The Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, with its facilities in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach, is the second biggest university in North Rhine-Westphalia. The “Preußische Höhere Fachschule für Textilindustrie Mönchengladbach/Rheydt” was established in 1901. In 1971, when the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences was founded, the faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology was opened as an individual department in Mönchengladbach. With more than 2,000 students, it is the largest textile faculty in Europe.

The combination of application-based research, practice-oriented teaching, knowledge transfer and cooperations with the regional, national and international economy enables a course of study producing highly qualified graduates. Three bachelor's and two master's degree programmes (one of them in English) with different textile-related core study areas and directions emphasize the international focus on global markets in the clothing sector as well as in the field of technical textiles, from the fiber to the final product. In addition, students receive up-to-date practical training in more than 30 laboratories and technical centers.

There are a number of opportunities for cooperations, which we would like to introduce below:

A double qualification is offered with the dual study course, the cooperative engineering training (KIA), which combines a practical apprenticeship in a company (IHK apprenticeship contract) and a course of study at the faculty. Thus, students can be introduced to business processes at an early stage.

Apprentices who will be taught at the newly opening Textile Academy on the campus in Mönchengladbach as of 2018, thus gain additional perspectives.

Companies have the opportunity to actively offer topics for study works, final theses, the projects in the 5th semester or research papers and thus recruit young talents.

Regarding research activities, the affiliate institute "FTB - Research Institute for Textile and Clothing", together with professors and employees of the faculty, is successfully involved in many research projects and solutions for the textile industry. The eWeb Research Center covers the areas eBusiness, eCommerce and online trading.

The accredited textile testing institute (Public Textile Testing Institute of the Hochschule Niederrhein GmbH (ÖP)), based at the Hochschule Niederrhein, is unique in its kind in Europe. The ÖP mainly deals with issues and tasks in the field of textile and clothing technology. Testing of personal protective equipment (PPE), textile medical products and products of textile and service companies are just as much a part of the daily business as research on the industrial reprocessing and hygiene of textiles.

Sustainability is another relevant issue in the textile and clothing industry and at the university. The EthNa Competence Center CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) of the Hochschule Niedrrhein offers opportunities for students, graduates and companies, who would like to plan the implementation of ethically justifiable and sustainable processes.

In cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics corresponding sector-specific activities will converge in the future at the Fraunhofer Center Textile Logistics.

Textile education and further training opportunities for open and individual seminars and the course for industrial foremen in textile industries will be carried out, among others, by professors and research assistants within the faculty at the Textile and Fashion Institute Mönchengladbach (TFI). This is supported by 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 concept creates a bridge between academic education and practical training, thus providing the best possible combination of theory and practice. The Cooperative Engineering Training (KIA), the so-called "Krefeld Model", has been an established study concept at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences since 1982. The Hochschule Niederrhein thus complies with the mission and the claim of Universities of Applied Sciences to enable a practice-oriented and application-based study that directly leads to the employability of the graduates. This is best achieved through the dual studies course. 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 to achieve both a completed apprenticeship recognized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) and a Bachelor's degree in the shortest possible time.

Prerequisites are a general higher education entrance qualification (University or Fachhochschule) as well as a KIA apprenticeship contract with a company.

Organisationally, the faculty bundles its most important research activities in the institute "FTB - Research Institute for Textile and Clothing".

On the homepage of the "FTB - Research Institute for Textile and Clothing" you can receive information about the institute, our recent publications and current information. You can obtain an overview of our research topics as well as of our current and completed projects on the pages of the individual research focuses. There, you will also find the respective contact for professional questions or project proposals.

You can contact the individual professors and employees via the list of staff at the institute; general telephone numbers via which you can contact the management of the institute, the secretary or the rooms of the institute can be found on the contact page.

A Public Textile Testing Institute which is strongly integrated in the daily operation of a university of applied sciences is unique in Europe. The Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences can look back on a long experience in testing with its range of services offered to the industry, to commerce and to the end-consumers, which is highly appreciated in its professional world. The Public Textile Testing Institute of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences (ÖP) is an institute of the faculty of textile and clothing technology of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences and sets material examinations for the total textile chain, from fibre production to fabrics, as a neutral public institute of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Textile education and advanced training. The Textile and Fashion Institute Mönchengladbach (TFI) is an educational institute for further training for the regional and national textile and clothing industry and offers advanced trainings, seminars, workshops and round table discussions for relevant topics matching the special requirements of the employees in this and the neighbouring areas of industry. 

The supporting organisation of the Textile and Fashion Institute Mönchengladbach is the association of the friends and supporters of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology of the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladach, the Textile and Fashion Network e.V. (TFN). The lecturers are professors and teaching staff of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology. 

The University of Applied Sciences bundles the growing relevance of ethics and sustainability in the management of enterprises in its EthNa and competence centre CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). This competence centre provides offers for students, university's graduates and companies that want to design ethically justifiable and sustainable processes. 

Under the motto "Logistics for Textiles - Textiles for Logistics", the CTL aims to bundle the efforts of business to apply innovative solutions in practice and the interests of the scientific partners in practical, current research topics in the field of textile logistics in the Lower Rhine.

The focus is on five research lines:     

• Sustainable textile logistics     
• Last mile textile logistics    
• Intralogistics and IT of the textile chain     
• Textile logistics for intelligent clothing     
• High performance textiles in production and logistics

The Department of Textile and Clothing Technology is continuously developing and always follows the requirements of the global markets. This is reflected in the international orientation of our programmes as well as in the German- and English-taught study courses. The faculty concerns itself with new challenges of the textile industry, such as globalization, technical requirements, pricing and design.
 

Expert knowledge is provided at all stages of the textile chain. Teaching and research at the faculty are conducted on the basis of the slogan “from the fiber to the final product”. Practical problems concerning the economy can be discussed and analyzed in one of the university-owned labs and technical facilities. The goal is to enable practice-oriented science through a collaboration between the companies’ know-how on the one hand and the university’s profound theoretical knowledge on the other.

A cooperation with the faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology is possible in many different ways. Depending on the nature of the cooperation, various options for a loose or a closer cooperation arise. If you are interested in a cooperation, you can contact the professor responsible, the dean's office or the contact person listed.

The following possibilities exist for a cooperation in a Bachelor’s or a Master’s programmme:

• Fifth semester projects
• Dual studies
• Study works
• Final Thesis
• Research and development projects

We also offer the opportunity to hold a company presentation in the faculty.

Use our free of charge service to publish your job and internship vacancies at our faculty and on our website. For that, please send your advertisement as a one-page PDF document to our contact person.

The advertisement will be published for a duration of four weeks on our job board. If you want your advertisement to stay published after this period, please send us the PDF again and get in touch with us and ask for a prolongation. All information on these websites is without guarantee! They are maintained to the best of our knowledge and belief. Please keep in mind also the local notice boards in our faculty.