Textile Education in United Kingdom (UK) Posted by Unknown on 10:18 PM 1 comment

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United Kingdom (UK) is one of the developed countries in the world. There is a large number world reputed textile engineering universities, colleges, schools in UK which helps to develop their textile industry as well as human resource. UK has rich economy and textile industry is one of the major component of UK economy as well as source of economy.

As UK has a large number of textile, textile machinery and apparel related industry they need more technical and educated person to develop this industry.

There are large number universities, colleges, institutes in UK which provides different types textile degree such as postgraduate, undergraduate, diploma etc. to fulfill the demand of technical and educated person in textile industry. If you want to build your carrier in textile industry you can take up a higher degree from any UK university or college which helps you to build your carrier properly. Most of the Universities have research institutes which help to invent new textile product and new textile technology and also help to develop product. For these reason the popularity of Textile Education in UK increased day by day.

From the ancient time UK is one of the popular countries as an industrialized country. They also provide textile education from ancient times. For textile technology education ‘Mechanics Institutes’ were established in 1824, examples of which still exist today but under other titles around Manchester, Leeds, Galashiels etc. Most courses took place in the evening, after work. Certificates and Awards developed as establishments wished to show the quality of their teaching. Textile engineering degree courses continued for many years up to around the 1950’s. At that time Engineering became an unfashionable word in UK in academic circles as it was associated with oily overalls. Courses changed to Textile Technology, Textile Chemistry, then in the 1980’s, more perceived attractive courses were developed, examples of which include, Textile Management, Textile Marketing, Fashion Design etc.

As living cost high in UK, many students cannot take up their desirable degree from UK University or colleges. The UK government should take proper step so that local and foreign students can easily take up their desirable degree from any UK university or colleges.