In 1951, the Fashion Institute of Technology became one of the first community colleges under the program of the State Universiy of New York empowered to grant the Associate in Applied Science degree. In 1975, the college was permitted to confer Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees. In 1979, it was authorized to grant Master's degrees.

FIT is a public institution, receiving its principal financial support from the State and City of New York. It is a specialized college which prepares men and women for careers in fashion and its related professions and industries, and also provides leadership, research, and other services to those professions and industries.

Located in midtown Manhattan (Seventh Avenue at 27th Street), it almost sits at the heart of the fashion industry. The college serves more than 12,000 American and international students yearly who attend day, summer, Winterim, and evening sessions. It offers 30 degree programs, all developed in response to industry's needs.

For further information write or call:

Director of Admission
Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
New York, New York 10001-5992
Tel: 1 800 GO TO FIT (outside the metro area)
212 217-7675
Email: FITinfo@sfitva.cc.fitsuny.edu
Website: www.fitsuny.edu

Courses Offered at FIT:

• Accessories Design
• Advertising & Marketing Communications
• Advertising Design
• Computer Animation & Interactive Media
• Cosmetics & Fragrance Marketing
• Direct Marketing
• Display & Exhibit Design
• Fabric Styling
• Fashion Design
• Fashion Merchandising Management
• Fine Arts
• Home Products Development Marketing
• Illustration
• Interior Design
• Inernational Trade & Marketing for the Fashion Industries
• Jewelry Design
• Manufacturing Management: Apparel Products & Related Industries
• Menswear
• Packaging Design
• Patternmaking Technology
• Photography
• Product Management - Textiles
• Production Management - Apparel
• Restoration
• Textile Development & Marketing
• Textile/Surface Design
• Toy Design
• Masters of Arts - Gallery & Retail Art Administration
• Masters of Arts - Museum Studies: Applied Arts
• Masters of Arts - Museum Studies: Costumes & Textiles