MA Fashion Communication 12 months Postgraduate Programme By Leeds Beckett University |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

12 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

18,440 GBPTuition Fee/year

Starting Month

SepStarting Month

Programme overview

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Our MA Fashion Communication course cultivates strong industry connections through a dynamic curriculum driven by live briefs, promoting professionalism, agency, and strategic awareness.

As part of this course, you’ll

  • Hone your fashion communication skills and strategies toward your chosen niche
  • Develop specialist industry skills in visual and written fashion communication through editorial features, fashion journalism, styling, short form videography, and online content creation
  • Target your work towards sustainable and responsible design practice, supported by critical thinking and ethical awareness
  • Be encouraged to think creatively and innovatively about the publishing industry
  • Learn through an engaging mix of lectures, seminars, and workshops
  • Develop your independent practice to become a self-reliant, original, and critically minded professional
  • Complete a portfolio of work that demonstrates your research and practical skills to potential employers or clients

Programme overview

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

Our MA Fashion Communication course cultivates strong industry connections through a dynamic curriculum driven by live briefs, promoting professionalism, agency, and strategic awareness.

As part of this course, you’ll

  • Hone your fashion communication skills and strategies toward your chosen niche
  • Develop specialist industry skills in visual and written fashion communication through editorial features, fashion journalism, styling, short form videography, and online content creation
  • Target your work towards sustainable and responsible design practice, supported by critical thinking and ethical awareness
  • Be encouraged to think creatively and innovatively about the publishing industry
  • Learn through an engaging mix of lectures, seminars, and workshops
  • Develop your independent practice to become a self-reliant, original, and critically minded professional
  • Complete a portfolio of work that demonstrates your research and practical skills to potential employers or clients

Admission Requirements

6.5+
Applicants should either have at least a second class honours degree in the cognate subjects of visual communication for fashion, fashion writing or fashion media, or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment.

In your personal statement, as well as the reason for your application, your interest and experience in the field and your future ambitions within the subject area, you should also include a section titled ‘Statement of Intent'. Under this heading you should cover the following criteria in around 500 words:

  • visual inspiration for your personal project (what format will this take and where will it be sourced, if it will build on existing work then please reference this)
  • Conceptual inspiration (the narrative/meaning behind the project)
  • Process (the technical processes you plan to use/combine throughout the project)
  • Materials (the materials palette you plan to explore)
  • Audience (who is your intended customer, viewer, reader?)
  • Outcome (e.g. a fashion collection, installation, accessories, magazine, series of written publications, visual merchandising plan, photography, styling consultancy, etc.)

1 Year
Sep

  • Candidates are required to submit references or letter(s) of recommendation for acceptance
  • Candidates are required to submit an essay(s) for acceptance

Tuition fees

Domestic
10,400 GBP
International
18,440 GBP

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