WE-TEAM (World Textile Engineering Advanced Master) is an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) funded by the European Union and coordinated by Ghent University.

The programme aims at knowledge acquisition in the field of advanced textiles, personal development and international networking. Our alumni are to lead textile innovation in industry and academia.

 from all over the world provide high-level education. Students spend their semesters in three or four universities in Europe and Japan, within the consortium partners consisting of 11 universities. Apart from textile technology, the programme focuses on User-centered design, Scientific thinking, Digital tools, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Multicultural competencies.

Students are awarded a Master degree from all the universities where they spend a semester (Multiple degrees).

The WE-TEAM Consortium has 6 Full partners and 5 Associate Partner Universities.

University of West Attica (UNIWA), Greece

Universitat Politècnica de Valencia (UPV), Spain

Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT), Japan

Lodz University of Technology (TUL), Poland

Technical University of Dresden (TUD), Germany

Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania

The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture is one of the largest faculties of Ghent University. It combines state-of-the-art research with a top-notch education in all significant engineering and architecture fields. The faculty strongly focuses on international relations. It offers a wide array of master's programmes taught in English and is active in all major exchange programmes. Through research collaboration and educational links with top European institutions, the faculty strives to further enhance its international perspective.

The faculty has a large new library and several computer rooms. Other facilities, like bike rentals, ICT services, etc., are common for all of UGent.

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The International Master of Science in Textile Engineering is a 2-year master programme educating the next generation of textile engineers. The first semester you will study at Ghent University in Belgium, the second semester at the Polytechnical University of Valencia in Spain (for the academic year 2022-2023), the third semester you can choose between the University of Borås in Sweden or the Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan. During the fourth semester, you do a thesis at one of the partner universities. So you will study in Europe (and Japan). The professors teaching you come from all over the world.

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