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MA - Master of Arts
City Campus
Full Time
Sep 2026
1 Year
Hone your skills in design, pattern cutting, and garment construction to elevate your expertise on this industry-focused, global-facing fashion design MA.As part of this master's in fashion design, you'll:Refine your design thinking and craftsmanship into commercially viable fashion prototypes using industry-standard facilitiesDiscover a range of traditional and/or experimental pattern cutting and construction processesAlign your creative identity and practice with your career aspirationsDevelop your practice to become an autonomous, innovative, and critically minded professional with a specialist, in-demand skill setProduce a capsule collection or single product targeted towards a specified audience and/or practice, considering sustainable and responsible methodsBecome a curious learner with an appreciation for lifelong development and the ability to forecast change in your sectorBuild a portfolio of work to demonstrate your research, development, and technical skills to potential employers and clients
This module introduces key frameworks for design as a method of enquiry, enabling you to apply creative thinking, critical approaches, and reflective practices to your existing knowledge and experience. Through a choice of individual and group activities, you'll explore research methods, fieldwork, co-design, prototyping, and problem-solving. These approaches will help you examine intersections between fashion and other disciplines and industries, broadening your perspective and enriching your specialist practice. Building on both established and emerging theoretical and practical concepts, the module supports your engagement with contemporary and historical contexts, challenges, and opportunities. You'll be encouraged to position your practice as a responsive and evolving space for enquiry, agency, and innovation.
Discover and apply the practices, processes, and tools involved in developing responsive and insightful design projects. This module offers a programme of structured activities and independent research, enabling you to reflect on complex issues and contexts, define your enquiry, test methods, and realise proposals. Responding to real-world design challenges and opportunities, you'll deepen your knowledge of established technologies and processes, while exploring emerging tools, frameworks, and methodologies. You'll be encouraged to question conventional definitions and disciplinary boundaries within both global and local contexts. Through contextual research, iterative prototyping, and critical reflection, you'll cultivate a distinctive and creative approach to communication and engagement – tailored to a range of audiences, users, and stakeholders relevant to your specialist practice.
This module marks the culmination of your study, bringing together the skills, knowledge, and critical thinking developed throughout the course. It enables you to establish a specialist area of enquiry, integrating research, practice, and the substantial realisation of a self-directed project and critical study. Your work should demonstrate an advanced understanding of subject-specific practices, histories, theories, and contemporary issues, with clearly defined motivations, research questions, and methods. It should also reflect an informed response to wider local and global contexts, connecting your research and practice with your emerging professional positioning. You'll be encouraged to critically reflect on established mechanisms and ways of working in your field, using this insight to shape your decision-making, develop your voice, and clarify the purpose of your work.
