Undergraduate in Design
Fashion Design
In a compromise between thinking and doing, students explore their creativity and leadership, developing critical skills, manual techniques and digital processes. We challenge the new generation to discover their creative identity, embracing the issues of sustainability and circularity, with a sense of social, economic and environmental responsibility.
Profile
Critical, practice-based and contextual learning
Objectives
- Create dynamic learning environments, enhancing different expressions of identity and modes of action and stimulating critical thinking and autonomy.
- Develop different methodological, reflective and contextual approaches, introducing the debate on different scenarios and actors in the Fashion system.
- Provide laboratory project practice based on drawing and materialization in the studio.
- Cultivate an ethical and critical approach, valuing knowledge of history and heritage and awareness of the challenges for the future.
- Promote civic and design participation attentive to sustainability and local and global dynamics.
Structure, content and learning progression
Curriculum
HC - Contact hours · ECTS - European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System
Professional Future
Fashion designer for collection development and graphics — Product and textile collection designer — Fashion producer and stylist — Product manager — Design researcher
Teaching, practice and research
Faculty
Dialogue between design, industry and culture
Ecosystem
A collaborative approach and a network of dynamic partners ensure the promotion of critical and technological thinking, challenging the limits of conventional thinking. ESAD Fashion Design has established itself as a platform for dialogue between the creative design process, industry, culture and society. Partnerships extend our mission, exploring close relationships with local and national organisations. We intend to continue identifying new initiatives to connect the academic community to new opportunities in the industry.
- Troficolor • Novoli
- Valérius Têxteis
- Câmara Municipal de Matosinhos
- Incubadora da Fábrica de Santo Thyrso
- Museu do Design
- Portugal Fashion
- Citeve
- Lemar
- Tintex
Enriching lives, opening minds
Erasmus+
Erasmus+, funded by the European Commission, is the EU's flagship program for education, training, youth, and sport. It aims to boost personal and professional development for all Europeans. This can involve student exchanges, vocational training placements, or even adult learning programs. Erasmus+ also encourages collaboration between organizations across Europe to share knowledge and drive innovation in these fields.
Undergraduate 2025–2026
Calendar
Atividades letivas
● 1.º semestre · 22.09.2025 — 21.01.2026
● 2.º semestre · 09.02 — 23.06.2026
School closures
● Natal e Ano Novo · 22.12.2025 — 02.01.2026
● Carnaval · 16 — 18.02.2026
● Páscoa · 30.03 — 06.04.2026
● Queima das Fitas · 04 — 08.05.2026
● Sr. Matosinhos · 25 — 26.05.2026
Assessments
Publication
● 1.º semestre · 22 — 26.01.2026
● 2.º semestre · 25.06 — 02.07.2026
Exams
● Época de recurso — 1.º semestre — Inscrição · 27 — 28.01.2026
● Época de recurso — 1.º semestre · 30.01 — 06.02.2026
● Época de recurso — 2.º semestre — Inscrição · 03 — 06.07.2026
● Época de recurso — 2.º semestre · 06 — 18.07.2026
● Época especial — Inscrição · 03 — 04.09.2026
● Época especial · 08 — 18.09.2026
Statutes
● Pedidos estatutos especiais — 1.º semestre · 22.09 — 31.10.2025
● Apresentação do pedidos de mudança de turma — 1.º semestre · 22.09 — 09.10.2025
● Apresentação do pedido de cancelamento da inscrição — 1.º semestre · 22.09 — 09.10.2025
● Entrega dos pedidos de estatuto de estudantes com necessidades educativas especiais · 22.09 — 22.10.2025
● Pedidos estatutos especiais — 2.º semestre · 09 — 27.02.2026
● Apresentação do pedidos de mudança de turma — 2.º semestre · 09 — 20.02.2026
● Apresentação do pedido de cancelamento da inscrição — 2.º semestre · 09 — 20.02.2026
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Scholarships
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Applications and Admissions
Administrative Services
Contacts
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Opening hours — Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm and from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. (In August, the morning opening time is 9:00 am.)
Undergraduate
The change that generates changes is taught and learned.
By studying at ESAD, you will have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals and make use of the school’s laboratories. You will explore and master a range of processes, tools, and technologies, both analogue and digital. The undergraduate programmes develop creative and technical skills, fostering critical thinking, collaboration, and autonomy. They prepare you to act with flexibility, responsibility, and innovation, positioning you at the centre of change.