Fashion

Nottingham Trent University

Postgraduate MA Full-time 1 Year ArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

Fashion MA is a postgraduate degree at Nottingham Trent University, based in Nottingham, taught full-time over 1 year.

About this course

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.

Modules include:
- Culture and Collaboration

- Situating your Practice

- Innovation in Fashion Practice

- Professional Futures

- Advancing Research Design

Key features:
- Benefit from visiting professionals from industry such as Orsola de Castro, Jo Cope, David Telfer, Moxham, Christopher Raeburn, and Rickard Lindqvist.

- 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.

- 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.

Your space to create at NTU
We’re committed to helping you explore, expand and refine your craft, as you discover new creative horizons with some truly great tools, equipment and workspaces. Visit our facilities hub at www.ntu.ac.uk/artfacilities to find out more.

Career Prospects

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Course Details

Qualification
MA
Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Year
Start Date
2025

2025-entry data — 2026 offers may differ

Academic Year
2025
Campus / Location
Nottingham
Scheme
Postgraduate
Subjects
Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design