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Wilson College of Textiles 
Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
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Tackling Global Challenges

Associate Professor Sonja Salmon leads an international, interdisciplinary collaboration to reduce carbon emissions.

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Where Textiles Meets STEM

TECS majors discover unique opportunities and exceptional career preparation. 
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Why Carlos Alonzo-Montufar Chose Textile Engineering

See how this transfer student is already finding community at the Wilson College of Textiles. 
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Read Where Wilson College of Textiles Students Interned this Summer

From Los Angeles to New York City to Italy, it might be easier to ask where they didn’t intern. 
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Student Experience

From Senior Design to study abroad, internships to undergraduate research, sustainability to student organizations, our students have endless opportunities.

Research Faculty and Staff

Connect with our faculty and staff by research focus area.

 

Labs and Facilities

68 unique labs in over 200,000 square feet of state-of-the-art teaching, research, manufacturing and collaborative spaces.

 

undergraduate degrees

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B.S. Polymer and Color Chemistry

Understand the building blocks of our world’s materials – colors and polymers – and apply them to advance textiles, apparel, cosmetics, medicine and more. 

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B.S. Textile Engineering

In this joint degree with the College of Engineering, apply engineering principles to develop and improve the materials we use in nearly every part of our lives, every day.

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B.S. Textile Technology

Gain extensive knowledge of fiber science, a hands-on understanding of production processes and a business education to prepare for jobs in product design and development, manufacturing, and more. 

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Graduate programs

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M.S. Textile Chemistry

Advance your skills and knowledge in polymer science, color science, dye chemistry, materials science, analytical chemistry and more in this degree program that offers thesis and non-thesis options.

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M.S. Textile Engineering

Strengthen your knowledge of engineering, materials science, physics, product development and more in this program with thesis and non-thesis options.

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Ph.D. Fiber and Polymer Science

The multidisciplinary Ph.D. in Fiber and Polymer Science program brings together the disciplines of mathematics, chemistry, physics and engineering for the development of the independent scholars versed in the fields of polymer, fiber and textile science.

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Ph.D. Textile Technology Management

The Ph.D. in Textile Technology Management program is designed to educate students for research and management careers in textile technology management in the fiber, textile, apparel, retail and related industries complex, as well as for positions in government and academia.

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