Postgraduate

How to apply: MA courses

You can apply for a place on any of our Art and Design MA courses by completing an online application.

Project proposal and personal statement

The project proposal is a very important part of the application and needs to form part of the personal statement that you are required to submit with your application.

Your course of study will be based on the research, development and production of a major project, which will be initiated and proposed by you.

In order to understand how we can support your studies, we would like to understand your thinking of what your project may be. Therefore, within your personal statement please include the following in order that your application can be assessed, this should be no more than 500 words.

• What might the title of your Masters Project might be?
• Describe the specific area of interest or specialism you have in your chosen subject area.
• Outline what relevant skills you have, and what further skills you might want to learn.
• Suggest the audience for your work; for example, which kind of viewers, consumers, employers or publishers is your work aimed at.
• Explain why you want to research and create work within this area, what you hope it will achieve, and how you might do it.
• Describe what resources (technical or other) you might need to do complete your project.
• Let us know which artists / designers / creative practitioners have influenced your work.

If you are applying for our MA International Fashion Business you won't need to complete a project proposal and personal statement, but you will need to submit a short report or presentation illustrating your knowledge and perspective on an aspect of the fashion industry.

Examples of work
Most of our MA courses require for you to submit examples of your work as part of your application.  Please upload these as part of your online application.

For full details on what we require, please read our Masters Work Submission information.  

The following courses don't require you to submit examples of work:

• MA Fashion Business Futures
• MA Fashion Marketing and Communication
• MA International Fashion Business.

Deadline for applications
If you want to start one of our MA courses in September, you can apply any time up until the end of August (the month before). As many of our courses are popular however, we recommend you apply as soon as you are able to.

Assessment of applications
The details in your application form, personal statement and examples of work (if requested), will all be carefully considered when assessing your application.  We will be looking for evidence of your creativity, innovation, intellectual engagement and, if appropriate, your technical skills.

Decisions
We aim to let you know our decision within 20 working days of receiving your completed application, personal statement and examples of work (if requested).

International applicants
Competence in written and spoken English is essential. English language entry requirements for courses in the School of Art & Design, and a full list of all English language qualifications accepted by the University are available on our website.

If you don't have the required score, find out more about our Pre-sessional English for Academic Purposes (PEAP) courses which can help you to bring your score up to the necessary level.

Representatives of the School of Art & Design regularly attend international education fairs to advise potential international applicants. Interviews can be arranged at these events. Contact your local British Council education counselling service for more information.

Contact us
If you would like to talk to someone about your application, or any aspect of the course you are thinking of applying for, please contact our Postgraduate Subject Administration team using the details below.

Email
Telephone: +44 (0)115 848 8434