Introduction:
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.
- Benefit from visiting professionals from industry such as Orsola de Castro, Jo Cope, David Telfer, Moxham, Christopher Raeburn, and Rickard Lindqvist
- 83% of NTU's research submitted to the 'Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory' Unit of Assessment was assessed to be world-leading or internationally excellent in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
- You will have the opportunity to exhibit your work at New Designers in London
- Opt for an additional advanced research module if you’re thinking of progressing to PhD or Professional Doctorate study
Careers and employability
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
Some graduates also use this course to support careers in teaching, lecturing, journalism and progression to MPhil or PhD study.
Recent graduates have set up their own successful businesses, or work within related careers in the fashion and textile design sector. Others have returned to their previous job with a renewed focus and enhanced career prospects.
If you are interested in starting your own creative business, the University provides start-up training and support through NTU Enterprise, our centre for entrepreneurship and enterprise.
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.
Modules- Culture and Collaboration
- Situating your Practice
- Innovation in Fashion Practice
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