If you want to study fashion design, you must firstly have an upper-secondary level qualification, i.e. either a Federal VET Diploma or a Matura, and secondly be at least 18 years old. Those with outstanding design talent can also be admitted without a secondary level II qualification after a dossier examination. If these requirements are met, applicants undergo an admissions procedure which includes a project assignment, work documentation and a letter of motivation and, if the decision is positive, leads to an admissions interview which ultimately decides on admission to the course.

After completing their fashion design studies, graduates are awarded the federally recognized title of "graduate designer CHE product design" with a specialization in fashion design.

Graduates of a fashion design course at CHE have a sound technical, creative and technical education that enables them to work professionally as fashion designers. From conception and pattern design to production, students acquire extensive specialist skills that enable them to realize their own individual designs. They also acquire knowledge about materials, use, modern technologies, planning and communication, financial business management and the legal framework. The final semester concludes with the creation of their own collection.

The cost of studying fashion design is CHF 8,400 per semester for residents of Switzerland or the Principality of Liechtenstein.

After completing a fashion design degree, graduates can pursue various activities not only in the fashion world. In addition to freelance work as a fashion designer, they can work as an assistant in a team of designers, in a trend office as an employee, in purchasing, merchandising, customer service or in publishing, for example in advertising or in a fashion editorial office. Fashion designers can also find employment in theater or film, for example in costume and set design.