- Hanyang Women’s University enhances its knit fashion curriculum with wider use of Shima Seiki digital and knitting systems.
- Students receive end-to-end training in modern knitwear design, digital sampling, and machine programming.
- The upgraded facilities aim to build industry-ready talent for South Korea’s growing knit fashion sector.
Hanyang Women’s University is strengthening its position as South Korea’s top hub for knit fashion training by expanding the use of Shima Seiki technologies across its academic programs. The university, founded in 1974, focuses on high-quality vocational education for women and blends theory, hands-on practice, and industry partnerships to prepare students for immediate employment.
Its Seoul campus houses more than 30 majors and specialized facilities, including an AI Convergence Innovation Center and a dedicated Knit Research Lab. The institution runs the nation’s only knit fashion program through the Knit Fashion Design Department and the Knit Fashion DX Department. Together, these departments offer a full learning pathway from yarn selection and knit structures to pattern making, digital programming, virtual sampling, and product planning.
To ensure students gain job-ready skills, the program uses Shima Seiki’s complete tool suite, including SDS-ONE APEX design systems and a full range of computerized flat knitting machines, such as WHOLEGARMENT models. This setup allows learners to design, simulate, and produce knitwear on the same technology used by global manufacturers.
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The university’s facilities include 55 SDS-ONE APEX units for design and 3D virtual sampling, 22 flat knitting machines ranging from 3G to 16G including the N.SVR model, and eight WHOLEGARMENT machines like MACH2XS and SWG061N2. These resources give students hands-on experience with advanced knit programming, fabric development, and seamless garment creation.
Graduates have gone on to work as knit designers, programmers, and production specialists, with several launching their own brands. The university plans to deepen its collaboration with Shima Seiki to train future knitwear professionals and support the global growth of the knit fashion industry.
