The joint study programme is not existent.

Learning objectives and Graduate profile

The main objective of the Bachelor's degree Program Textiles is to educate the undergraduate student in the independent artistic work, which includes the whole set of activities: from the creation of an artistic as well as theoretical concept to the creation of an original work of art (artefact, design or collection), the materialization of the artist's/designer's autonomous attitude and the evaluation of his/her talent. The aim of education is a student who at the time of completion of the study programme is capable of independent presentation, promotion and coordination activities and open confrontation of the outcomes of his/her creative work. The graduate who is able to create independently within the textile medium, using the full range of materials, techniques and technological procedures resulting from the content of the study programme. Through his/her creative work and attitudes, he/she participates in the formation and development of culture and society. The graduate who can analyse the contemporary cultural direction of society in a social, economic and ecological context.

Main learning outcomes:

The rgraduate of the study programme Textiles has both theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in the field of design of textile materials and/or products and works made of them - i.e. clothing, clothing accessories, textile design and original textile artefacts. The student is able to use the acquired knowledge creatively in independent design practice, independent creative activity and is also able to apply it in design in various areas of economic (textile, clothing and creative industries), cultural and social life. The graduate - has the qualities to create independently and conceptually and design designer products and artworks of a smaller scale using the form of their own original projects or reflections of external assignments, in the field of textile materials, craft and digital technological processes and their overlaps into related artistic disciplines. The graduate is able to use creatively a discipline-specific spectrum of technical and technological devices from analogue to digital and to use the acquired skills in artistic and design practice. He/she understands the technological devices used in terms of their applicability to his/her creative work and is able to create assignments and formulate requirements for service personnel. He/she is able to work independently with digital tools and is able to continually educate himself/herself in these tools as part of his/her artistic focus. He/she is proficient in the basic relevant materials and technologies in the field of textile design, including their wider contexts. The graduate has the necessary theoretical knowledge of the history and theory of the history of fine arts, aesthetics, applied arts and design, as well as the history and development of the history of the textile medium, and on the basis of these abilities is able to conceptually create their own art and design works, interpret and present their work. As part of his/her studies, he/she receives a targeted training in related areas such as the basics of marketing and management. The graduate has the skills and competences for independent economic functioning in society. He/she is able to choose an appropriate form of artistic operation for his/her own creative activities (self-employed, Ltd., civic association, etc.) and to use the possibilities of supporting grant, scholarship and residency schemes in the domestic and foreign environment. The multi-layered profiling gives the graduate the skills for practical application in the domestic and international labour market.

A graduate of Textiles study programme acquires the professional competence to perform the profession of a visual artist or designer at the level of Bachelor of Arts. The graduate can be employed in the textile and clothing manufacturing and processing industry in general, as well as in the field of creative industry (advertising and marketing agencies, creative production in the creative industry) and artistic creation at home or abroad. Graduates find employment as independent designers responding to current trends, engaged in the original creation of collections, or as creative workers in the design team in existing design studios or textile production at home and abroad.

By the time they graduate with their Bachelor's degree, they already have more experience in presenting their work at national and international art forums, exhibitions, fashion shows, fashion weeks, design weeks and trade fairs. The graduate has the potential to be employed in artistic and cultural operations in both domestic and foreign environments, in public and private organizations. He/she can work as an independent artist with exhibition practice, a member of creative artistic teams (with an overlap also within other disciplines, e.g. architecture, styling, film and theatre production, product, interior and furniture design). Graduates also work as lecturers and practitioners in institutions (ÚĽUV, cultural centres, galleries, museums, theatres, cultural and creative centres).

Graduates can also continue (after successful completion of the entrance exams) in the Master's degree programme in a follow-up or related study programme. Many graduates maintain contact with members of the department even after their graduation and thus provide not only feedback on their personal employability, but also contribute to the expansion and content innovation of the educational curriculum and teaching approach, especially by offering collaborations between the school and the external environment of companies from the clothing and textile industry, as well as design studios.

Mandatory only for regulated profession. The Textiles program of study is not a program requiring the requirements of a regulated profession.

In an effort to objectively assess the employability of graduates, AFAD continues to apply the following tools:

a.  Questionnaire for graduates (work in the field, area, form). The questionnaire is created and monitored by the AFAD Academic Senate.

b. Visibility monitoring (exposure, testimonials, professional and public media of alumni as well as students). (Monitored by the Quality Office.)

c. Statistical information from employment offices. (Monitored by the Quality Office.)

d. Information from relevant institutions and external experts (e.g. Slovak Fashion Council, Automotive Industry Association, Slovak Art Union and its member organisations such as TxT and others). (Monitored by the Quality Office.)

-         Mgr. art. Ľudmila Harring – fashion designer and sourcing a sustainability manager ZOE, Lifeline, Nehera, Bepon, Saphrani – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ludmila-haring-4b66184/details/experience/

-         doc. Mgr. art. Mária Štraneková ArtD. – fashion designer, associate professor and teacher of fashion design in od UTB Zlín and MOD’SPE Paris Central Europe – http://mayamay.sk/,

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-stranekova-09556b22/, https://www.paneurouni.com/kontakty-masmedii/doc-mgr-art-maria-stranekova-artd/

-         doc. Mgr. art. Barbora Peuch, ArtD. – fashion designer, associate professor and teacher of fashion design at AFAD Bratislava – https://www.instagram.com/barborapeuch/

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/o-nas/kontakt/zamestnanci/barbora-peuch/

-         Mgr. art. Zuzana Kedroňová – fashion designer – https://www.yoorastudio.com/about,

https://www.forbes.sk/30pod30-rocnik-2021/2-zuzana-kedronova

-         Mgr. art. Maja Božovič – fashion designer and PhD student at AFAD – http://www.majabozovicstudio.com

-         Mgr. art. Tereza Feňovčíková – fashion designer and founder of the brand FREIER – http://www.freier.sk/

-         Mgr. art. Martin Hrča – fashion designer – https://www.jablko.sk/30/martin-hrca/

https://www.instagram.com/martin_hrca/

-         Mgr. art. Barbora Krempaská – fashion designer for Nehera, JUSTPLAY – https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbora-krempaska-565a07b4/

-         Mgr. art. Lukáš Kimlička – fashion designer and fashion photographer – https://www.instagram.com/lukaskimlicka/

-         Mgr. art. Boris Hanečka – fashion designer Nehera – https://borishanecka.com, https://www.instagram.com/borishanecka/

-         Mgr. art. Barbora Buranová – fashion designer of ADIDAS – https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbora-buranova-5279a227/

-         Mgr. art. Andrea Poláková –desisner for Color and Trim AUDI

-         Mgr. art. Michaela Luptáková – fashion designer – https://www.michaelaluptakova.com/

-         Mgr. art. Zuzana Veselá – fashion designer and teacher at the Technical University in Liberec – https://zuzanavesela.eu/ ,

http://www.ft.tul.cz/katedry/katedra-designu-profily/mgr-art-zuzana-vesela,

http://www.katedradesignu.cz/pracovnici/mgr-art-zuzana-vesela/

-         Mgr. art. Pavel Brejcha – fashion designer and teacher in UTB Zlín – https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavel-brejcha-41442928/

-         Mgr. Art. Veronika Kostková – fashion designer, wedding studio – https://www.veronikakostkova.com/,

https://www.instagram.com/veronikakostkovaweddingatelier/

-         Mgr. Art. Silvia Fröhlich Zrebná – fashion designer – https://www.instagram.com/silvia_zrebna/

-         Mgr. Art. Zuzana Trtolová, fashion designer – buffet clothing design – https://www.instagram.com/younger__sister/?hl=sk

-         Mgr. Art. Petra Kovacsova – fashion designer – https://www.petrakovacs.sk/

-         Mgr. art. Zuzana Slušná Ondrejková – textile designer Borgstena Textile Czech Republic – https://www.linkedin.com/in/zuzana-ondrejkova-ba2a00182/

-         Mgr. art. Kristína Šipulová – textile artist and teacher at the Bohumil Bača Private School of Art Industry,

Bratislava – https://kristinasipulova.com/,

http://www.skoladesignu.sk/l/8609-q-textilny-dizajn/mgr.-art.-kristna-ipulov

-         Mgr. art. Henrieta Tholt ArtD. – textile artist and teacher at the Bohumil Bača Private School of

Art Industry, Bratislava – http://www.skoladesignu.sk/d/skolske_aktivity/naa-pedagogika-odevnho-dizajnu-henrieta-tholt-vystavuje-na-badw-2020,

https://www.instagram.com/henrietatholt/?hl=en

-         Mgr. art. Michaela Bednárová – designer and founder of the PUOJD brand – https://puojd.sk/

-         Mgr. art. Beáta Gerbócová, ArtD. – textile designer and teacher at AFAD Bratislava – https://vpriestore.com/portfolio/mgr-art-beata-gerbocova/, https://www.instagram.com/beatagerbocova/?hl=en

-         Mgr. art. Matej Rabada – textile artist and designer, founder of the blue-print workshop– https://www.modrotlacrabada.sk/

-         Mgr. art. Vlasta Žáková, ArtD. – textile artist–https://www.atelierxiii.com/exhibited-artists/portfolio/vlasta-zakova/, https://www.schemnitz.sk/vlasta-zakova

-         Mgr. art. Juraj Straka – textile desinger – https://strakadesign.wordpress.com/about/

-         Mgr. art. Kristína Sekerová – textilná dizajnérka, Art Director Dedoles – https://www.instagram.com/ksekerova/?hl=en, https://www.linkedin.com/in/krist%C3%ADna-sekerov%C3%A1-27111267/

-         Mgr. art. Soňa Sadilková ArtD. – textile desinger – https://www.sona-design.sk

-         Mgr. art. Marcel Holubec – fashion designer – https://www.facebook.com/marcelholubecw.atelier/, https://www.marcelholubecw.com/

-         Mgr.art. Zuzana Kubánová – https://madebypart.com/

-         Mgr. art. Ľubica Poncik Kurhajcová – https://www.lubicaponcik.com/index.php/sk/

-         Mgr. art. Lenka Krivá – https://www.instagram.com/lenkakriva/?hl=cs

-         Mgr. art. Zuzana Zmateková – http://zuzazmatek.com/about/ 

-         Mgr. art. Ľubica Humeníková – https://www.patterntextiles.co.uk/team/ 

-         Mgr. art. Ivana Kaňovská ArtD. – fashion designer and teacher at UHK Hradec Hradec Králové – http://www.ivanakanovska.com/

-         Mgr. art. Radka Dudášová – https://lilgang.sk/

-         Mgr. art. Eliška Karásková – designer for Waibel GmbH Austria –https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli%C5%A1ka-kar%C3%A1skov%C3%A1-61301578/

-         Mgr. art. Terézia Omastová – designer for Dedoles –https://strategie.hnonline.sk/marketing/2247982-dizajnerky-z-dedoles-prava-hodnota-dizajnu-je-v-nadcasovosti

-         Mgr. art. Zuzana Martinusová – textile designer –https://pechakucha.publikum.sk/profil/zuzana-martinusova/,

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/zuzanamartinusova/

-         Mgr. art. Alexandra Opoldusová – textile designer – https://artalk.cz/2021/10/29/ts-zuzana-martinusova-a-alexandra-opoldusova-v-galerii-vyklad/

-         Mgr. art. Petra Vicianová – textile designer in Denmark –https://www.designskolenkolding.dk/en/case/embracing-natural-furriness-0, https://www.instagram.com/pe.vici/

-         Mgr. art. Bianka Kukurdíková – textile artist, designer – https://www.bianki.sk

-         Mgr. art. Lenka Hyšková – textile artist and teacher at the Secondary school of Art

Industry and Fashion Design in Czechia– http://www.vosonspso.cz/

In this point the feedback from the employer is not expected as the respresenatives of employers are members of the AFAD Accreditation Board

The curriculum of the study programme is elaborated by a main responsible teacher of the study programme on the basis of joint working meetings with other teachers involved in the teaching of the given study programme as well as with other teachers involved in teaching in the given study programme. The curriculum proposal is then submitted for discussion by the main responsible teacher of the study programme to the AFAD Programme Board, chaired by the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs. The main responsible teacher for the study programme will consider incorporating the suggestions of the AFAD Programme Board and subsequently submit the study plan as part of the study programme description

for further study programme approval processes within the internal system of ensuring the quality of education at AFAD.

Studio teaching in the study programme Textiles has a profile character and is thus the most important credit component in terms of content and difficulty of the outcome and is also subject to internal grading and gradation: Preparatory Course of Textile Design (1th and 2^nd semester) Preparatory Studio of Clothing Design, Preparatory Studio of Textile Design (3rd and 4th semester), Studios with the specializations on Clothing Design, Textile Design and Fibre Art (5th-8th semesters). Studio teaching develops conceptual thinking, theoretical knowledge and craft skills. The aim is the graduate who will have comprehensive knowledge and skills in the field, who will understand the historical context and who will have a general knowledge of current developments in the field. Studio teaching helps profile the graduate and leads him/her to creative thinking and work.

 - The Preparatory Course of Textile Creation provides a general introduction to the subject of textile design (1st semester) and prepares students to work with artistic concepts, in the intent of free textile design (2nd semester). It provides students with basic information and skills, theoretical knowledge of textile materials as well as practical skills in basic textile techniques and technologies. Overall, the teaching focuses on the understanding of textiles as an artistic medium and on the rich variety of its expressive artistic value. Further, its specialization serves as a preparatory step for the work in the Studio of Fibre Art.

- The profile courses Preparatory Studio of Fashion Design and Preparatory Studio of Textile Design (3rd and 4th semesters) prepare students more specifically and provide a deeper insight into the specializations of fashion and textile design, they deepen theoretical and practical knowledge and understanding of the textile materials used, techniques and technologies of production, processing (analogue as well as digital), design methods, and design processes. They focus on an understanding of the basic principles, frameworks and processes of apparel and textile design (or collections). They discuss basic concepts such as: internal and external form of garments, pattern, structure and haptics of materials; etc.

- The profile course Studio teaching (5th - 8th semester) is divided into the specialisations of Fashion Design, Textile Design and Fibre Art.  Studio teaching in each specialisation focuses on the specific development and deepening of students' knowledge of practical as well as theoretical knowledge and skills they use and creative experimental manipulation of textile materials, processes, techniques, creative and design procedures and methods. The aim of teaching is to find the student's/graduate's own language of expression. Studio teaching and core theoretical courses are a compulsory basis for every student of the Textile Design study programme. The group of theoretical and practical courses complementing each other in content is a compulsory component of the profile courses of the study programme:

- the most important theoretical subjects in terms of scope and content: generally formative historiographical subjects: Fine Arts in Cultural Context I - IV; which prepare students in art history and theory, philosophy, aesthetics and culture. The historiographical courses are completed with a committee examination after the 4th semester, which makes them part of the first phase of the Bachelor's degree programme. In the second phase (3rd-4th year), they are followed by Theoretical History and the context of the development of the field mapping and interpretive compulsory courses developing critical thinking in the studied medium Issues in Visual Media (Textile Art) and Image Analysis (Textile Art). The teaching of the theoretical courses is aimed at gradual deepening of the range as well as the depth of knowledge, the ability to interpret and analyse this knowledge in the history of clothing, textiles and design.

- the scope and content of the most important practical courses: Drawing I, II, III, IV, V, VI; Theory of Textile Materials and Textures; Digital Textile Design I, II; Textile Technology I, II, III, IV, V, VI.

Practical professional courses are used for the one´s own creative application of the progressively acquired knowledge of technologies, processes and materials; their main aim is to acquire basic skills in drawing and textile design, such as various (hand) craft techniques to digital design and processing.

In the field of fashion design, these include the construction of basic garment patterns, pattern manipulation, basic tailoring techniques and garment processing technologies. In textile design, for example, the fundamentals of printmaking technology (direct, reserve, etching and devore printing in various fabrication processes), design and construction of basic and more complex knits and woven fabrics. In the field of free textile creation, for example, various craft and experimental manipulations of textile processes, design and realization of jacquard fabric and digitally processed machine embroidery. All of these practical skills form the foundational pillar for students' ability to create original works and collections.

Studio teaching (in the structure: Preparatory Course, Preparatory Studio, Studio) and the main theoretical courses Textiles: Fine Art in Cultural Context I - IV; Issues in Visual Media (Textile Design), Image Analysis (Textile Design); they make a compulsory basis for every student of the Textile Design study programme, they are of a more general nature, they provide students with a basic overview and orientation. They are an essential theoretical foundation for their further own creation.

Successful completion of the compulsory courses Studio Teaching, Issues in Art Media (Textile Creation), Image Analysis (Textile Art), ends with the defence of the bachelor´s thesis and the bachelor´s state examination. For more detailed information see the table in annex Curriculum.

The Textiles study programme is complemented by a group of compulsory optional courses, which are divided into professional practical and professional theoretical courses. These courses provide the basis for specialisation in the field and at the same time deepen interdisciplinarity with regard to the world of art and culture. The content of the programme also includes courses that improve language training in the field of contemporary art and culture and in soft skills such as the basics of marketing in the arts and project and grant activities.

A complementary group of the compulsory foundation and compulsory optional courses are elective courses, through which students have an opportunity to overlap to other study programmes at AFAD such as design, applied arts, photography, printmaking, architecture, intermedia, painting, digital arts and restoration. This group also includes courses that enable direct practice in an external environment directed at the broader field of cultural professions. The elective courses are enriched by a series of courses that, through workshops, courses, excursions and short-term education, respond dynamically to current topics in the field of art and culture, including textile creation, by using renowned practitioners from the artistic and cultural environment, or in the context of the school's internationalisation with foreign teachers and practitioners.

More organizational rules:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/?v=8X0Q4WO0 https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/bakalarske-studium/?v=8X0Q4WO0 https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

The Textiles study programme offers a possibility of work placement and additional work placement in the domestic and foreign market, which in the framework of education bring students in direct contact with the professional environment in which they acquire practical experience and skills. The work placement is at the same time an opportunity for the student to gain new professional contacts and connections as well as theoretical experience with increased employability after graduation.

At the same time, students are encouraged

to participate in foreign mobility through study programs at foreign partner

schools, where they are positively confronted with educational experience in a

different cultural and social environment. Here they also confront their

artistic outputs in an international field and have the opportunity to become

part of international design, artistic and cultural networks, consortiums, and

production initiatives, associations and businesses.

As part of the broader educational process undergraduate students are integrated into ongoing design-research or art-research projects at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, and it realized either in the form of direct application in teaching or through exhibitions, publications and other presentation activities, which are also facilitated by grant systems (especially KEGA - the Cultural and Educational Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Slovak Republic) and the presentation of creative-artistic activities (especially FPU - the Fund for the Promotion of Art) as well as several non-government grant schemes e.g. Visegrad Fund of  the Tatra Banka Foundation.

More organizational rules:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/pracovne-staze/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/student-na-vymennom-pobyte/?v=BO335VOZ

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/vyskum-a-granty/granty-a-projekty/archiv-projektov/kega/

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/LRJ8dqO2/

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/vyskum-a-granty/granty-a-projekty/?v=VOP0l4OQ

The decisive evaluation tool of the educational results is the continuous semester assessment at the committee level (the committee consists of the teachers of the study programme, teachers from the Department of Theory and History of Art and is extended by experts from the external environment), which includes a mandatory presentation of the student's studio achievements, and its defence followed by a discussion of the committee and all participating students and professionals. Subsequently, there is an evaluation by the committee and verification by a whole-school committee composed of members of the AFAD Pedagogical Board. The result of the semester works of individual students of Studio teaching comprises of partial results of education combined not only from the profile Studio course, but also from professional and theoretical courses in a given semester, or in the previous semester of a given study programme. The summaries of the semester assessment are discussed and analysed at the meetings of the AFAD Pedagogical Board with the AFAD Management, where the positives as well as the negatives of the setting of the results of the teaching process are identified. At the end, the results of student learning are publicly accessible to the professional and lay public - a the whole exhibition exhibition in all AFAD buildings, other gallery and exhibition spaces, or online presentations https://www.digitalnyprieskum.sk/ or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/343atelier, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/343atelier/, https://www.instagram.com/atelier_textilneho_dizajnu/, https://www.instagram.com/studio138_afad/

and the AFAD website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/QXenZJOx/digitalny-prieskum/).

Delivery of the courses: premises of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, 44 Drotárska cesta

Complusory courses:

Preparatory Course of Textile Creation; Preparatory Course of Textile Design; Preparatory

Course of Fashion Design; Studio Teaching - specializations: fashion design, textile

design, fiber art; Bachelor´s work; Laboratory: Studio of visiting professor–

1st-level; Drawing; Theory of Textile Materials and Textures; Digital Textile

Design; Textile Technology

Compulsory optional and elective courses: Clothing Stylization of Drawing; Postproduction and Visualization in 2D programs; Historical Textile Techniques; Pattern Construction; Fundamentals of Painting/Colour Theory; Designs in History; Digital Jacquard Fabric Design; Modelling and Technology of Clothing; Textile Analysis of Textile Materials and Textures; Experimental Techniques – 1^st level; Professional Workshop - Level 1^st level; Sustainability in Clothing/Textile Design and Production; Additional Studio, Computer Modelling Basics; MAYA Modelling; Computer Image Processing (Photoshop); Vector Graphics (Illustrator); Layout Basics (InDesign); Fundamentals of Photography; Graphic Space and Object; Bioart and Nature art; Fundamentals of Design; Model Building Techniques; Painting and Decorative Glass Processing Techniques; Video Clip and Post Production; Short Term Training Course – 1^st  Level;

Delivery of the

courses: premises of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, 18

Hviezdoslavovo nám.

Compulsory courses - theoretical: Fine Art in Cultural Context; Introduction to Studies; Issues of Visual Media (Textile Art); Image Analysis (Textile Art); Issues of Slovak Fine Art

Compulsory optional and elective courses: English Language; English Conversation – 1st Level; Psychological and Philosophical Probes Behind the Scenes of the Present; Fundamentals of Marketing and Management for Visual Artists; Reading, Writing, Argumentation; Religion and Art; Philosophical Hermeneutics; Phenomenological Aesthetics; Open System; Dramaturgy of Visual Material; Urbanism - Projects for the City; Design and Build - 1st Level; Introduction to Chinese Culture and Language - 1st Level; Short- Term Educational Course - 1st Level

Study programme. Textiles

Study field: Fine Art

Degree of study: 1.

1. form of study: full-time

Standard length of study: 4 years

Master of Arts - BC.

Language: the primary language of the programme is Slovak and partially English. The exact information on languages is provided in the Course Information Sheet for every course listed.

The exact structure of credits for individual courses is in the table of the curriculum in the annex. By enrolling in the programme, the student determines what part of the obligations prescribed by the study programme he/she wishes to complete in the following academic year.

The student shall enrol in courses so that the number of credits he or she can obtain by successfully completing them is sufficient to meet recquirements for continuing his or her studies in a given period. A student's standard course load for a full academic year is expressed as 60 credits, per semester as 30 credits. In each year of study, except the final year, the student is oblidged to take courses worth a minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 90 credits. In the final year of study, the student enrols in courses according to the conditions for the completion of studies in the given study programme.

 The decisive verification tool of the educational results is the continuous semester assessment at the committee level (the committee consists of teachers of the Textiles study programme, teachers from the Department of Theory and History of Art and is extended by experts from the external environment). This includes a compulsory presentation of the student's result from the Preparatory Course, Preparatory Studios and Studio Teaching and its defence, followed by a discussion between the committee and all participating students and the professional public. Subsequently, the evaluation is carried out by the committee and verification by a whole-school committee composed of members of the AFAD Pedagogical Board. The whole-school committee is headed by the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs and takes place without the participation of students. The whole-school Committee will be informed by each Head of a Preparatory Course, Preparatory Studios and and Specialised Studio, who will introduce the semestral assignments, the course of teaching and the outcomes of the students' work, highlighting the students' outstanding achievements and drawing attention to the students' poor achievements, and he/she will also present the individual grades of the Committee (from A to FX).

The presentation of the teaching results of the specialised Studio Teaching, is followed by a professional discussion. The result of the semestral works of individual students of Studio Teaching includes partial results of education, which are combined not only with the results from the profile course of the specialized Studio, but also with the results from the professional and theoretical courses in the given semester, or in the previous semester of the study programme Textiles. At the end, the outcomes of the students' education are publicly accessible to the professional and general public (the whole-school exhibition in all AFAD premises, other gallery and exhibition spaces, or online presentations https://www.digitalnyprieskum.sk/ or Facebook,

Instagram and AFAD website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/QXenZJOx/digitalny-prieskum/).

https://www.facebook.com/343atelier, 

https://www.instagram.com/343atelier/,

https://www.instagram.com/atelier_textilneho_dizajnu/, 

https://www.instagram.com/studio138_afad/)

The assessment of study achievements and the possibilities of corrective procedures are determined by the AFAD Study Regulations:

The assessment of the student's study achievements within the course study is conducted mainly:a) by continuous control of the learning results in individual courses during the teaching part of the study (e.g. the state of work in progress, partial assignments, completion of a creative workshop, workshop, written tests, assignments for independent work, term papers, seminar report, etc.), specifiedin more detail in the CIS (Course Information Sheet),

 2 The grade is classified according to the classification scale determined by Decree No 614/2002 Coll., where the qualification scale has six classification levels

A – excellent (excellent achievements) – 1

B – very good (excellent achievements) – 1.5

C – good (average achievements) – 2

D – satisfactory (satisfactory achievements) – 2.5

E – sufficient (achievements meet minimum criteria) – 3

FX – unsatisfactory (achievements do not meet minimum criteria) – 4

 Within theTextiles study programme, elective courses such as the Workshop and  Specified Excursion are assessed in the form of course completion (pass/fail).

A student who has been assessed with a grade of FX in professional , practical and theoretical courses is entitled to have two retakes as long as they meet the requirements of the continuous assessment. If a student has been assessed with a grade of FX in Studio Teaching and Bachelor's Thesis (consultations, elaboration) and has fulfilled the conditions of the interim assessment, he/she is entitled to one retake. If a student re-enrolls in any course, including Studio Teaching and Bachelor´s Thesis (consultations, elaboration), the student is entitled to only one retake.

A student may apply for recognition of courses taken in another study programme at another university. Courses taken at another university are recognised by AFAD on the basis of the student's transcript of the study results issued by the university and by submitting an AFAD application form (the exact instructions are stated in the Application for Recognition of Courses form). Recognition of the courses is tied to a period of 5 years after their completion. Recognition of the courses is assessed by the main responsible teacher or the guarantor of the Textiles study programme, who ensures its teaching on the basis of the transcript of the study results and the comparison of the CIS or otherwise described content of the education of the course. On the basis of the proposal of the Textiles study programme guarantor, the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs recognises the completed courses. It is not possible to recognise credits earned for the completion of a course at a level of study other than the undergraduate one. As a rule, courses with a grade of E are also not recognised. The transcript of study results and the decision on the recognition of courses become part of the student's personal study documentation, kept by AFAD.

In the Textiles study programme, the themes of the final bachelor theses are generated individually on the basis of joint consultations with the student. They reflect the student's personal artistic/design interest and direction in his/her work. The themes of the final bachelor´s theses tend to range from personal individual themes to society-wide themes to assignments created for the needs of industry or original design, therefore the list of the themes of the final theses is not provided.

The thesis themes - bachelor's thesis, are generated individually for each student and formulated by the tutor of the bachelor's thesis on the basis of the student's previous studies and artistic direction.

Detailed description of the argumentation and defence and evaluation of the final works of the study programme Textiles is described in the Study Regulations.

Mobility of the students:

–options and procedures for participation in student mobility are published on the AFAD website https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/mobilita-studentov/studijne-pobyty-pre-studentov/?v=8X0Q4WO0

Academic ethics:

–the rules for adherence to academic ethics and consequences resulted from its breach. They are summarised in the AFAD Code of Ethics and the Disciplinary Regulations for AFAD students and are posted on the web:

Code of Ethics: https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/uradna-tabula/eticky-kodex/

 Codes of Ethics:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/uradna-tabula/eticky-kodex/

Disciplinary Regulations for Students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/disciplinarny-poriadok.pdf

Students with special needs:

–procedures applicable to students with special needs, specified in the Internal Regulation 3/2020, the Rector's Directive to provide a generally accessible environment for students with specific needs

 https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/studenti-so-specifickymi-potrebami/?v=8X0Q4WO0 , include the following:

 The request of an applicant with specific needs to modify the form and manner of the admissions taking into account his/her specific needs.

- the request for inclusion in the register of students with specific needs and consent to assess specific needs.

The applicant is notified via the website about the conditions and instructions on the admissions procedure about the possibility of submitting an application, and subsequently the specific needs of the applicant are addressed individually and the applicant is informed in advance of the course of the admissions procedure via the email he/she provides in the application form. The student is also informed via the website and the AFAD Student Support ((https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/5XDjmj7j/podporne-a-poradenske-centrum-pre-studentov-vsvu-v-bratislave/) about the possibility of submitting an application, which will be subsequently approved by the Coordinator for Students with Specific Needs and the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs. Once the application has been approved, a confirmation will be issued to the student and then the individual options for the possibilities of the educational process will be discussed with the student, which will also be communicated to the teachers of the Textiles study programme. In the case of specific requirements that are not available at AFAD. AFAD will promptly arrange corrective measures and suitable conditions for the student.

Student complaints and appeals procedures.  

Students may submit complaints and appeals of various kinds in writing, by mail, email, or through physical drop boxes in school buildings:

- through the AFAD Student Support and Counselling Centre, which will forward the complaint to the AFAD Ethics Committee or the Student Affairs Committee of the AFAD Academic Senate or to the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs on the basis of the specific complaint or appeal.

- through the Study Officer, who will forward it to the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs for resolution.

- directly to the members (teachers or student representatives) of the Study Affairs Committee of the AFAD Academic Senate, who will decide on the method of resolution on the basis of the specific complaint or appeal.

- directly to the members of the Ethics Committee of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, who shall decide on the method of resolution depending on specifics of the complaint or appeal,

- In the case of a specific complaint and appeal, a joint solution of all previously mentioned representatives or their deputies is included.

Separate annex in pdf form.

The current schedule of the academic year is set by the AFAD Rector after discussion with the AFAD Vice-Rectors no later than 30th June of the current year (AFAD Study Regulations, Article 7, point 5).

The academic calendar is published on the AFAD website, in the handbook - BEDEKER, in the Academic Information System - AiS. Students are also informed about the academic calendar and the current timetable and their publication or update via emails, Instagram and Facebook.

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/P7kgK675/

https://www.instagram.com/vsvu_afad/

https://www.facebook.com/vsvu.afad

The person in charge of the course delivery and development and quality of the study programme: TEXTILES and the main teacher of the profile course::

Sabová, Júlia, prof., akad. mal.

Position: professor, head of the department, head of the Studio of Clothing Design

specialization of the profile course: Studio of Clothing Design

E-mail address: sabova@vsvu.sk   

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11732

Teachers in charge of the profile course: Studio :

Cepková, Blanka, doc., MA

Position: associate professor, head of the Studio of Fiber Art

Specialization of the profile course: Studio of Fiber Art

E-mail address: cepkova@vsvu.sk   

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

ww.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11713

Fulková, Mária, doc., MA

Position: associate professor, head of the Studio of Textile Design

Specialization of the profile course: Studio of Textile Design

E-mail address:   fulkova@vsvu.sk   

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employeesl: https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11737

Teachers in charge of the profile course: Preparatory Studio of Clothing Design

Peuch, Barbora, doc., Mgr. art., ArtD.

Position: associate professor

E-mail address: peuch@vsvu.sk   

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11714

Teachers in charge of the profile course: Preparatory Studio of Textile design

Šebeková, Zuzana, doc., Dipl. Des., ArtD.

Position: associate professor

E-mail address: sebekova@vsvu.sk   

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20458

Separate annex in pdf form.

Kolčáková Rothensteinová, Karina, Mgr. art., ArtD.

Position: assistant professor, head of the Preparatory Course

E-mail address: kolcakova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11801

Gerbócová, Beáta, Mgr. art, ArtD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: gerbocova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/20456

Ondrejičková Soboslayová, Ingrid, Mgr. art

Position: instructor

E-mail address: ondrejickova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/34117

Bubán, Stanislav, doc.,  akad. mal.

Position: associate professor

E-mail address: buban@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11710

Tkáčik, Ladislav, doc., Mgr., PhD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: tkacik@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8606

Hodásová, Barbara, Mgr., Mgr. art., PhD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: hodasova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8797

Jablonská, Beata, Mgr., PhD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: jablonska@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11786

Kančevová, Naďa, Mgr., PhD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: kancevova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25380

Grúň, Daniel, doc., Mgr., PhD.

Position: associate professor

E-mail address: grun@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11741

Kralovič, Ján, Mgr., PhD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: jan.kralovic@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25964

Dobrovičová,

Monika, PaedDr., PhD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: dobrovicova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5084

Lacko, Norbert, Mgr., PhD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: lacko@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11760

Zervan, Marián, prof., PhDr., PhD.

Position: professor

E-mail address: zervan@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/8608

Kolesár, Zdeno, prof., PhDr., PhD.

Position: professor

E-mail address: kolesar@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11754

Ilková, Jana, Mgr. art., ArtD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: ilkova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/18212

Halada, Vít, Mgr. art., ArtD.

Position: associate professor

E-mail address: halada@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11742

Pézman, Andrea, Mgr. art., Ing. arch., ArtD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: pezman@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11729

Gyenes, Gabriel, Mgr. art., ArtD.

 Position: assistant professor 

E-mail address: gyenes@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/31677

Demeter, František, Mgr. art.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: demeter@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/25089

Špirec, Martin, Mgr. art., ArtD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: spirec@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11808

Kautman, Václav, akad. soch.

Position: associate professor

E-mail address: kautman@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11723

Zelman, Peter, Mgr. art.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: zelman@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11783

Baumann, Peter, Mgr.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: baumann@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11700

Macho, Pavol, doc., Mgr. Art.

Position: associate professor

E-mail address: macho@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/11845

Pišteková, Danica, Mgr. art., ArtD.

Position: associate professor

E-mail address: pistekova@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/29125

Barényi, Peter, Mgr. art., ArtD.

Position: assistant professor

E-mail address: barenyi@vsvu.sk

Hyperlink to a person's record in the Register of University Employees:

https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/24657

The study programme TEXTILES is a study programme, in which thesis themes are generated for each student individually.

Sabová, Júlia, prof., akad. mal.

E-mail address: sabova@vsvu.sk

Cepková, Blanka, doc., M.A.

E-mail address: cepkova@vsvu.sk   

Fulková, Mária, doc., M.A.

E-mail address: fulkova@vsvu.sk   

The scientific/artistic-teaching characteristics of the tutors of final theses are registered in AiS and will be available upon request.

Filip Fecko

E-mailová adresa: filip.fecko@student.vsvu.sk

Tereza Kĺčová

E-mailová adresa: tereza.klcova@student.vsvu.sk

Study counsellor:                                                                                                                                                        

Cepková, Blanka, doc., M.A.

Study counsellor

E-mail address: cepkova@vsvu.sk

Individual consultations arranged via e-mail.

Tatarková, Mária, Ing.

Study officer and coordinator of accommodation

E-mail address: tarkova@vsvu.sk

Kozáková, Sylvia, Ing.

AiS administrator

E-mail address: kkozakova@vsvu.sk

Jančařík, Tomáš, Mgr. art.

Career counselor

E-mail address: jancarik@vsvu.sk

Šarkan, Martin, Mgr., PhD.

Psychological counselor

E-mail address: sarkan@vsvu.sk

Link to the AFAD Support and Counseling Center:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/5XDjmj7j/podporne-a-poradenske-centrum-pre-studentov-vsvu-v-bratislave/

List and characteristics of the classrooms of the TEXTILES study programme:

The profile course Studio Teaching and all compulsory optional and elective courses with the characteristics of practical vocational courses take place in studios and workshops in a total area of 732,5 m². The studios and workshops are available to all students of the Bachelor's degree programme in Textiles for direct teaching (theoretical and practical teaching, consultations and discussions of the teacher with students) and also indirect teaching (individual work of the student on a term assignment or their final thesis). The workshops are used by the students according to the needs of their semestral assignment or final thesis, or assignments in professional practical courses. Material storage rooms are also an infrastructural part of the studios and workshops.  

Studios (rooms): total cca 343.6m²

The compulsory course Preparatory Course of Textile Design takes place in a separate room designated for this purpose. Depending on the current number of students in a given academic year, there is approximately 3.75m2 of space per student. (*space dedicated exclusively for teaching 1st year undergraduate students)

The profile courses Preparatory Studio of Textile Design and Preparatory Studio of Clothing Desing are held in the designated shared space of the Fashion Design Studio. Depending on the actual number of students in a given academic year, approximately 4.41m2 of space per student (*shared space for the teaching of undergraduate- and graduate students). The studio teaching takes place in a vertical scheme, where undergraduate, graduate and PhD students meet in the same space and time.

The profile subject Studio - divided into the specialisations of Studio of Fashion Design, Studio and Textile of Textile Design, Studio of Fiber Art, is taught by three heads of studios together with two assistant professors or assistants, in two separate and one shared room. Depending on the current number of students in a given academic year, an average of 8.07m2 of space per student is used (*shared space of the Ateliers for the teaching of undergraduate- and graduate students). The studio teaching takes place in a vertical scheme where undergraduate, graduate and PhD students meet in the same space and time.

The studios are provided with basic projection equipment (computer and data projector) either directly installed in the studio room or as an available mobile part of the inventory within the field of study with the possibility of transfer to the place of teaching. Wifi connection is available in all studios, teaching premises as well as workshops. Additional equipment in the studios is dependent on specific teaching needs ((inventory lists will be available and prepared to be reviewed by the Accreditation Committee during a physical visit of the school).).

Workshops: total approx. 272 m2. Sewing workshop, Knitting workshop, Printing workshop, Weaving workshop, Tafting workshop, Digital cutting workshop + digital large format printing.

The workshops are designed for the realization of semestral and final works and also serve for teaching practical vocational subjects. The workshop staff member, or the teacher carrying out the teaching of a practical vocational subject in the workshop, is also responsible for the health and safety of the students and also performs the function of a supervisor and a competent teacher in the operation and use of technical and technological equipment and consumables.

Students also have the possibility to use workshops linked to other study programmes. During the allocated time, students may work on their semestral assignments and final works. The workshop staff member is also responsible for the health and safety of the students and also acts as a supervisor in the operation and use of technical and technological equipment and consumables. The workshops are intended for the realization of semestral and final works and also serve for the teaching of practical vocational courses.

The workshops are located in the school building – on 44 Drotárska cesta.

Storage rooms: total 32.2 m2. Storage rooms of the Art Fiber studio, storage rooms of the Textile Design Studio. They serve as convenient storage rooms for materials, working aids, or for the purpose of archiving selected student works, results of external collaborations of studios, etc.

Digital classroom: approx. 33.7 m². The digital classroom, as a part of the Studio of Fiber Art and Preparatory Course of Textile Design, has the appropriate technological equipment for teaching programming of digital Jacquard weaving and at the same time it serves for teaching theoretical vocational courses (inventory lists will be available and prepared to be reviewed by the Accreditation Committee during a physical visit of the school).

Digital classroom is located in the building on 44 Drotárská cesta

Small lecture/seminar room: approx. 17.0 m2. The lecture/seminar room is used for teaching theoretical vocational subjects (for full-time teaching) and also serves as a departmental meeting room.

The small lecture/seminar room is located in the school building - 44 Drotárska cesta. 

Material resources: the school provides the basic material resources for the Textiles study programme. Students are provided with paper, canvas, basic sewing and weaving thread, some special paints, dyes, pigments, chemicals, adhesives or fixatives, and other materials. Consumables needed for the semestral work or the final thesis are paid for by the student from his/her own resources or by the school from grants and research projects. Alternatively, the work is carried out with material or technological-implementation support in cooperation with companies which the department (or its lecturers, doctoral students or students) cooperate with.

Workshops are  located in the building on 44 Drotárská cesta.

Lecture and seminar rooms: 5 + 5 rooms - approx. 362 m2 in total. Each lecture room has the appropriate technological equipment: computer, data projector, projection screen, audio equipment and wifi connection (inventory lists will be available and prepared to be reviewed by the Accreditation Committee during a physical visit of the school).

The lecture and seminar rooms are located in the school building on 18 Hviezdoslavovo nám.

Medium Gallery: approx. 150 m2 in total. The Medium Gallery is used for the presentation of students' creative work, accompanying lectures and discussion forums, or for students´ social activities and confrontation with the external environment.

 Kremnica Communication and Visualisation Training Centre - is a historical building used for workshops, seminars and conferences. It has accommodation capacities (about 30 people) and lecture rooms. The centre also has appropriate technical and technological facilities.The meaning of such a centre is to offer an opportunity to experience an intensive work week, which is part of the studio teaching. In the training centre, students concentrate on a given topic in the form of block teaching or a specially prepared workshop, for example with students from a partner studio of a foreign university. The purpose is to enhance interaction between schools,concentrated creative activity and inter-studio cooperation. The purpose is both the deepening of disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge and cooperation, as well as inter- and transdisciplinary cooperation and interaction between schools (studios and specialisations), concentrated creative and research artistic activity both domestically and internationally.

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/udalosti/Y7veB1Ob/vybudovanie-vyucboveho-centra-komunikacie-a-vizualizacie/

Future: AFAD is working intensively on the implementation of the plan to build a new Technology Pavilion at 44 Drotárská cesta, which will include the following centres: theWood and Stone Processing Centre, the Precision Metal Casting Centre, the Surface Treatment Centre, the Model Processing Centre, the Printing, Dyeing and Textile Processing Centre, the Audiovisual Production Centre, the 2D and 3D Printing Centre, the Chemical Technology Laboratory, the Photography Processing Centre, the Painting Technology Centre, and the Centre for Vocational Teaching and Presentation. Currently, the project is in the phase of preparation of the implementation plan and relevant documentation after the successful implementation and evaluation of the architectural competition for the so-called new AFAD Art Campus. The timeframe for the implementation of the planned construction of the project (due to the amount of financial resources required) depends mainly on the allocation of funds to support the implementation of the project from the Ministry of Education and Science or other direct sources of the state budget.

 a. Academic library and related reference libraries at workplaces, electronic library databases, online catalogs of books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, e-books, e-journals and access to important databases of world galleries and universities, general portals and databases:

For example, scientia.sk, SpringerLink, Slovak National Bibliography For example, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, University of Cambridge For example, minedu, EU, Slov-lex https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/akademicka-kniznica/?v=8X0Q4WO0

 b.   Artotéka – data storage of art academies and AFAD own storages

c. Free internet connection – wi-fi in all school buildings (Hviezdoslavovo nám. 18, Drotárska cesta 44, Koceľova 23 and the Communication and Visualization Learning Center in Kremnica)

d. AiS (Academic Information System), which contains:

ILP – subject information sheets

 Schedule

 Curricullum of the study program

 All internal regulations and all internal letters related to the organization of the study https://ais2.vsvu.sk/ais/start.do

e. Distance learning tools: MS Teams (used for distance learning and communication), e-mail

f. Information channels: web, school emails, Instagram, Facebook 

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/

https://www.instagram.com/vsvu_afad/

https://www.facebook.com/vsvu.afad

https://www.facebook.com/VSVU.KVK

https://www.instagram.com/kvk_vsvu/

The form and method of study is defined in the AFAD Study Regulations (Article 3, Forms and Methods of Study, points 5 to 8).

At AFAD, the combined method of teaching is mostly used, which is stated in the CIS (Course Information Sheets), even if the teaching is done completely in the form of distance learning. When a teaching method of the course is changed, it is discussed in advance with the study programme guarantor and subsequently with the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs at a predetermined time (usually May-June of the previous academic year when the study plan and the content of the individual CIS for the next academic year are reviewed). Complete distance learning at AFAD is realized by order of the Rector, especially in emergency situations (e.g. when a state of emergency is declared).

The given study programme is defined as an academically oriented, artistic type of study, but at the same time AFAD has established a mechanism of work placements and complementary work placements, where it cooperates with various types of institutions and companies in the domestic and foreign external environment. In addition to the permanent partners, cooperation with other partners is currently being approved. The procedures are published on the school's website and study guide (Bedeker).

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/pracovne-staze/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/

Cultural-social events on the AFAD grounds are held in the Medium and HIT Gallery and in the public external school premises. The gallery premises are primarily used for exhibition activities of students and teachers, they also serve as a communication space for organizing various types of lectures and discussions, which are also open to the general public, or other social activities of teachers, students, staff, as well as alumni of the school. As part of the open-call mechanism, the school's gallery premises also present the exhibition projects of our partners from abroad or the results of our international cooperation. Within the framework of international cooperation, projects of international significance are periodically prepared (for example Exhibition of Textile Miniature TxT, Textile Art of Today Trienale , International Triennal of Tapesry Łódź, Fashion Live Bratislava, Unique Fashion Week, Bratislava Design Week, Heimtextil Frankfurt, Talente München, Šperk stret, etc.)

Another important AFAD facility is the Communication and Visualization Training Centre in Kremnica, which is used for the school for creative workshops and a block teaching process. The Training Centre has accommodation facilities, lecture rooms, digital technology equipment and material facilities. The facility is used extensively for workshops, conferences, seminars and meetings also with foreign partner educational institutions and promotes internationalisation, interaction and joint concentrated creative activity. Due to its advantageous geographical location, the teaching centre is used for year-round outdoor sports activities as part of creative residencies.

Students of the Textiles study programme can mainly benefit from Erasmus+ mobility (projects KA103 and KA107), CEEPUS, programmes based on bilateral agreements and opportunities of National Scholarship Programme focused on a student, teaching and non-teaching mobility. In addition to the standard mobility programs, students also participate in other artistic and research projects, in which AFAD creates joint international platforms with selected foreign partners and collaborates on specific artistic, exhibition, presentation, research and innovation tasks and projects. In order to carry out the mobility in the Textiles study programme and to gain international experience, AFAD has established a wide network of partnerships in most of the European Union countries, non-EU partner countries in Europe (Western Balkan countries, Ukraine, Georgia), Asia (China, Japan, India, Israel, Turkey) and America (USA, Mexico). Students of the Textiles programme will also have the opportunity to benefit from a number of international workshops, lectures, seminars, training courses and meetings with visiting foreign teachers at our school.

Equally important is the opportunity to complete part of the study with a visiting lecturer from abroad as part of the primary teaching. Foreign students in our country, who come mainly under the Erasmus+ programme, will contribute to building contacts and opportunities for future collaborations for our students. Students of the Textiles study programme will have the opportunity to benefit from the activities of major international networks of which the Academy of Fine Arts and Design is a part (Cumulus, ELIA, Archintex, FashionSEEDS,

WearSustain,) of. International presentation activities of students are also supported by the embassies of the Slovak Republic and cultural institutes of the Slovak Republic abroad. In addition to study placements, artistic-research and presentation activities, students of the Textiles study programme will have the opportunity to take advantage of student and graduate internships in selected foreign institutions, companies and specialized studios and studios within the Erasmus+ programme. All options, guidelines and rules are made available and updated in detail on the school's website and are also anchored in the internal regulations of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava - Rector's Directive: Implementation of the ERASMUS+ Programme at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava

 Complete information, guidelines and the course of international mobility (from application to credit recognition upon return):

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/aktualne-vnutorne-predpisy/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/?v=8X0Q4WO0

(Forms for individual study plan and mobility recognition are available to students in AiS.)

An applicant for undergraduate study who applies for the study programme TEXTILES can be admitted to the study only on the basis of successful completion of the admission procedure. The prerequisite for admission to the Bachelor's degree programme is the acquisition of a complete secondary or complete vocational secondary education (Section 56(1) of the Act). AFAD sets additional conditions for admission to individual study programmes in order to ensure that applicants with the necessary abilities and aptitudes are admitted to study. The specified conditions and the method of verifying their fulfilment must enable to choose such applicants who demonstrate the highest level of talent, ability and knowledge for study in the individual study programmes offered by AFAD.

The entrance exam is designed to test the level of knowledge, talent, thinking, abilities and skills of the applicant in the light of the specific requirements of the chosen bachelor's degree programme. 

The applicant has knowledge and skills focused on the field of art in general, as well as specifically on the area he/she wants to study - textile design. During the admissions procedure he/she demonstrates creative ambitions, basic knowledge of art history, interest in the field of textile design (orientation in the current developments in the field of clothing and textile design and free original textile creation), analytical thinking, thinking in context. Basic artistic skills (drawing, composition, working with colour...) can be used in own work and adequately applied in working on simple assignements. The applicant demonstrates creative skills of artistic vision and original artistic expression. He/she responds and presents his/her opinions flexibly, thus demonstrating the ability to master the Bachelor's degree programme in the Textiles study programme. The Admission Committee assesses the applicant's level of talent, the presumption of creative dialogue as a determinant of creative growth and the applicant's ability to complete the u Bachelor's degree programme. An individual interview with the applicant ensures an inclusive form of the admissions procedure.

The applicant is admitted transparently before a committee composed of teachers of the given study programme. One theoretician is also a member of the committee. The results of the admission interviews, after approval by the whole-school admission committee, are discussed at the Rector's Collegium and recorded in the minutes. The criteria and requirements for applicants are published on the school's website and are updated annually. Updates to the criteria and requirements are also linked to developments in the field of art and design, and to the development of certain technical or technological skills. The admission committee assesses the applicant's level of talent and his/her aptitude and ability to complete the bachelor's degree programme. An individual interview with the applicant ensures an inclusive form of admissions.

The admission procedure for Bachelor's degree programmes is regulated in detail by the Internal Regulations on the Admission Procedure at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design

in Bratislava:https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp-9-2021-vnu-torny-predpis-o-priji-macom-konani-na-vs-vu.pdf

Criteria and requirements given on applicants:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/prijimacie-pohovory/prijimacie-pohovory-bakalarske-studium/

requirements on home assignments – portfolio https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/prijimacie-pohovory/prijimacie-pohovory-bakalarske-studium/textilna-tvorba/

AFAD offers an individual consultation for every applicant

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/konzultacie/konzultacie-textilna-tvorba/?v=LRJ8jJO2

The admissions are:

- Reliable - the applicant must demonstrate the ability to work on given assignments independently creatively, to demonstrate competence in the basic means and forms of artistic expression (figurative drawing, composition and work with color, design of fabric patterns and/or garments) in his/her portfolio - see. updated requirements for the content and range of the portfolio on the web

- Fair - collective evaluation of the results of the admission interviews by the committee, discussion on the applicants' work and discussion with the applicants ensures a fair assessment of all applicants.

- Transparent - the conditions, criteria, methods and procedures for the admissions and selection of candidates are published on the school's website and refined and updated each year.

Study in the study field of Textiles, in its current form, can be dated back to 1994, when at the Department of Textile Design its youngest Studio of Fashion Design was established. Historically, however, education and work in the medium of textiles had been carried out several decades earlier - the Textile Design Studio from 1975, and even earlier, especially in connection with monumental painting and tapestry creation.

The Academy has developed tools for obtaining monitoring and evaluation of students' opinions and feedback from students and graduates on the quality of the curriculum and its improvement.

1.AFAD announces semestral and final works through the AFAD Prieskum and Diploma Fest, where all students, regardless of the quality of the outcome, are presented in the form of the whole-school exhibition or graduation exhibitions at the school or in other gallery and cultural institutions, or in public space. The Prieskum and Diploma Fest are open to the general professional and lay public

2. Student questionnaire (Functioning of the school, Teaching, Teaching of theoretical and vocational subjects, Teaching in studios). The questionnaire is conducted and evaluated by the representatives of the student part of the AFAD Academic Senate and the AFAD Education Commission of the AFAD Academic Senate.

3. Written proposals by mail, e-mail and to the physical mailboxes of the AFAD Vice-Rectors, the AFAD Academic Senate, the AFAD Ethics Committee, the Study and the AFAD Foreign Affairs Office.

The results of feedback from students and alumni and related measures to improve the quality of

the study programme are described in the Internal Regulation for the Internal System of Quality Assurance of Higher Education at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.

(VP č. 8/2022): https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vnutorny-system_2022_august_2022.pdf  

The results of feedback from students and alumni and related measures to improve the quality of

the study programme are described in the Internal Regulation for the Internal System of Quality Assurance of Higher Education at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.

(VP č. 8/2022): https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vnutorny-system_2022_august_2022.pdf  

1.Study regulations (also posted in Ais)

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/studijny-poriadok-v-zneni-d1.pdf,

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_1_2020-dodatok-2-k-studijnemu-poriadku.pdf

2.     Study Guide: https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/bedeker-standard/

3.Internal letter on completion of bachelor's studies (which, after being updated in a given academic year, is published in AIS and at the same time sent via e-mail to students of the final year.)

Internal regulations on the admission process at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp-9-2021-vnu-torny-predpis-o-priji-macom-konani-na-vs-vu.pdf

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/prijimacie-pohovory/prijimacie-pohovory-bakalarske-studium/fotografia-a-nove-media/ 

Internal regulation 3/2020, Rector's directive to ensure a generally accessible environment

for students with specific needs:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_3_2020-studenti-specificke-potreby.pdf,

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/studenti-so-specifickymi-potrebami/?v=8X0Q4WO0

4.Disciplinary rules for students of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/disciplinarny-poriadok.pdf

5.Internal regulations on tuition and fees:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_2_2020-skolne-poplatky-2020-2021_oprava.pdf,

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp-1-2022-vnutorny-predpis-o-skol_ak-rok-2022-2023_uz_clr.pdf

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/informacie-pre-studentov/skolne-a-poplatky/?v=8X0Q4WO0

6.Codex of Ethics:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/uradna-tabula/eticky-kodex

7.Internal regulation of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava no. 5/2017 (Rules of Procedure of the AFAD Academic Senate):

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_5_2017_rokovaci-poriadok-as-vsvu.pdf

8.Principles of the admission process at AFAD:

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/zasady_vyberoveho_konania_na_vsvu_platne_od_01092013-5239a3d7ec881.pdf

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vs-eobecne-krite-ria-na-591bfcba7de38.pdf

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/konkre-tne-podmienky-na-obsad-591bfc55333b4.pdf

9.Internal regulations and information on the realisation of the AFAD foreign mobilities:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/mobilita-studentov/?v=8X0Q4WO0,

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/student-na-vymennom-pobyte/?v=BO335VOZ,

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/vp_7_2019-realizacia-erasmus-plus.pdf,

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/?v=8X0Q4WO0,

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/medzinarodna-spolupraca/strategia-internacionalizacie/?v=8X0Q4WO0,

https://www.vsvu.sk/workspace/media/documents/erasmus-charter-for-higher-education-2021-2027.pdf

10.Information regarding study and study organization:

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/organizacia-studia/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/bakalarske-studium/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/bakalarske-studium/organizacia-studia/?v=8X0Q4WO0

https://www.vsvu.sk/sk/studium/bakalarske-studium/ukoncenie-studia/?v=8X0Q4WO0