Kanbar College of Design, Engineering & Commerce
DESIGN THE WORLD YOU’RE READY FOR
Whether your dream is to develop the next generation’s most popular tech product, or build a sustainable energy system to help developing countries, Kanbar College of Design, Engineering & Commerce (DEC) offers the knowledge and real-life experience to help you reach your goal. Through our award-winning DEC curriculum, you will gain an understanding of related industries to guide breakthrough collaborations, and the deep discipline-specific knowledge to position you to exceed your career expectations.
Professionals From Day One
So you want to design the next great product line or creative campaign, engineer a solution to the global water or energy crisis, start your own company or be the next entrepreneur on the cover of Forbes? The Kanbar College of Design, Engineering & Commerce is for you.
School of Design & Engineering
With great focus on conceptual thinking, intellectual curiosity and creative expression, our classes and curriculum serve as incubators for students ready to shape the world and push beyond what’s expected.
School of Business
Here, we don’t deal with business as usual. Our students are primed to develop new critical theories and work alongside peers studying different sectors of business to see just how their expertise can flex.
Kanbar's DEC Curriculum
The DEC core curriculum offers an integrated educational experience that prepares students to think critically about the world, which gives them a multidimensional understanding of their rapidly evolving fields.
Summer Academy Programs
The Kanbar College of Design, Engineering & Commerce offers three summer programs during the week of July 11-15, 2022 for students interested in Textile Design, Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising & Management.
Research & Innovation
Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing
The focus of the JIB is hands-on training of industry professionals through workshops and certificates and hands-on education of new bioprocessing engineers at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Explore the Fashion and Textiles Futures Center
Our new state-of-the-art Fashion and Textiles Futures Center, the premier center for fashion and textile programs, immerses students in experiences that mirror industry: the Futures Center provides a forward-looking, market-sensitive, dynamic and highly collaborative environment.
Jefferson Fashion named among the world’s best by Business of Fashion and Fashionista
Fashionista cited Jefferson's focus on providing a holistic approach to fashion design education—addressing not only design but also merchandising, technology, production, business and other elements required to actually make it in the industry.
Kanbar Degrees & Programs
Business Undergraduate | Business Graduate | Design Undergraduate | Design Graduate | Engineering & Technology Undergraduate | Engineering & Technology Graduate |
Through the award-winning DEC curriculum, students gain the added value of expertise in related fields, as well as deep discipline-specific knowledge. The program retains the core learning of each major while forging new collaborations between designers, engineers and entrepreneurs.
Desirable, feasible, valuable ideas and the thinkers behind them are what Kanbar College is all about.