Academic Resources
So experiment, research, express yourself, and bring your work to life.
VISIONARIES NEED RESOURCES
Academic Facilities
- FIT’s new academic building—a state-of-the-art learning environment providing exciting opportunities for design and business innovation
- Computer labs with cutting-edge software that supports both business and design needs
- The Gladys Marcus Library, with a collection of almost 300,000 volumes of print, nonprint, and digital resources, including an international assortment of sketchbooks, periodicals, images, films, and clippings
- Specialized workshops for footwear, millinery, jewelry, leather draping, textile screen printing, and toy design
- Multiple student exhibition spaces
- Cutting and sewing labs
- Painting and printmaking rooms
- Art and photography studios
- Broadcast studio
- Industry-standard labs for lighting, knitting, and cosmetics and fragrance
- The Museum at FIT, an extraordinary resource for learning, inspiration, and pleasure, with a permanent collection of more than 50,000 garments and accessories dating from the 18th century to the present
Career and Internship Center
Preparing for a brilliant career in a field you love starts on day one. The FIT Career and Internship Center helps connect you with internships and provides supportive career guidance and job placement assistance after graduation.
Dtech Lab
FIT/Infor Design and Tech Lab, also known as DTech, is a laboratory for students, faculty, and participating companies to collaborate on innovative research and solve real-world problems with design thinking and emerging technology.
Academic Services
Academic Advisement
The Academic Advisement Center can help you with all types of academic questions in order to make your FIT experience as smooth and rewarding as possible.
Counseling and Disability Services
FIT offers free confidential counseling to all matriculated students, and the Office of Disability Services guarantees equal access for students with disabilities and helps obtain any necessary accommodations to ensure success.
Tutoring and Writing Support
We offer a variety of tutoring services in a wide range of disciplines, as well as help in developing, researching, drafting, and presenting your ideas, written or spoken.
The Gladys MArcus Library
The Gladys Marcus Library offers plenty of unexpected treasures. Gorgeous, fascinating, and quirky materials abound, from amazing old comic books and vintage ads to fabulous original sketchbooks by fashion designers housed.
You’ll find inspiration, information, and ideas everywhere you look. So come explore the library—you’ll delight your eyes and feed your brain!
Special Collections and College Archives
Special Collections (SPARC)—part of FIT’s Gladys Marcus Library—is a resource rich in gorgeous, fascinating, and quirky materials, from vintage fashion magazines and ads to old comic books to fabulous original sketches by designers. Here visitors can find scrapbooks, archives, illustrations, and other materials in their original formats. More than 3,200 titles have been vetted for their rarity or importance in the fields of fashion, textiles, costume, and interior design.
Special Collections and College Archives acquires, preserves, and provides access to a wide range of primary resources to support the academic and research needs of the FIT community.
To see more from our collections, go to sparcdigital.fitnyc.edu
