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http://www.rhodes.edu/meeman/2_0-Institutes/2_1-CottonInstitutes.shtml

USA. Joint venture between the American Cotton Shippers Association and the Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning. Offers a nine week residential program of basic education in the cotton industry and international business.

AHRC. Apparel Human Resources Council

http://www.apparel-hrc.org/

Canada. Employer-union organization founded to assist management and labour in achieving objectives in education and training, science and technology, and the creation of a database.

Buffalo State University

http://www.buffalostate.edu/depts/design

USA. Design Department. Courses in ceramics, fiber arts, furniture, interior, jewelry, graphics, theater, computer and textile design.

Clemson University

http://www.clemson.edu/textiles/

USA. The School of Textiles, Fiber and Polymer Science.

Cornell University

http://www.human.cornell.edu/units/txa/

USA. The College of Human Ecology's Department of Textiles and Apparel.

Eastern Michigan University

http://www.emich.edu/sts/atm.htm

USA. Textile and nonwovens design, decoration and fabric manipulation programs.

Fashion Design Colleges

http://www.get-guide.com/design.html

USA. Network of professional schools to help prepare students for a career in textile and fashion design.

Georgia Institute of Technology

http://www.tfe.gatech.edu/

USA. The School of Textile and Fiber Engineering.

Georgia Institute of Technology

http://www.cerc.gatech.edu/

USA. The Composites Education and Research Center.

Harvard University

http://www.hctar.org/

USA. The Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research.

Institute of Textile Technology

http://www.itt.edu/

USA. Private, non-profit institute for textile research and education, providing training at graduate level. The institute maintains one of the largest textile research and development libraries in the world, keeping the textile industry apprised of global research findings.

LIM. Laboratory Institute of Merchandising

http://www.limcollege.edu/

USA. College courses in merchandising, marketing, retailing, publishing and promotion for the textile, fashion and fashion accessories, toys, music and television industries.

NCCATT. Center for Applied Textile Technology

http://www.nccatt.org/home.asp

USA. Part of the North Carolina Community College System, offering level 2 programs in textile technology, management, industrial safety and computers.

North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technolo

http://www.nccatt.org/

USA. Certification levels 1 and 2 programs in textile technology.

North Carolina State University

http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/

USA. The College of Textiles.

Northwestern University

http://qefp486.cqe.nwu.edu/

USA. Research center, and graduate studies in composite material science, engineering and applications.

Ohio State University

http://www.hec.ohio-state.edu/cts/

USA. The Department of Consumer and Textile Sciences.

Oregon State University

http://www.hhs.oregonstate.edu/dhe/facilities/apparel-design-studio.html

USA. The Apparel Design Studio.

Philadelphia University

http://www.philau.edu/pc/tmt.html

USA. The School of Textiles and Materials Technology.

Texas International Cotton School

http://www.texasintlcottonschool.com/

USA. Two-week education programs in cotton production, processing and marketing. Detailed curriculum.

Texas Woman's University

http://www.twu.edu/AS/FT/

USA. Department of Fashion and Textiles.

Textiles Research and Training Institute

http://www.emich.edu/public/hecr/Textiles_Training.htm

USA. Eastern Michigan University. Non-profit organization, dedicated to education, research and training of professionals and consumers on uses of textiles in automotive, furniture and apparel applications.

THRC. Textile Human Resources Council

http://www.thrc-crhit.org/

Canada. Non-profit, union-management partnership, created to help industry develop training and education solutions in textile management, essential skills and machine specialisms. English and French.

University of California Davis

http://trc.ucdavis.edu/textiles/

USA. Division of Textiles and Clothing.

University of Kentucky

http://www.uky.edu/Registrar/Bull9798/colleges/hes/mat.html

USA. The Department of Interior Design, Merchandising and Textiles.

University of Manitoba

http://www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/human_ecology/clothing/index.shtml

Canada. Faculty of Human Ecology's Department of Clothing and Textiles.

University of Massachusetts

http://www.umassd.edu/engineering/textiles/

USA. Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degree programs in textile Technologies.