The Hochschule Niederrhein with its campuses in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach is the second largest university in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Prussian Higher Technical School for Textile Industry Mönchengladbach/Rheydt was founded in 1901. In 1971, with the establishment of the University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein, the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology was opened as a separate faculty in Mönchengladbach. With over 2,000 students, it is the largest textile faculty in Europe.

The combination of application-oriented research, practically oriented teaching, knowledge transfer and cooperation with regional, national and international industry enables studies with excellently trained graduates. Three Bachelor's and two Master's degree programmes (one of which is taught in English) with different textile fields of study and specialisations underline the international orientation towards global markets in the apparel sector as well as in the field of technical textiles from the fiber to the end product. Students also receive modern practical relevance in more than 30 laboratories and pilot plants.

There are a number of cooperation opportunities, which we would like to present below:

A double qualification is offered by the dual qualification program, the cooperative engineering education (KIA), which combines practical vocational training in a company (IHK training contract) and studies at the faculty. Students can thus be introduced to company processes at an early stage.
Apprentices who will be taught in the Textile Academy, which will then open on the Mönchengladbach campus, from 2018 onwards will thus be given additional prospects.

Companies have the opportunity to actively offer topics for studies and theses, project topics for the 5th semester and research work and thus recruit their young talent.

In the field of research activities, the in-institute "FTB - Research Institute for Textile and Clothing" with professors and staff of the faculty is successfully involved in many research projects and solution approaches for the textile industry. The eWeb Research Centre covers the areas of eBusiness, eCommerce and online trade.

Unique in Europe is the accredited textile testing institute (Public Textile Testing Institute of the Hochschule Niederrhein GmbH (ÖP)) located at the Hochschule Niederrhein. The ÖP mainly deals with questions and orders in the field of Textile and Clothing Technology. Examinations of personal protective equipment (PPE), textile medical products and products of textile service companies are part of the daily business, as are examinations of the industrial reprocessability and hygiene of textiles.

Sustainability is also a relevant topic in the textile and apparel industry and at the university. The university's EthNa Competence Centre CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) offers courses for students, graduates and companies who want to plan the design of ethically justifiable and sustainable processes.

In the future, the Fraunhofer Center for Textile Logistics will bundle the corresponding industry-specific activities in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics.

Textile training and continuing education courses for open and individual seminars and the industrial master's course in textile management will be conducted by professors and academic staff of the faculty in the Textile and Fashion Institute in Mönchengladbach (TFI), among others. The sponsor is the Textile and Fashion Network e.V. (TFN), the association of friends and sponsors of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology at the Hochschule Niederrhein in Mönchengladbach.

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The dual study format bridges the gap between academic education and apprenticeship, ensuring the best possible combination of theory and practice. Dual Engineering Training (KIA), the so-called "Krefeld Model" has been an established programme of study at the Hochschule Niederrhein since 1982. The Hochschule Niederrhein thus follows the mission and claim of universities of applied sciences to provide studies with a practical emphasis / orientation that lead directly to the graduates' employability. This is optimally fulfilled with the dual studies. During the first four semesters at the university, the training phases in the company and the study periods alternate. The advantage of the double qualification is that students can obtain both a degree in an apprenticeship recognized by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK) and a Bachelor's degree in a very short time.

The prerequisites are an Abitur or entrance qualification for universities of applied sciences as well as a KIA training contract with a company.

The Center Textile Logistics (CTL) is a cooperation between The Hochschule Niederrhein and the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund. Under the motto "Logistics for textiles - textiles for logistics", the CTL aims to combine the efforts of industry to apply innovative solutions in practical application and the interests of scientific partners in practice-related, current research topics in the field of textile logistics in the Lower Rhine region. Behind this are, on the one hand, the optimization of logistics processes in the textile industry and, on the other hand, Textile Technologies for Production and Logistics. The focus is on five lines of research:

• Sustainable textile logistics
• Textile logistics of the last mile
• Intralogistics and IT of the textile chain
• Textile logistics for smart clothing
• High-performance textiles in production and logistics

The Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology continues to develop consistently and is always oriented towards the requirements of global markets. This is also reflected in our international orientation and the German and English Degree programmes. In doing so, the faculty takes on the new challenges of the textile industry, such as globalization, technical requirements, pricing and design.

Expertise is available at all stages of the textile chain. According to the motto "From fiber to end product", teaching education and research are carried out in the faculty. Through the university's own laboratories and pilot plants, practical problems from industry can be discussed and analyzed. The aim is to achieve consistently application-oriented science in cooperation with the know-how of companies on the one hand and the profound theoretical knowledge of the university on the other.

A cooperation with the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology is possible in many ways. Depending on the type of cooperation, there are various options for a loose or closer collaboration. If you are interested in a cooperation, you can contact the professor responsible for the subject, the Office of the Dean or the contact person listed.

The following options exist for cooperation with students in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes

• 5th semester projects
• Dual studies
• Student assignments
• theses
• Research and development work

There is also the possibility to show a company presentation in the faculty.

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