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Shoemaking Schools and Colleges
© Tim Skyrme 2010
Finding a school to learn shoemaking is difficult as there are not very many of them worldwide, this list was started to help
students find a place to study. If you know of a school that is not on this list, please let me know and I will add it.
I do not endorse any of these establishments specifically, this list is purely to assist people wishing to access a school which
teaches footwear manufacture.
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Australia
Douglas Mawson Institute of Tafe - Adelaide
RMIT - Melbourne
Ultimo Tafe - Sydney
Luna Newby - Hobart
Gippsland Tafe - Morwell
CAE - Melbourne
Andrew McDonald - Sydney
Special short courses by Prescott & Mackay - Melbourne November 13 - 26
USA
Internationalshoemakingdesign - Ohio
Jeanne Bjorn - Portland, Oregon
Shoe School - Port Townsend, Seattle
Simple Shoemaking - Shutesbury, MA
Hunter College - NY
D.W. Frommer 2 School of Western Bootmaking - Redmond, OR.
Tex Robin - Western Boots.
Green Country Technology Center - Okmulgee, OK.
Don Atkinson's Bootmaking School - Ingram, TX
R.I.Merrell Institute of Bootmaking - Vernal, Utah
FIDM - CA
Jewish Community Center in Manhattan - NY
Healthy Handmade Shoes - Lexington, VA
FIT - NY
C.T. Chappell Bootmaking School - Saint Jo, TX
The Shoe College - Jerome, AZ
Tex Robin Cowboy boot Seminars - Abilene, TX (trboots AT sbcglobal DOT net)
Llorraine Neithardt's ShoeFineArt - NY
Bonney and Wills School of Shoemaking and Design - Ashland, OR
Western Bootmaker - Ashland, OR
The Cobblettes with Emily Putterman-Handler - NY
Canada
P.A. Shoe Clinic Vocational School - SK
UK
Paul Thomas Shoes
London College of Fashion
Prescott and Mackay
Leicester College of Technology - Leicester
University of Northampton - Northampton
Tresham Institute - Wellingborough
BLC Leather Technology Center - Northampton
University of Bolton - Bolton
De Montfort University - Leicester
Carreducker Shoemaking School - London
Japan
Snug Shoe School
Kagami Method Shoe school
Saruwaka Footwear College - Saruwaka
Moge Workshop
Hiro shoe workshop
Hirata-Oug workshop
Zendai shoe workshop
Cool Strutting
Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry - (Tokyo school offers shoemaking)
Vantan Career School
Institute of Footwear Design & Technique
Shoe Design and Craft School
Italy
Ars Sutoria - Milan
Cercal - San Mauro Pascoli
Polimoda Footwear & Accesories Design (undergraduate level) - Firenze
Polimoda Masters in Advanced Fashion Footwear Design - Firenze
Istituto Europeo Design - Rome.
Scam Training - Montegranaro
Politecnico Calzaturiero - Capriccio di Vigonza
IPSIA Filippo Bottazi - Casarano
Ceseca - Segromigno in Monte
Focaver - Verona
Accademia Riaci - Firenze
Moda Pelle Academy - Milano
Art e School - Florence
Università IUAV di Venezia - Venezia
Spain
Escuela de Diseño y Artes Aplicadas - Palma de Mallorca
Taller de Ocupacion Del Ayntamento de Inca - Inca Mallorca
Germany
Deutsche Schuhfachschule - Pirmasens
Deutsche Schuhfachschule - Alternate link
Slovenia
Stogs Kranj Oddelek Ob Delu Alpina Ziri - Ziri
Hungary
Koronya Handmade Shoes - Budapest, Marcell has classes in other parts of the world too.
India
Central Footwear Training Institute (cfti) - Agra
Computerised Footwear Design Centre (CFDC)
Footwear Design & Development Institute (FDDI) - Noida
Central Footwear Training Centre - Chennai, Tamil Nadu
K.A.R. Institute - Ambur
List of Schools in India
Fashion and Technology Colleges in India
A.P. Footwear Design Centre - Hyderabad
NIFT Campus - Chennai
N.I.F.T. Institute - Chennai
More Schools - India
Bangladesh
B.C.L.T. - Bangladesh College Leather Technology - Dhaka
D.C.T. - Design Technology Center - Dhaka,
Pakistan
Leicester College of Technology - Lahore
Malaysia
S.H.R.D.C. - Selangor Human Resource Development Centre - Kuala Lumpur
Taiwan
TFRI - Taichung
South America
C.I.A.T.E.C - Mexico
Leather and Footwear Technology Center - Brazil
Centro Nacional del Calzado y Manufactura del Cuero - Colombia
Centro de Treinamento Senai - Goias, Brazil
Feevale Centro Universitario - Novo Hamburgo, RS Brazil
Ceinnova - Bogotà, Colombia
Universidad Industrial de Santander - Bucamaranga, Colombia
Africa
Shoe Training Center - Thika, Kenya
Leather Product Technology Institute - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Sweden
Melker shoes - Hackås
Belgium
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CVO Waas en Durme - Lokeren
Syntra West - Roesselare, Brugge Academie Sint Niklaas
Academie Sint Niklaas
China
Shaanxi university of science and technology - Shaanxi
Cita Clothing Industry Training Authority - Kowloon, Hong Kong
Guangdong Baiyun Vocational Technical College - Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
Israel
The Guild - Tel Aviv
Finland
HAMK University of applied sciences - Southern Finland
Tampere College - Tampere, Hepolammi faculty
Adult Education School - Pohjois-Satakunta
France
Les Compagnons Du Devoir - Paris and Lyon
Turkey
Tasev Shoemaking School - Istanbul
Iran
Azad university - Tehran