The College of Fashion and Design | Colombo, Sri Lanka

ABOUT US

College of Fashion and Design (CFD) is a joint venture between fashion industry leader CFW and SLIITINTERNATIONAL, the education expert; to offer the most relevant design courses that equip the next generation of empowered design entrepreneurs, creative leaders and chief executives. The unique programs offered at CFD are built on the platforms of Sustainability, Circularity and Responsible Design; lead with the belief that ‘design is a solution to an existing problem’.  Read More

LONDON

With over 160 years of creative excellence in education and research, acclaimed for their top teaching quality, and highly respected by creative sector employers; ranked as one of the top design universities in the world.

MILAN

Accademia della Moda, headquartered in Milan and Naples, is also the only higher education institute in the South of Italy that is acknowledged by the Italian Ministry of Education; placed among the best in Italy with access to over 50 colleges in the EU.

A WASC- and NASAD-accredited, specialized, private college located in Los Angeles, California; ranked as one of the top design institutes in the US.

 

LONDON

A not-for-profit Commonwealth-organization occupying a unique space for inclusive global fashion development, linking the 56 fashion industries of the Commonwealth. Based in London, its vision is to empower through design – Planet, People, Hope; within which education is a very important focus; with various educational symposiums hosted in London.

SRI LANKA

A premium, boutique architectural firm founded in 1999 by internationally renowned Sri Lankan Architects Murad Ismail and Channa Daswatte, stemming from the practice of Geoffrey Bawa Associates have created a modern Sri Lankan identity. They also manage the Geoffery Bawa Trust. Here in partnership with CFD, MICD is a patron and mentor for the Interior Design & Architecture department of CFD.

SRI LANKA

Colombo Fashion Week (CFW) one of the most important fashion week events in South Asia, with the participation of celebrity designers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, along with Europe and Australia, was founded as a developmental organization in 2003, in the middle of the civil war, to revive the fashion and design industry. CFW is now the backbone of the fashion design industry and the most covered Sri Lankan event after Cricket.

Courses

The courses made available to you at CFD are an expertly curated selection of the most vital epicentres in the creative and design world; tailor-made to create an empowered generation of professionals that contribute positively to the society and economy; built on the platforms of Sustainability, Circularity and Responsible Design.

Fashion
Design

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN

GRAPHIC DESIGN
& VISUAL
COMMUNICATION

Fashion
Design

A 3- year course that aims to educate you on how to both create and operate a fashion line by means of a comprehensive study plan curated to train highly qualified professionals with creative and technical skills, styling and pattern making, photoshoots, launching & managing a business, understanding the fashion market, managing fashion events and how to handle clients.

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN

A 3-year course that aims to build your ability to understand your client’s needs and behaviours, and how to blend them with social and ergonomic factors in order to design spaces that can be effectively lived in and used. You will also learn how to detect and improve the relationship between interior design and the nature of the services supplied in specific spaces.

GRAPHIC DESIGN & VISUAL COMMUNICATION

A 3-year course that aims to train creative designers with the necessary theoretical and practical background knowledge to design visual communication projects in the fields of multimedia, interactive communication and hypermedia; with a sound command of leading tools and methods of application benchmarked against top tier industry professionals across the world.

A 5-month certificate course endorsed by the Commonwealth Fashion Council in London; equipped with in-depth international knowledge on the environment of NFTs, the Metaverse and New Tech Media. This short course for professionals and new-tech enthusiasts is created to enhance their working knowledge and equip them with the processes made by the global digital landscape.

NEW TECH, META SPACE & DIGITAL MEDIA

SHORT
COURSES

Tailor-made professional short courses stemming from new found technologies to innovative design practices, set to enhance and accentuate key areas of interest and basic industry requirements of the design spectrum in today’s world.

Foundation Course 

An expert-curated program, tailored to fast-track the path for high-school graduates (post-O/Ls) to commence their higher educational journey towards a design-led degree; meeting all university criteria and academic requirements.

Fundamentals of Fashion Design

A program created to initiate the processes of creativity on a level that is relatable to creative design enthusiasts who have a passion for fashion. From the basics of drawing through to collection development, pattern-making and garment creation, this program sets the tone for a future in this exciting and evolving design arena.

Fundamentals of Interior Design

A program that enables aspiring interior designers to begin the creative journey into this multi-faceted industry that enables designers to visualize, create and deliver on targeted projects within their individual areas of interest.

Fundamentals of Filmmaking

This 3-month short course is an introduction to the fundamentals of Filmmaking and aims to instill the skills necessary to create a piece of media/film/content from conceptualization to final product.

Fundamentals of Visual Communication & Graphic Design

A program that hones the creative skills of aspiring designers, guiding them to understand and realize their creative potential. While creating industry-standard visual designs from sketching to digital graphics creation, and revamping a brand identity, students also absorb the scope of this creative discipline.

ACADEMIC
TEAM

CFD has engaged individuals who are high achievers within their individualized spheres, which also includes high calibre growth. They participate in scheduled lectures and knowledge sharing of their experiences, enhancing the transfer of ideas to students at CFD.

AllFashionInteriorDigital

Design
Board

CFD is supported by the Design Board, comprising of International and Sri Lankan professional leaders of relevant design industries. They provide mentorship, guidance and progressively evolve the overall vision of CFD, to make it competitive and provide cutting-edge thought processes for students to succeed locally and internationally.

 

SUSTAINABLE FABRIC 
INNOVATION BOARD

CFD has a professionally driven board that specializes in leading fabric innovation with knowledge and industry expertise. Sustainable fabrics are a global need and this board aligns students to this thought process while encouraging individually motivated innovation, led by regional & global fabric experts.

Latest 
News

Creative Design Capsule

Creative Design Capsule

We at the CFD are constantly striving to build on creative communication awareness along with evolving knowledge sharing. In keeping...

January 31, 2024
Christmas party at The College of Fashion & Design

Christmas party at The College of Fashion & Design

The College of Fashion and Design (CFD) the premier design education provider in Sri Lanka and the Asian region, concluded...

January 3, 2024
DIWALI 2023 at CFD

DIWALI 2023 at CFD

Diwali, the festival of light, symbolises the triumph of "Good over Evil" and underlines the consistent notion that there will always...

November 24, 2023
Halloween with Scope Cinemas

Halloween with Scope Cinemas

One of the important aspects of design education is the preparation of design students, for industry. For the Students of...

November 11, 2023
CFD founder & Managing Director, visits the IUAD flagship campus, Milan

CFD founder & Managing Director, visits the IUAD flagship campus, Milan

  Our founder and Managing Director Mr. Ajai Vir Singh recently visited the IUAD flagship campus in Milan, and while...

October 13, 2023
Responsible Design Day 2023

Responsible Design Day 2023

  RESPONSIBLE DESIGN DAY at College of Fashion and Design had the invaluable industry expertise of Murad Ismail Charini Suriyage...

September 12, 2023
The “Barbie” Premier

The “Barbie” Premier

"Barbie" was, is and always will be an iconic name synonymous with not only the doll by the same name,...

August 31, 2023
International Celebrity Designers Visit CFD

International Celebrity Designers Visit CFD

Four important South Asian designers of international repute paid a visit to the campus of CFD (College of Fashion and...

May 24, 2023