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Application Process Overview
Foundations Courses
Digital Portfolio Content to be Reviewed
Submission Process

Application Schedule
Entry-Review Application
Final Notification Information

B.F.A. in Fashion Design Application Process Overview

The Michael W. Faircloth Fashion Design Program: All students, including transfer and post-baccalaureate students, entering the Fashion Design major must first be accepted through the Entry-Portfolio Review. Students applying to the Michael W. Faircloth Fashion Design Program will be evaluated based on their ability to be successful academically, artistically and creatively based on work submitted in the portfolio. Evidence of academic success is evaluated through the grade point average in all college courses and the Foundations program prerequisites. Evidence of artistic and creative capabilities is evaluated through creative work provided in the entry-review portfolio.

All artwork submitted for consideration must be the applicant's original artwork. Any artwork submitted in the entry review that is not the applicant's original work is grounds for elimination from the Entry-Portfolio Review. Applicants may be required to present the artwork to the entry review committee if there are any questions or concerns.

Foundations Courses

Entry Review Requirements: The following courses must be completed or in progress to be eligible to apply.

ART 1600: Perception and Translation
ART 1700: Space - physical, temporal, and virtual
ART 1800: Narrative and Representation 
ART 1900: Systems and Transformations
ADES 1550: Introduction to Fashion Design
ADES 1560: Introduction to Industrial Sewing Techniques.

A minimum 2.50 GPA in the above coursework and a minimum 2.25 UNT GPA with a minimum of 30 credits at the end of the spring semester when grades are posted after participating in the Entry-Portfolio Review in Fashion Design. 

Digital Portfolio Content to be Reviewed

Application Components

The digital portfolio includes three components and must be submitted via a Qualtrics Survey link by the specified due date. Please review the digital portfolio rubric and the guidelines listed below. Submissions that do not adhere to the required guidelines will not be considered for entry review.
 
Please Note: The Entry-Portfolio Review is highly competitive. Acceptance rates vary each year and depend on the number of applicants for the entry review. Please review the Digital Submission Rubric carefully before submitting.
 

Component 1: Personal Statement

Enter your responses directly into the Qualtrics Survey Links to an external site for the following:
• Last Name
• First Name
• Student ID
• UNT Email Address
• Current UNT GPA
• What previous experiences led you to seek a degree in Fashion Design at UNT? Describe your skills and experience to enter this program.
• Explain why you are a good candidate for this program.
 

Component 2: Garment Construction Examples

Submit photos of the skirt project from the ADES 1560 course, Introduction to Industrial Sewing Techniques. See the provided Skirt Submission Example.
Alternatively, you may produce a new skirt by following the same skirt Project Guidelines as the ADES 1560 skirt project. Save your file as a PDF using the following file format.
LastName_FirstName_StudentID_Skirt.pdf (e.g., Smith_Janie_12345678_Skirt.pdf).
The PDF file must be no more than 25MB.
 

Component 3: Client Project

Upload the Client Project from the ADES 1550 course, Introduction to Fashion Design — mood board, customer board and line sheet. See the provided Client Submission Example.
Alternatively, you may produce a new client project by following the same Client Project Guidelines as the final client project. Save your file as a PDF using the following file format.
LastName_FirstName_StudentID_Client.pdf (e.g., Smith_Janie_12345678_Client.pdf).
The PDF file must be no more than 25MB.

Reapplication

Students who do not pass the first round of the entry review may reapply once in the following year. Please adhere to the project guidelines outlined above for the digital submission. If you have any questions, please email Professor Hae Jin Gam, program coordinator at Haejin.Gam@unt.edu.

Transfer students

Please email Professor Hae Jin Gam, program coordinator, at HaeJin.Gam@unt.edu to receive the project documents.

Submission Process

Submit the digital portfolio content listed above via the submission link to UNT Slideroom. You must use your official UNT EagleConnect email address with your UNT Slideroom submission.

New and Transfer Students

New and transfer students must use the following file name format to upload one file with multiple pages submitted through UNT Slideroom.

  • File name format: Eight-digit student ID number, dash (-), first name, dash (-), last name
    • Example: 12345678-jane-smith.pdf

Reapplying Students

Reapplying students will use the file name: reapply-student, student ID number, dash (-), first name, dash (-), last name.pdf

  • Reapplying student example: reapply-student-12345678-john-doe.pdf 

Application Schedule 2025-2026

Review Schedule

  • Submit your digital portfolio Links to the designated external site by April 3, 2026, 11:59:59 p.m. CDT.
    Important Note: Late submissions will not be accepted.
  • The eligibility check of the student’s GPA will be completed after grades are posted to the UNT Registrar’s Office, and the selection or non-selection emails will be sent to your UNT email by May 31.
  • The student must confirm acceptance into the program by the deadline provided in the acceptance email.

Application Links

Entry Review Application

For all students who are not transfer students: You must submit the following information as part of your portfolio to be eligible. Please note that you can upload only one file with multiple pages.

Part I. Contact Information

Your email address: Use only your UNT email address
Your current UNT GPA

Part II. Fashion Design Questions for continuing CVAD students

  1. What experience — life and work — led you to seek a degree in Fashion Design?    
  2. Describe your skills and experience to enter this program.
  3. Why have you selected UNT for this degree?
  4. List the fashion careers that you feel you would be prepared for by this degree.
  5. Explain why you are a good candidate for this program.

Transfer Student Application Form

If you are a transfer student, use this process. You must submit the following information as part of your portfolio to be eligible. Please note that you can only upload one file with multiple pages.

Part I. Contact Information

Your email addresses: Use your UNT email address and personal email.
Current UNT GPA.

Part II. Fashion Design Questions for Transfer Students

  1. What inspired you to pursue a career in fashion design, and how did you first become interested in the field?
  2. Describe and walk us through your design portfolio, highlighting some of your most successful projects and explaining what makes them stand out.
  3. Why did you decide to transfer to this fashion design program, and what sets this program apart from others that you have considered?
  4. Explain the skills/experience that encouraged you to apply for this program.