[7] In addition to the degree programs, FIT offers a wide selection of non-credit courses through the Center for Professional Studies.

[14] The nine-building campus in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan[15] includes classrooms, television and radio studios, labs, design workshops, and multiple exhibition galleries.

[17] The George S. and Mariana Kaufman Residence Hall located at 406 West 31st Street—formerly a book bindery factory—was converted into residential apartments, to offer more housing near the campus for FIT students.

The Shirley Goodman Resource Center houses the Museum at FIT and the Library/Media Services, with references for history, sociology, technology, art, and literature; international journals and periodicals; sketchbooks and records donated by designers, manufacturers, and merchants; slides, tapes, and periodicals; and a clipping file.

The Gladys Marcus Library provides access to books, periodicals, DVDs and non-print materials, and houses Fashion Institute of Technology Special Collections and College Archives.

Fashion shows featuring the work of graduating Bachelor of Fine Arts students occur each academic year.

The collecting policy of the museum focuses on aesthetically and historically significant clothing, accessories, textiles and visual materials, with emphasis on contemporary avant-garde fashion.

The Fashion and Textile History Gallery on the main floor features a rotating selection of approximately 200 historically and artistically significant objects from the museum's permanent collection.

[27] Well-known alumni of the school include the fashion designers Norma Kamali,[28][29] Calvin Klein,[30][31] Michael Kors (who did not complete his studies there),[32] interior designer Scott Salvator,[33] actress and comedian Janelle James,[34] actress and LGBT advocate Laverne Cox[35] and film director Joel Schumacher.