wear clothes, they are shaped and solid clothes that are needed in Japan. One theme needs to be designed in two or three sets, and one set is preferably one or two pieces. First design, then plate making, and then sewing. Readymade clothes are necessary, but they can not correspond to those in the works collection. The most important thing is the ability to make clothes.