Why study Textile Engineering?

Why study Textile Engineering?

Textiles touch today’s world in every sphere. The most obvious use of textiles is the clothes we wear, but in addition textiles are found in drapery, upholstery and other furnishings. Going even further, textiles are used extensively in automobiles, aircraft, spacecraft, ships and boats. Medical textiles include a whole range of uses, such as hernia meshes, artificial knee caps and other prosthetic devices, heart valves etc. Textiles are used in the construction industry, as geo-textiles to prevent soil erosion and in diverse other ways. The Sri Lankan garment industry is the largest export industry in Sri Lanka, with a major portion of the nation’s export revenue coming through this industry. The curriculum of the textile engineering course has been tailored to gear the student to face the challenges of this industry with confidence 

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and contribute towards moving our industry on the hi-tech, upmarket route. The industry caters to a worldwide market, and the resulting challenges due to the changes in the global scene, together with the need to integrate information technology, communication and management skills, make textile engineering one of the most challenging disciplines available.

Career Opportunities

Being the largest foreign exchange earning industry in the country, the garment industry of Sri Lanka employs over 350,000 personnel. To date the Department has produced more than 900 graduates, most of whom are gainfully employed in the industry, and making no small contribution to the growth of the industry. There are ample career opportunities for graduates of the Department in the Apparel industry and its related feeder industries. Career opportunities are also available in other textile based industries in the country, and overseas, as well as in quality audit firms and in academia. Graduates holding B.Sc. Engineering in textile & clothing are able to step into any postgraduate degree program in reputed universities worldwide with many of our graduates having obtained postgraduate degrees not only in textile and apparel engineering & management but also in many other areas such as civil engineering, mechanical engineering, computer science.