North West School of Design, Klerksdorp

NORTH WEST SCHOOL OF DESIGN is an International Fashion College for a Licentiateship in Fashion.

North West School of Design is now a delegated authority, approved by City & Guilds of London to register, assess and recommend candidates for the City & Guilds Licentiateship which is run as part of the City & Guilds Professional Recognition Awards suite. The awards are offered in industrial, business and professional fields and once achieved holders of the Licentiateship are entitled to use the designatory letters ‘LCGI’ and to wear the approved City & Guilds gown, hood and mortar board.

Licentiateship – Definition: Oxford Dictionaries.com http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/licentiate

Licentiate: Syllabification: li•cen•ti•ate – Pronunciation: /li'senSH(e)it/
Noun: The holder of a certificate of competence to practice a certain profession. (In certain universities, especially in Europe) a degree between that of bachelor and master or doctor. The holder of a licentiate degree.
Derivatives: licentiateship – Pronunciation: /-?SHip/

NORTH WEST SCHOOL OF DESIGN offers a variety of part time courses but our main focus is the full-time training of future fashion professionals in either Fashion Design or Fashion Management & Communication (&buying).

Both these 3 year fulltime courses have been developed with the vision that South African Fashion education not only needed to globalize, but also needed to adapt to the changes within the global fashion industry. Both these fashion courses have been developed with focusing on globalization of communication, supply and manufacturing in the fashion industry.