Ceramics

University of Staffordshire
Postgraduate MA Full-time 12 Months ArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

About this course

Studying Ceramics in Stoke-on-Trent puts you at the centre of UK excellence in the industry. Enhance your career opportunities through this internationally recognised award.

MA Ceramics at Staffordshire University is recognised worldwide as one of the leading postgraduate programmes in ceramics for small and mass manufacture.

Renowned for its ceramic design and manufacturing focus, the course offers a broad-based creative experience that intersects a diversity of contemporary ideas and practices. From product design to sculpture and installation, it embraces current inter-disciplinary perspectives that investigate ceramics as both material and subject.

The course continues to build upon a wealth of accumulated specialist knowledge, practical skills and good working practices which have been developed in Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent and at Staffordshire University over many years.

Recent investment in cutting edge technologies provides students with an excellent opportunity to exploit both digital tools with traditional know-how and material knowledge. Although clay and ceramics remain core to this study, it fully embraces an open exploration of other materials which may enrich and extend individual expression.

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: MA Ceramics

Study Options

This course is available in 2 study options:

Part-time

Duration: 24 Months

Qualification: MA

Location: Stoke-on-Trent

Full-time Shown above

Duration: 12 Months

Qualification: MA

Location: Stoke-on-Trent

Career Prospects

Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

3116 Planning, process and production technicians
3119 Science, engineering and production technicians
3421 Interior designers
3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
3411 Artists
5441 Glass and ceramics makers, decorators and finishers

Course Details

Qualification
MA
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
12 Months
Start Date
2025
Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Stoke-on-Trent
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design