MA Fashion Design MA
- Level(s) of Study: Postgraduate taught
- Start Date(s): September 2018
- Duration: 1 year (45 weeks)
- Study Mode(s): Full-time
- Campus: City Campus
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Entry Requirements:
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Introduction:
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’ll devise an individual programme of study, in the form of a project, which could be focused on your career aspirations, or an experimental investigation into fashion, art and fabrication. We will support you through flexible and responsive teaching and learning, helping you to explore and challenge the limits of fashion design.
Key features
- Work alongside other MA Fashion, Textiles and Knitwear Design students in our dedicated postgraduate studio
- Benefit from visiting professionals from industry such as Orsola de Castro, Jo Cope, David Telfer, Moxham, Christopher Raeburn, and Rickard Lindqvist
- Have the opportunity to visit London and join European study trips to Florence, Antwerp and Paris
- Take advantage of our extensive links with industry
- Have the opportunity to exhibit your work at New Designers in London
- Work alongside other Fashion, Textiles and Knitwear Design students in our dedicated postgraduate studio
- Opt for an additional advanced research module if you’re thinking of progressing to PhD or Professional Doctorate study
- Work with fellow students, practitioners and academic staff from different cultures and backgrounds
What you’ll study
Don’t just take our word for it, hear from our students themselves
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Careers and employability
Career prospects
This course leads to a wide range of career opportunities, including:
- designer
- creative pattern cutter
- design studio manager
- technologist
- buyer
- merchandiser
- production manager
- trend forecasting
- styling within companies and brands
Some graduates also use this course to support careers in teaching, lecturing, journalism and progression to MPhil or PhD study.
Recent graduates have set up their own successful businesses, or work within related careers in the fashion and textile design sector. Others have returned to their previous job with a renewed focus and enhanced career prospects.
If you are interested in starting your own creative business, the University provides start-up training and support through The Hive, our centre for entrepreneurship and enterprise.
Connections with industry
You will have the opportunity to take up short periods of work experience, learn entrepreneurship skills through business development courses and attend events held by our Employability team and other organisations. You will also be encouraged to undertake research into fashion, textile or knitwear design companies, or appropriate contexts, for retailing or showcasing your completed project.
In addition to the main focus of your project as set out in the project proposal, you are encouraged to enter national and international competitions such as the Redress Design Award, Bilbao International Art and Fashion Design Award, Arts of Fashion Competition and the Levis X Arts Thread Design Competition. Prestigious competitions provide you with opportunities to demonstrate and promote your creative and technical skills and ability to answer an industry brief to a global audience that can lead to employment and press opportunities.
You will be invited to collaborate on projects and attend research events and symposia. Recent exhibitions our students have been involved in include:
- Crafting Anatomies
- Knitting Nottingham
- Journeys in Lace: Parts 1&2 (Lace:Here:Now)
- Lace Unravelled with Nottingham Castle
- Our students also benefit from visits to Nottingham Castle to explore their extensive fashion and textiles collection
You will also be invited to submit your work to be considered for exhibition at London’s New Designers, a prestigious graduate design show, and other subject and student-run initiatives at the University and across Nottingham.
Study trips
Study visits will inspire and inform your projects. Recent visits to exhibitions in London have included:
- Basquiat: Boom for Real at the Barbican
- Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion at the V&A
- North: Fashioning Identity at Somerset House
An optional annual trip to Antwerp and Paris has included visits to:
- Olivier Theyskens: She Walks in Beauty at Mode Museum, Antwerp
- Sheila Hicks: Lines of Life at Centre Pompidou, Paris
- Paris Première Vision
- Li Edelkoort’s Trend Union studio, Paris
YouFirst – working with our Employability Team
Our friendly, experienced careers consultants will work closely with you at every stage of your career planning, providing personal support and advice you won't find in a book or on the internet. You can benefit from this at any time during your studies and up to three years after completing your course.
Get inspired
Take a look at a recent zine produced by our graduating Masters students to get a flavour of the innovation and creativity that goes on within the School of Art & Design.
Campus and facilities
How to apply
Ready to join us? Then apply as soon as you can. Just click the Apply button at the top of the page and follow the instructions for applying.
Application deadline
You can apply for this course throughout the year, but we'd recommend that applications should be received by the end of July for entry in September.
Writing your application
Be honest, thorough and persuasive in your application. Remember, we can only make a decision based on what you tell us. Make sure you include as much information as possible, including uploading evidence of results already achieve, as well as a personal statement.
Keeping up to date
After you've applied, we'll be sending you important emails throughout the application process - so check your emails regularly, including your junk mail folder.
You can get more information and advice about applying to NTU in our postgraduates' guide. Here you'll find advice about how to write a good personal statement and much more.
Getting in touch
If you need any more help or information, please email our Admissions Team or call on +44 (0)115 848 4200.
Ready to join us? Then apply as soon as you can. Just click the Apply button at the top of the page and follow the instructions for applying.
Application deadline
You can apply for this course throughout the year, but we'd recommend that applications should be received by the end of July for entry in September.
Make sure you take into account the time required to apply for a visa (if applicable) before applying.
Writing your application
Be honest, thorough and persuasive in your application. Remember, we can only make a decision based on what you tell us. Make sure you include as much information as possible, including uploading evidence of results already achieve, as well as a personal statement.
Keeping up to date
After you've applied, we'll be sending you important emails throughout the application process - so check your emails regularly, including your junk mail folder.
You can get more information and advice about applying to NTU in our postgraduates' guide. Here you'll find advice about how to write a good personal statement and much more.
Next steps
Please also take a look at our International students page and our application guide for international students, which are full of advice and information about the University.
If you need any more help or information, please contact our International team or call on +44 (0)115 848 4200. Alternatively, you can get in touch with our staff at the International Development Office, who are always happy to help. Or speak to one of our official NTU representatives for your country.