Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, with campuses in Krefeld and Mönchengladbach, is the second largest university in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Preußische Höhere Fachschule für Textilindustrie Mönchengladbach/Rheydt was founded in 1901. In 1971, the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology was opened as a separate faculty in Mönchengladbach when the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences was founded. With over 2,000 students, it is the largest textile faculty in Europe.

The combination of application-orientated research, practical teaching, knowledge transfer and cooperation with regional, national and international industry enables a degree programme with excellently trained graduates. Three Bachelor's and two Master's degree programmes (one of which is taught in English) with different textile fields of study and specialisations underline the international focus on global markets in the clothing sector and in the field of technical textiles, from the fibre to the end product. Students also gain practical experience in more than 30 laboratories and technical centres.

There are a number of co-operation opportunities, which we would like to present below:

The cooperative engineering apprenticeship (KIA) offers a dual qualification, combining practical vocational training in a company (IHK training contract) and studies at the faculty. Students can thus be introduced to company processes at an early stage.
Trainees, who will be taught at the Textile Academy on the Mönchengladbach campus from 2018, will thus be given additional prospects.

Companies will have the opportunity to actively offer topics for student research projects and final theses, project topics for the 5th semester and research projects, thereby recruiting young talent.

In the area of research activities, the in-house institute "FTB - Research Institute for Textiles and Clothing" is successfully involved in many research projects and solution approaches for the textile industry with professors and employees of the faculty. The eWeb Research Centre covers the areas of eBusiness, eCommerce and online trade.

The accredited textile testing institute (Öffentliche Prüfstelle für das Textilwesen der Hochschule Niederrhein GmbH (ÖP)), which is based at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, is unique in Europe. The ÖP mainly deals with questions and orders in the field of textile and clothing technology. Tests on personal protective equipment (PPE), textile medical products and products from textile service companies are just as much a part of its daily business as investigations into the industrial reprocessability and hygiene of textiles.

Sustainability is also a relevant topic in the textile and clothing industry and at the university. The university's EthNa Competence Centre CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) offers services for students, graduates and companies who want to plan the design of ethically acceptable and sustainable processes.

In future, the Fraunhofer Centre for Textile Logistics will bundle the relevant industry-specific activities in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics.

Textile training and further education programmes for open and individual seminars and the industrial master craftsman course in textile management will be carried out by professors and research assistants from the department at the Textile and Fashion Institute Mönchengladbach (TFI). It is organised 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 Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladbach.

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