Objectives
This program provides a two-year associate degree education with both theoretical and practical components. The primary objective of the program is to train qualified intermediate technical staff who can work in various types of enterprises—small, medium, and large-scale—within the spinning, weaving, knitting, and finishing departments of the textile industry.

Goals
The program aims to ensure that graduates can be easily employed in the textile sector or continue their education at higher-level institutions through the Vertical Transfer Exam (DGS).

History
Our school was established in the 1987-1988 academic year under the name Selçuk University Ereğli Vocational School. The Department of Textile, Clothing, Footwear, and Leather has offered the Textile (Day Education) program since the 1987-1988 academic year, the Textile (Evening Education) program since 2001-2002, the Fashion-Clothing program since 2002-2003, and the Clothing Production Technology program since the 2011-2012 academic year. Since the 2011-2012 academic year, evening education was introduced, and starting from 2018-2019, with the closure of the Clothing Production Technology program’s student admission, education continues under the Textile Technology (Day Education) program. The department currently has 1 Associate Professor and 3 Lecturers.

Degree Awarded
Students who successfully complete the program are awarded an Associate Degree and earn the title of Textile Technician.

Program Profile
Until the Industrial Revolution, textile production was primarily regarded as a form of art or craft. However, with the use of steam power in weaving looms, it rapidly evolved into a major industry. During this transformation, it became evident that knowledge of textile materials and processes was extremely limited and inadequate. To address these deficiencies and to conduct research and development, the first textile departments were established in the last quarter of the 19th century.

Textile can be briefly defined as "the art and technology of creating surfaces from various types of fibers." To convert fiber into a surface, it must undergo numerous processes, each of which falls directly within the domain of textile engineering.