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• Over 2000 students in the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology.
• Approx. 80% female, approx. 20% male students.

• approx. 400 students from over 40 countries

• over 30 professors
• approx. 25 contract lecturers
• over 60 employees and co-workers
• thereof approx. 20 employees of the research institute

• Dual studies in the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology since 2004.
• One Bachelor's and one Master's degree programme completely in English.

The Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology includes:

• FTB - Research Institute for Textile and Clothing
• ÖP - Public Testing Laboratory for Textiles
• TFN - Support association "Textile Fashion Network
• TFI - Further education institute "Textile Fashion Institute
• Textiles Innovatorium (in preparation)

The Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology cooperates across faculties with:

• eWeb Research Centre
• EthNa Competence Center CSR - (Business Ethics, Sustainability, Corporate Social Responsibility)

32 different laboratories and pilot plants with specialists in the fields of:

• Spinning
• weaving
• Knitting mill
• Knitting mill
• braiding shop
• Narrow textiles
• Chemistry
• finishing
• Printing shop
• Quality assessment
• Microscopy
• Confection

International cooperation with universities and companies abroad:

Australia / Bangladesh / Austria / Belgium / Bulgaria / China / Denmark / England / France / India / Italy / Netherlands / Portugal / Russia / Switzerland / Spain / Turkey / Tunisia / USA

• various Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes
• in German and English
• in the fields of Textile and Clothing Technology and Design
• both full-time studies and dual studies

1851 Weaving school founded in Cologne/Mühlheim

1897 The government and the chamber of commerce district decide to establish a technical college for the textile industry in Mönchengladbach and to bear the costs.

1899 The Commission for the Establishment of a Higher Technical School for the Textile Industry in the Chamber of Commerce District of M.-Gladbach determines the purchase of land, the plans for the teaching education and factory building, the employment of teachers and construction technicians, as well as the school's statutes.

1900 The statutes of November 20 define the compulsory obligations of the participating communities and the state in all details.

1901 On May 24, the Prussian King grants the Higher Technical School for the Textile Industry in Munich-Gladbach legal capacity by grace on the basis of the subsequent statutes of November 20 of the previous year.

1901 Closure of the Cologne/Mülheim Weaving School and continuation as the Prussian Higher Technical School for the Textile Industry in Mönchengladbach - Rheydt.

1901 Apprenticeship in the spinning, weaving, dyeing and finishing departments - two-year day courses and two- or three-year evening courses (master craftsman courses)

1910 Foundation of the "Public Testing Office for Spinning Fabrics

1912 Foundation of fabric testing office

1912 Foundation of ready-to-wear department in the HAKA division. Later expansion to include ladies' outerwear, lingerie, workwear and sportswear. Develops into the only training center of its kind at German technical colleges

1924 Expansion of the range of courses: one-semester course for textile merchants and apprenticeship for the cloth industry

1932 Increase in the duration of studies in day courses from two to four semesters

1932 The clothing industry group arranges for the "Höhere Fachschule für Textil- Industrie" to be renamed the "Höhere Fachschule für die Textilindustrie und höhere Bekleidungsfachschule" (Higher Technical School for the Textile Industry and Higher Apprenticeship) on account of the unique, extensive apprenticeship in this field in the whole of Germany.

1936 The technical school is the first in Germany to receive the authorization for the apprenticeship of "garment engineers

1944/45 Destruction of the teaching building and the teaching materials to approx. 90%.

1944 At the end of the year, the school is temporarily relocated to the Höhere Textilfachschule in Münchberg (Upper Franconia).

1944 short-term transfer to Bönningen am Neckar until the end of the war. This formed the foundation for the Hohenstein Institutes on the Neckar River

1945/46 Resumption of apprenticeship in textile engineering schools in North Rhine-Westphalia, including Mönchengladbach, with a focus on: spinning, cotton and rayon goods production, wool and semi-wool goods production, finishing. Teaching education in Clothing Technology at the Mönchengladbach Higher Technical School for Clothing

1963 Renaming of the textile engineering school to "Mönchengladbach-Rheydt School of Engineering for Textiles".

1965 Renaming of all engineering schools to "State School of Textile Engineering". Integration of the "Higher School of Apparel" as an independent department in the State School of Textile Engineering. Increase of the engineering education to 6 semesters, due to the technical development of the industry.

1969 Revision of the curricula in preparation for the university of applied sciences and thus division into the departments of Textile Production, Textile Finishing, Clothing Technology, Business and Operating Technology

1971 Transfer of the apprenticeship for technicians and merchants to the technical college

1971 Prof. Dr. Rolf Klinke, first Dean of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology

1971 On August 1: Incorporation of the State College of Textile Engineering into the University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein and thus founding of the University of Applied Sciences Niederrhein Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology based in Mönchengladbach. Bundling of the different state apprenticeships from Krefeld, Cologne as well as Bielefeld in Mönchengladbach.

1972 Immediately after the founding of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology, application for the construction of new laboratories, due to the rapidly increasing demand for the textile and clothing training, which is unique of its kind in Germany.

1974 First award: Textile Prize of the Entrepreneurs' Association of the Lower Rhine Textile Industry

1975 Apprenticeship according to the examination regulations for Textile and Clothing Technology

1975 Prof. Dr. R. Klinke becomes the first dean and also deputy rector.

1978 Transfer of the textile-technical apprenticeships in Aachen and Wuppertal to Mönchengladbach. Concentration of the entire textile and Clothing Technology apprenticeship in North Rhine-Westphalia in Mönchengladbach

1979 4th Cietex Conference of the worldwide association of professors and lecturers of the field of teaching in textiles

1979 Establishment of the Degree programme in Production Technology with courses offered by the Faculties of Textile and Clothing Technology and Mechanical and Process Engineering

1980 Introduction to the title "Diplom-Ingenieur" (FH) and formation of the faculty council consisting of representatives of professors, specialist subject teachers, teaching education and research staff and other employees

1984 Presentation of the garment industry's clothing award to the graduate with the highest grade in the class

1984 Introduction to a numerus clausus for Clothing Technology

1984 Introduction to a numerus clausus for textile technology. Limitation of the annual intake capacity to 330 students

1986 Construction of the new machine hall

1990 Transfer of development work, mainly in the field of technical textiles, to the faculty

1992 Construction of a three-story laboratory building

1994 Retirement of Prof. Dr. Klinke, the founding dean of the faculty

1997 Installation of a wastewater treatment plant

1999 Introduction to Bachelor of Textile and Clothing Management degree program

1999 MG attracts. The young talent fair for textile professions takes place for the first time

2000 The state of NRW approves the core research areas "Virtual Textile Finishing

2000 Introduction to: Master of Textile and Clothing Management

2004 Introduction to the dual degree programme - a degree in an apprenticeship recognized by the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK and Steuerberaterkammer), plus a Bachelor's degree

2005 Foundation of the Research Institute for Textile and Clothing (FTB) at the Hochschule Niederrhein to strengthen research at the university.

2012 Agreement with Tianjin Polytechnic University in Tianjin, China: Introduction to the "International Textile and Clothing Management" degree programme with a German-Chinese double degree

2013 Inauguration of the new Z-building on Richard-Wagner-Strasse

2014 The first student receives the German-Chinese double degree in the degree programme "International Textile and Clothing Management" in cooperation with Tianjin Polytechnical University China

2015 November, The Hochschule Niederrhein opens its library in the new NEW-Blauhaus building

2017 April, Laying of the foundation stone on the campus of the university on Webschulstraße for the Textile Academy Mönchengladbach, nationwide training and further education academy with up to 350 students per year.

2017 July, The Hochschule Niederrhein is distinguished as an "Innovative University" by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and receives funding of 6.3 million euros over the next 5 years for the targeted promotion of knowledge and technology transfer at higher education institutions

2018 August, opening of the Textile Academy; NRW Minister President Armin Laschet praises the vocational school as a "role model for Germany". Together with the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology of the Hochschule Niederrhein, it forms a unique textile campus.

2018 September, founding of the Center Textile Logistics (CTL) at the Hochschule Niederrhein in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML).

2018 November, Launch of the Textile INNOVATORUM.

2019 June, At the first PolitFashionNight in Berlin under the motto NRW macht Mode, the students of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology present their own collections in the course of a fashion show.

2019 November, Under the motto "Change" students of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology of the Hochschule Niederrhein present their creations at the Federal Press Ball at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin.

Mönchengladbach/Florence, July 2017

At the international knitwear design - competition "Feel the Yarn" in Florence, the best design colleges in the world participate. The Master's students Inken Blanca Post and Theresa Scholl from the Master's degree programme Textile Products Design, represented the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology of the Hochschule Niederrhein. The theme at the "Pitti Filati" fair was "Knit Mix", and Inken Blanca Post drew inspiration from the human brain to develop close-fitting, fine surfaces with mesh structures and colored accents in combination with voluminous organic structures. Theresa Scholl developed a new interpretation of futuristic cyborgs with a "steam punk" look in sportswear. The high-quality Italian knitting yarn specialists "Manifattura Sesia s.r.l" and "Lanificio dell' Olivo S.p.A." provided the yarns for the realization in the textile workshops of the Hochschule Niederrhein. The imaginative textile surfaces and silhouettes were very well received by the international audience.

Mönchengladbach, June 2017

The Hochschule Niederrhein has been in possession of a sewing machine capable of processing electrically conductive threads for just under a year. This is a special design that was purchased with funding from the Wilhelm Lorch Foundation and is currently still in prototype status. As part of her Bachelor's thesis "Experimental evaluation of the functionality of a new type of decorative stitch sewing machine and 3D modeling of stitch variations with TexGen software", student Nora Brinkert investigated the functionality of the machine and created a manual for its use. At the "MG ZIEHT AN" trade show, she received an award for her work from the managing director of the Rhineland Textile and Clothing Industry Association, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kleinebrink. Nora Brinkert documented seams, embroidery variations and 3D modeling with functional threads using videos and measurement protocols. The work was supervised by Prof. Kerstin Zöll.

Mönchengladbach, June 2017

For her master's thesis "ECOPOLIS - Sustainable design strategies in fashion and textile design for life in the city of tomorrow", Ms. Theresa Brinkmann received an award from the Association of the Rhenish Textile and Clothing Industry by Association Managing Director Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kleinebrink at the "MG zieht an" trade fair. Her thesis is about sustainable fashion and resource-saving lifestyle concepts for "Ecopolis" - the city as the central living space of the future. Theresa Brinkmann's master's thesis is to be understood as a counter-concept to today's common fast fashion. "It is about high-quality fashion made from renewable resources and innovative materials, in a small but versatile combinable "capsule collection". The work is a very good example of sustainable, aesthetically sophisticated, textile design," explains supervisor Prof. Dipl.-Des. Ellen Bendt.

Mönchengladbach/Frankfurt, January 2017

How is design changing in the age of Industry 4.0? What is the meaning of "beautiful design" in a functional world? How does our understanding of beauty change in 2020 compared to the Renaissance, when beauty meant "relation of proportions"? The Master's course in the Degree programme in Design Engineering at the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology of the Hochschule Niederrhein dealt with these questions. The results can be seen as an example at the "Heimtextil" trade fair in Frankfurt am Main. Among others, Evgenia Guliev, a master's student who received the "Epson International Design for Living Award," will be exhibiting there. Her design combines contrasting aspects such as graphic shapes and natural flowers, bringing them together in a statement about contrasts and harmony. "In doing so, she shows us a new way of synergy and sympathy between different design concepts," says Prof. Dr. Marina-Elena Wachs, who supervised the project, as well as the digital implementation with Epson Deutschland GmbH.

The world's first knitted hiking boot was developed by MA student Nicole Swoboda as part of her master's research project "Hike &Knit" in cooperation with the Austrian company "Dachstein Outdoor und Lifestyle GmbH" and the Italian manufacturers "Mac Tecno Materials" and "Calzaturificio Skandia S.P.A.". The highly functional upper material is knitted, adapts to the foot with millimeter precision and provides stable support. Inspired by the "natural-walking" principle, the robust, grippy Vibram® Motionflex sole was developed with its own flexible zones. Under the water-repellent and abrasion-resistant AeroKnit upper material, Dachstein processes its own DryDS membrane. It makes the sporty shoe waterproof and breathable at the same time. Since quality assurance is an important part of Dachstein's product development, the Super Leggera DDS is manufactured in Europe.

At the international textile trade fair "Heimtextil" in Frankfurt am Main, Michael Wolf, a master's student at the Hochschule Niederrhein, won the prize in the "Upcycling Objects" category. The young talent award "Young Creations Award: Upcycling" is all about sustainability. The aim is to create new and high-quality products from waste products and old materials and to enhance their material value in the process. Wolf received the 2500 euro prize for his design work "Inemuri hitotsu". Inspired by the Japanese culture of public sleeping, the master's student designed a table pad that functions as a retreat in public spaces. Wolf built a design concept on the principle of "mottainai," which means, in a nutshell, not to waste anything. All in the spirit of sustainability. The fabrics were woven on historic looms, and the filling is made from recycled textile scraps. Thus, the use of recycled material goes here a sensible combination with an innovative design idea.

Campaign for Wool

Within the Wool School project of the Campaign for Wool, 11 master students of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology, under the guidance of Prof. Ellen Bendt - Professor of Fashion Design with a specialisation in knitwear and innovative product design - and Prof. Dr. Marina-Elena Wachs - Professor of Design Theory - created wonderful outfits in white wool on the theme of sustainable virgin wool. The Campaign for Wool is an international cross-industry initiative launched by The Woolmark International, British Wool Marketing Board, International Wool Textile Organisation and New Zealand woolgrowers in January 2010. The initiative focuses on virgin wool, which is obtained from the fur of live sheep and is a renewable resource that is particularly environmentally friendly.

Mönchengladbach - Paris February 2017

Students of the Faculty of Textile and Clothing Technology of the Hochschule Niederrhein inspired the professional audience with their catwalks at the Paris Avantex (trade fair for Advanced Textiles and Fashion). At the same time, the faculty, under the direction of professors Dr. Marina Wachs and Dr. Kerstin Zöll, presented itself with an exhibition stand as part of the project "The Beauty in Design - Aesthetics and Functions". Student Carina Hinz was thrilled with the experience: "It was a totally overwhelming and touching feeling to see my design on the catwalk in Paris." Professor Dr. Marina Wachs added, "We professors see it as a great opportunity but of course also as a great challenge for the young talents to present themselves professionally at such an international fair." Many of the designs presented were created in cooperation with Epson GmbH Germany.