MA Fashion Design 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

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

As part of this master's in fashion design , you'll:

  • Refine your design thinking and craftsmanship into commercially viable fashion prototypes using industry-standard facilities
  • Discover a range of traditional and/or experimental pattern cutting and construction processes
  • Align your creative identity and practice with your career aspirations
  • Develop your practice to become an autonomous, innovative, and critically minded professional with a specialist, in-demand skill set
  • Produce a capsule collection or single product targeted towards a specified audience and/or practice, considering sustainable and responsible methods
  • Become a curious learner with an appreciation for lifelong development and the ability to forecast change in your sector
  • Build a portfolio of work to demonstrate your research, development, and technical skills to potential employers and clients

Programme overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

As part of this master's in fashion design , you'll:

  • Refine your design thinking and craftsmanship into commercially viable fashion prototypes using industry-standard facilities
  • Discover a range of traditional and/or experimental pattern cutting and construction processes
  • Align your creative identity and practice with your career aspirations
  • Develop your practice to become an autonomous, innovative, and critically minded professional with a specialist, in-demand skill set
  • Produce a capsule collection or single product targeted towards a specified audience and/or practice, considering sustainable and responsible methods
  • Become a curious learner with an appreciation for lifelong development and the ability to forecast change in your sector
  • Build a portfolio of work to demonstrate your research, development, and technical skills to potential employers and clients

Admission Requirements

6.5+
4+
54+
Applicants should either have at least a second class honours degree in the cognate subject of fashion design, 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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