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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Our Curriculum Kanbar's 'DEC' Core

Our Design, Engineering & Commerce (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. 

'DEC' Core Curriculum

Programs for High School Students Fashion & Textile Summer Academy 2026

Jefferson’s highly ranked Bachelor of Science Programs in Textile Design, Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising & Management are offering a week-long combined pre-college workshop from July 13-17 for high school students to explore a future in fashion. Guided by the theme “Designing Hope,” participants will learn how clothing and design can inspire change, tell stories and imagine better futures.

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Degrees & Programs

Through our award-winning DEC Core Curriculum, students gain the added value of expertise in related fields, retaining core learning of majors while forging new collaborations between designers, engineers and entrepreneurs. Our graduate programs also include many master's, PhD and certificate options.

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Business Undergraduate Business Graduate Design Undergraduate Design Graduate Engineering & Technology Undergraduate Engineering & Technology Graduate 

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Undergraduate Degrees & Programs

Accounting

BS

Business Administration

Accelerated BS

Fashion Merchandising & Management

BS

Finance

BS

Human Resource Management

Accelerated BS

Information Technology Management

Accelerated BS

International Business

BS

Management

BS

Marketing

BS

Organizational Leadership

Accelerated BS

Business
Graduate Degrees & Programs

Business Analytics

MS

Fashion Merchandising & Management

MS

MBA

MBA

MBA

MBA (Online)

Organizational Leadership

Accelerated MS

Taxation

MS

Design
Undergraduate Degrees & Programs

Animation & Digital Media

BS

Fashion Design

BS

Industrial Design

BS

Textile Design

BS

Visual Communication Design

BS

Design
Graduate Degrees & Programs

Fashion Design Technology

MS

Industrial Design

MS

Textile Design

MS

User Experience & Interaction Design

MS

Engineering & Technology
Undergraduate Degrees & Programs

Engineering

BSE

Mechanical Engineering

BSE

Textile Product Science

BS

Engineering & Technology
Graduate Degrees & Programs

Data Analytics

MS

Engineering

MS

Textile Engineering & Science

PhD

Textile Technology

MS

Non-Degree Programs
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Innovation Academies

Surface Imaging Non-Degree Graduate Coursework

Research & Innovation

Fashion & Textiles Futures Center

Jefferson's 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.

Institute for Smart & Healthy Cities

Jefferson’s Institute for Smart and Healthy Cities was created to support the research, innovation and education that is happening across the university focusing on transforming urban environments into smart and healthy cities.

Jefferson Center of Immersive Arts for Health

A platform for collaborative teaching, research, and prototyping where dynamic and interactive design technologies fuse with patient experience.

Industry Projects

The Kanbar College of Design, Engineering & Commerce gives students the unprecedented opportunity to gain valuable real-world experience by working collaboratively across disciplines on industry-sponsored projects.

Graduate Certificates Now Available Organizational MS in Leadership & Certificate Options

Students in the MS in Organizational Leadership (MSOL) program benefit from the program’s stackable concentration model, which allows students to focus coursework around key skills, as well as the option to choose from nine graduate certificates. 

Learn more about the concentrations and each of the certificate options.

Graduate Certificate Options (MSOL)
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