Technical Industrial Patternmaker  

Technical Industrial Patternmaker - Biennial Program

The Biennial Course

Studying to become a Technical Industrial Patternmaker at an Italian academy in Tirana or Milan with an Italian methodology is the dream of many young people who wish to work in the fashion industry. They aim to acquire technical skills and the precision needed to become engineers in the fashion industry.

This professional figure is essential in transforming designers' ideas into ready-to-wear fashion collections and productions. Without this role, the garments presented at Milan Fashion Week and other prêt-à-porter shows would remain mere fashion sketches, and bespoke fashion would be the only available option.

Our two-year Technical Industrial Patternmaker course trains students beyond the second level of basic pattern development and manual variations. Additionally, it specializes students in transferring these results into CAD for the industry, preparing digital patterns readable by automatic cutting machines for fashion collection production.

Students will gain expertise in handling variant details, from the technical sheet to the sample, with the final fabric, the defect-correction phase both physically and on avatars. The course also covers automatic size development and fabric-saving optimization.

Course Details

• Duration: 2 academic years
• Dates (First Year): October 20, 2025 – July 19, 2026
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:30 AM – 1:00 PM
• Language: Albanian, English
• Location: Street Sami Frashëri, Metropol Center, Tirana, Albania

Objectives of the Technical Industrial Patternmaker Biennial Course

The two-year course is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the role of the Technical Industrial Patternmaker, developing technical skills, practical abilities, and intellectual capacities necessary for a successful entry into the fashion industry. The goal is to train Technical Industrial Patternmakers with a zero-error margin, ensuring precision and professionalism in the sector.

Duration and Structure

• Duration: 2 years (1,600 hours)
• Structure: Classroom lessons, practical exercises, workshops with industry experts, and laboratory activities in the industry.

Skills and Knowledge

The course will equip you with all the necessary skills to:

• Translate a designer’s idea from a fashion sketch and technical sheet into a functional garment with perfect fit.
• Apply advanced and innovative techniques to optimize fabric savings, reduce waste, and protect the environment, allowing the industry to save time and money.
• Analyze fabrics and work with materials, gaining advanced knowledge about yarns, dyes, elasticity percentages, and pre-dyed fabrics, understanding their reactions concerning garment industry tolerances.
• Reduce the error margin to zero, preventing economic damage to the company through precise formulas for a perfect foundation and the ability to adapt fashion variations.
• Develop into a highly technical figure with strong creative abilities, capable of providing immediate and innovative solutions for creating garments that are not only aesthetically beautiful but also functional and comfortable, supporting sales to the final customer.
• Become the designer’s right-hand person, assuming a crucial role in the fashion industry.
• Follow the entire production process, from working in the style office to sample making, defect correction, and creating industrial cutting-ready patterns, accompanied by a detailed technical sheet with fabric specifications, tolerances, yarns, accessories, and labels.

What You Will Learn

• How to develop a complete pattern and prototype, from pattern drafting to realization and defect correction.
• Advanced techniques for transferring defective patterns into CAD.
• Automatic size development and pattern placement for automatic cutting or plotting.
• Practical and creative work by engaging with industry experts, tackling real-world fashion challenges, and providing practical solutions to designers for a finished, comfortable, beautiful, and marketable garment.

First Year - What You Will Learn

• Understanding human measurements and developing the foundation of total-look women’s fashion patterns in industrial size 42.
• Textile technology: in-depth knowledge of fabrics, reading technical sheets and tolerances, including elasticity percentages, and how they react to different garment-making and dyeing processes.
• Industrial prototype preparation with final fabric, garment, and pattern defect correction.
• Creation of a perfect prototype in terms of fit and comfort.
• Manual pattern transfer into digital CAD format.
• Fabric-saving placement using Daimino CAD to minimize waste and protect the environment and company costs.
• Final technical sheet preparation to support the project.

Second Year - What You Will Learn

• Fashion design adaptation: modifying the pattern while maintaining the desired volume and shape but adapting it to industry standards and providing solutions for garments that are both stylish and comfortable.
• Knowledge of all fashion accessories design.
• Pattern modification from the base, prototype creation with final fabric, and pattern defect correction.
• Technical patterns: transferring the final pattern into CAD, placement, size development, and detailed technical sheet preparation for final industrial production.
• Industrial Technical Patternmaking: Training not only in manual pattern modifications and CAD transfer but also in creating patterns directly from the base, with requested modifications and digital defect correction on avatars.
• Preparation for working with high responsibility and precision, providing support both in the patternmaking office and in prêt-à-porter fashion industries worldwide.
• Garment manufacturing: final realization and assembly of garments for diploma presentation, with fully digitalized project design.

Career Opportunities

With the Biennial Technical Industrial Patternmaker course, you will become the engineer of the prêt-à-porter fashion industry:

• Lead Patternmaker for a Courses fashion brand producing ready-to-wear clothing.
• Industrial technician in the fashion industry.
• Launch your own studio, offering a highly sought-after and well-paid service in the fashion industry, collaborating with brands and industries, following sample making and physical production. You may also work remotely, delivering fully digitalized finished projects to companies worldwide.

Admission Requirements

The course has a limited number of spots and is open to all high school graduates who wish to develop their talent in garment engineering and the fashion industry, with skills in mathematics, geometry, precision, perfection, adaptability, intellect, and problem-solving ability.

This course is ideal for:

• Those with a background in the fashion industry.
• Those looking to enter this world for the first time and fulfill their dream of working in such a crucial role in the fashion industry.

We seek highly motivated students eager to experiment, challenge themselves, and build their careers, becoming the most important backstage figures in fashion production—one of the world's three largest industries.

Enrollment

• Registration fee: €350
• Annual tuition fee: €3,500 (Installment plan available at 0% interest via Iute Credit)

Exams & Certification

The exams will be conducted as follows, depending on the subjects:

• Written and verbal exams for theoretical and cultural subjects
• Written reports and assignments (in certain areas of study)
• Practical tests (for creative subjects, project-based courses, and industrial laboratories)

The course includes four exam sessions per year. At the end of the second year, a thesis and a portfolio of digital projects and completed industrial prototypes will be presented. The presentation will take place before a jury composed of both internal and external faculty members, in both Tirana and Milan.

The issued diploma is accredited by the Ministry of Economy, Culture, and Innovation of Albania. It is recognized in the job market. The dual certificate, issued by MKS after a professional qualification exam taken at the MKS headquarters in Milan, is recognized in the job market and the fashion industry.

How to Access the Orientation Interview

To find out if the course you have chosen includes the content, duration, and training that meets your expectations and to learn more details about our school, fill out the form, and we will contact you as soon as possible to answer your questions or to schedule an introductory interview where we can advise you on the course best suited to you.