MA Textile Design

Entry requirements

• BA (Hons) degree or equivalent academic qualifications
• Alternative qualifications and experience will also be taken into consideration
• Personal statement
• Portfolio of work

Months of entry

September

Course content

MA Textile Design encourages transformative, multi-disciplinary and collaborative approaches to design. Socially responsible, ethical and inclusive designerly thinking and sustainable creative exploration are core values that underpin the course. You’ll be encouraged to take a conceptual and speculative approach. You’ll build on your existing creative practice and skills redefining these within the context of your future career ambitions.

You’ll explore current fields of research and situate your practice in relation to them, for example:

• Material and product lifecycles including circular design systems
• Climate justice and the environmental impacts of materials, sourcing and production systems
• Emerging technologies, interactive design and communication
• Material and production innovations
• Patterns of consumption and behavioural change
• Social and racial justice, ethical labour and associated societal effects
• Community engagement
• The designer as activist

Information for international students

English language requirements - IELTS level 6.5 or above, with at least 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Fees and funding