Specially tailored to focus on industry-relevant areas, Tembusu Institute's Diploma in Apparel Design & Product Development emphasises necessary skills such as technical specification for materials, sewing, pattern drafting and development, among others. With Tembusu Institute’s experienced trainers, you will also gain in-depth knowledge about how to manage quality assurance, creating your own fashion brand, merchandise buying, and developing your own design collection.
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Full Time: 4.5
Part Time: 14
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Everything you learn at Tembusu Institute can be applied to your professional life in fashion and will be taught by industry practitioners through interactive workshops, whether online or in Tembusu Institute's Sewing Labs.
Our partners and advisors are as close to home as Thailand or Japan and as far as Italy or the UK. Tap into a professional community built over decades of industry immersion.
Our career support connects you to jobs available on the market, opportunities for further studies, and resources to help you start your own brand.
With the growing trend of buyers asking for value-added services, only factories who can offer design and product development services can compete in the global arena. Garment manufacturers have to develop their own product development team to meet their buyers’ requirements. It is also imperative to create the most relevant collection in the shortest time for the buyers, as lead time gets shorter. Product development is not just about the creation of new samples – it has to meet the criteria and the needs of the buyers. This course covers the various aspect of product development. From understanding the customers to the creation of design, articulate the various elements of product development and how to meet these challenges in the shortest possible time while giving the buyers the right product at the right time.
Registered Title:Apparel Product Development SSG Approved Training & Assessments Hours:36:00
In today’s world, buying according to market trends and consumer demands is important to remain competitive in the fashion industry. This course aims to equip you with skills to forecast, budget and plan merchandising assortment with key focus on consumer centric buying and relevancy to market merchandising concept. Conducted in multifaceted manner, get the skills needed to maximize customer satisfaction and create lasting synergy between customer and brand.
Registered Title:Intermediate Fashion Merchandise Buying SSG Approved Training & Assessments Hours:35:00
Technical drawing is an important tool to turn your creative thoughts into reality. Learn to communicate the details of your garments accurately and clearly to your manufacturer to ensure error-free production. Interpret and Draw Production Sketches
Registered Title:Intermediate Production Sketching SSG Approved Training & Assessments Hours:34:00
Wish to know how to build quality into your products? Join this course to learn about the principles of quality management, statistical sampling, defects classification, product testing, safety standards, sample evaluation and report writing. The multifaceted delivery will aid you in identifying problem areas and developing solutions to assure quality in the end product.
Registered Title:Quality Management in Fashion SSG Approved Training & Assessments Hours:33:00
Take your design from paper to working digital file using computer aided design software such as Adobe illustrator with our digital fashion design course in Singapore. You will learn how to draw various fashion illustrations and render them on this platform to reflect the qualities and details of your design. A must technique for every fashion designer to convey creative concept in a professional presentation with technical specification.
Registered Title:Digital Drawings for Fashion SSG Approved Training & Assessments Hours:28:00
Branding can play a significant part to make your brand stand out from the crowd, particularly in competitive markets. You will have an intensive, interactive, hands-on understanding of how to create your own brand from scratch including your brand name, logo, identifying your unique selling proposition, identifying your target market, brand positioning and developing the sales and marketing strategy.
Registered Title:Fashion Brand Management SSG Approved Training & Assessments Hours:26:00
The world of fast fashion moves at an incredible pace, where changes in designs and colours can happen at the drop of a hat. This course will prepare you for the demands of the industry, and create a collection within the shortest possible time. The development of the design collection takes a look at both the inspirations and practical considerations that go into a design collection. Conceptualise your collection through runway shows, forecast information, directional trends and consumer demands. Get in touch with the process every step of the way from size specifications to overseeing the samples to the final fruition of a complete look all within a given scope. From this unique immersive approach, take your first brave steps into the Fashion Industry.
Registered Title:Fashion Design Collection SSG Approved Training & Assessments Hours:74:00
This course aims to give participants a holistic understanding of how patterns and virtual garment samples can be created using Virtual Fit software. Students will be able to evaluate fit and style virtually and create pattern alteration, accessories and trims placement across all garment sizes thus eliminating the need for full-size set samples. Participants will learn to develop virtual library of pattern pieces, fabrics, accessories, trims and prints for their future reference. This course is highly recommended for Virtual Fit users to enhance their skill set.
Registered Title:Intermediate Virtual Prototyping in Fashion SSG Approved Training & Assessments Hours:39:00
Welcome to the Orientation Programme! This course is designed to provide new participants with a comprehensive introduction to our institution's culture, values, and essential practices. Over the course of this programme, you will gain insights into the resources available to support your success, understand the expectations for your academic and professional journey, and become familiar with key policies and procedures.
Through interactive sessions, group activities, and informative presentations, you will connect with peers, meet faculty and staff, and explore the tools and strategies needed to thrive in your new environment. Whether you are a student, staff member, or faculty, this programme is tailored to ensure you feel prepared, informed, and excited to embark on this new chapter.
By the end of the Orientation Programme, you will have a solid foundation to navigate your journey confidently and make the most of the opportunities available to you.
Registered Title:Orientation Programme SSG Approved Training & Assessments Hours:03:00Upon successful completion of each module within the course, you will be awarded with a Statement of Attainment (SOA) by SkillsFuture Singapore. After successful completion of all modules within the course, you will be awarded the Diploma in Apparel Design and Product Development certification by Tembusu. Tembusu diploma and advance diploma are accredited by institutes globally. For more information please go here to check our accreditations or contact Louise Clement at louiseclement@tembusuinstitute.edu.sg.
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The Apparel Design Diploma will be split into 5 main categories which will cover the fundamentals of fashion design, fashion business essentials, digitalising fashion design, dressmaking, and a final capstone project to wrap up everything you’ve learnt in the Diploma.
Most definitely! Upon completion of your Diploma programme, you will be awarded a hardcopy TaF.tc Diploma certificate from us, and you can also access the softcopy via your student app!
The courses are conducted in the form of lectures, discussions, demonstrations, case studies, practical exercises, and hands-on activities. You will then be assessed on the work you have done with a final evaluation at the end of every course.
As an Edutrust and Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications (WSQ) certified training centre, with 11 top fashion schools recognising our Diplomas for accreditation programmes like Paris College Of Art and Atelier Chardon Savard, TaF.tc continues to stay in line with leading national and international fashion industry standards.
The Diploma will be done both online via Teams, and offline at our Central Plaza campus (Tiong Bahru MRT) and Thye Hong Campus (near Redhill MRT).
Yes we will! We provide mentorships and consultations to further your studies, we’ve got your back!
Not at all! You can enrol for our Diploma programme without any prior experience, as long as you have a passion for fashion!
