MA Fashion

With over 40 years of expertise in fashion design, this course has been designed to help you to develop your creative, academic and professional potential. You will work alongside other MA Fashion, Textiles and Knitwear Design students in our dedicated postgraduate studio, Our MA Fashion, Textiles and Knitwear courses provide a platform for diverse and creative thinking and design practice to challenge and drive the future of fashion and textiles. This will be your opportunity to think and do creatively, as be agents of change, to be innovative, take risks, to explore and solve problems. We encourage a personalised approach to practice and theory that takes account of social, political, environmental, and technological issues, from local and global perspectives. A critical approach to notions of progress encouraging a deeper understanding of craft, traditional and digital practices, and wider technological developments./p>

What you'll study

The modular structure of our MA Fashion course provides opportunities for cross-school community building, interdisciplinary thinking and collaboration. Optional modules provide a bespoke learning experience geared towards individual professional futures.

How you’re taught

Teaching and learning experiences will include:

• lectures
• tutorials
• seminars
• inductions
• workshops
• live projects
• study visits
• self-directed research
• independent studio practice

Assessment

Assessment is 100% by coursework and involves:

• Project Proposal
• supporting fashion research and development work
• evidence of reflective practice
• experimental designs
• formal presentation of key developments
• resolved fashion designs (products or collection)
• portfolio and CV

Career prospects

This course leads to a wide range of career opportunities, including:

• designer
• creative pattern cutter
• design studio manager
• technologist
• buyer
• merchandiser
• production manager
• trend forecasting
• styling within companies and brands.

Students should have a 2.2 honours degree in a related subject. Students with non-standard entry qualifications and / or relevant work experience will be considered on an individual basis.