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MA Fashion Communication: Fashion Image

MA Fashion Communication: Fashion Image

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Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

13-JAN-25

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MA - Master of Arts

Subject areas

Fashion / Textiles / Clothing (Craft) Communication Studies

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

MA Fashion Communication: Fashion Image is for image-makers who want to innovate in their specialist field.

Course overview

Over the last three decades, fashion has broadened its influence across the creative industries and many art forms. In parallel, new technologies have transformed how the fashion sector communicates with consumers. With the industry in this state of transition, it's more important than ever to analyse the impact of new media and to explore the needs of new consumers.?MA Fashion Communication at Central Saint?Martins?embodies these paradigm changes.

Explore the discipline through new, cutting-edge digital platforms and media as well as more traditional modes of communication. The course helps you to develop the professional skills to join the next generation of fashion theorists, analysts, writers, journalists, image-makers and visual communicators. We invite you to apply a creative approach to the platforms through which you produce your work and help you?to?anticipate and respond to fluid, fluctuating global communication channels.??

MA Fashion Communication offers three pathways. Fashion Journalism focuses on writing, editing and digital media, while Fashion?Histories?and Theories offers an academic approach to the study of fashion. Fashion Image is for innovative photographers, film-makers, digital practitioners, and art directors. This pathway examines traditional and new fashion platforms, such as print media and publishing, digital platforms and the ever-changing landscape of mobile technology. You will explore fundamental issues such as authorship and how the industry uses the variety of communication channels available to engage audiences.?

While much of your time and teaching is concentrated on your pathway study, there are opportunities to work with your colleagues from other pathways and courses. This structure reflects the collaborative approach of the fashion industry.?Across all pathways, the curriculum?focuses?both on the realities of the modern industry as well as?fashion theory, ensuring your work is informed by current knowledge and debates in your specialist area.?

In the Central Saint?Martins Fashion? Programme, we work to be at the heart of debate about the future of fashion. Our students are designers, communicators and?academics. Teaching is our core purpose and our research and, industry and external ?relationships enrich our approach. We are committed to developing ethical fashion practices. To achieve this, we are working to embed UAL's Principles for Climate, Social and Racial Justice into the course. Our outlook is international, inclusive and diverse, reflecting the global nature of our community. We believe we must constantly challenge ourselves to shape fair and ethical opportunities in fashion. We believe in the power of cooperation, collaboration and partnerships through both analogue and digital experiences.

Modules

Unit 1 is devised to challenge your assumptions and broaden your thinking. It will encourage you to develop a greater knowledge of your specialist subject, as well as the international aspects of the fashion communications industry. You will also study fashion and its histories within the context of art and design theory and practice. This will deepen your understanding of the impact of the social, economic and cultural role of fashion in society. You will explore the disciplines, rigour, operational aspects and the inter-disciplinary nature of the fashion industry. You will acquire a commercial and market awareness in order to gain an international perspective.? This?is?complemented by first-hand observation of how fashion collections are created and how fashion designers work.?A project in this unit gives you the opportunity to work collaboratively with MA Fashion designers as they prepare for their show during London Fashion Week or their course-end exhibition.?This mutually beneficial project may involve?analysis of the designers? collections?and the creation of?visual or written content as a creative response to their collections.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£14,600

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£32,260

Entry requirements

The standard entry requirements for this course are as follows: First-class or upper second-class honours degree from similar BA courses in fashion communication or alternatively from associated design courses such as Communication Design, Illustration, Photography and Fine Art Or an equivalent EU/international qualification.

University information

University of the Arts London (UAL) is one of the world’s leading and most prestigious arts universities, maintaining an internationally renowned list of alumni. Located in London, it is ideally positioned for students wishing to study a postgraduate qualification and gain valuable connections to a thriving creative sector. UAL ranks in the top 30 universities in the UK (Complete University Guide, 2025). With modern campus sites spread across...more

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