Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles BA (Hons)
- Level(s) of Study: Undergraduate
- UCAS Code(s): W222 / 4W28
- Start Date(s): September 2020
- Duration: Three years full-time or four years with a placement
- Study Mode(s): Full-time
- Campus: City Campus
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Introduction:
This highly respected degree offers you full creative control over the design and creation of fabrics, garments and products for fashion or interiors. You will develop your creative potential through developing technical and design skills, including innovative digital knit processes that are in high demand in the fashion and textile industry
Key features
- Ranked as one of the top 10 universities in the UK for Fashion and Textiles (Guardian University League Tables 2020), NTU is internationally recognised for the quality of its creative, industry-ready graduates.
- Explore contemporary fashion and textile design, product development, and styling. Use of specialist state-of-the art digital equipment alongside traditional hand techniques.
- This course has an excellent graduate employment rate, with 93% of graduates who complete a year-long placement in employment or further study within six months. (DLHE survey 2016/17)
- 100% of students from the sandwich degree would recommend studying at NTU. (National Student Survey 2020)
- Choose to take a year-long work placement, in the UK or abroad, and gain a certificate or diploma in professional / international practice, this opportunity often leads to offers of employment after graduation.
- Get involved in competitions and live projects with industry with companies such as John Lewis, All Saints, and The Society of Dyers and Colourists.
- Visit international trade fairs and exhibitions, such as Pitti Filati in Florence.
- Opportunity to apply for a European or international exchange to one of our partner institutions, such as Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Amsterdam Fashion Institute, and more.
- Exhibit your work in a catwalk show and static exhibition in your final year at our Degree Show in Nottingham.
- Have the opportunity to showcase your work at Graduate Fashion Week and New Designers in London and through collaborations with organisations such as SPINEXPO and trend-prediction services such as WGSN.
- Educational grants and sponsorship opportunities available through our industry partners.
What you’ll study
Don’t just take our word for it, hear from our students themselves
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Careers and employability
Employability for this course is excellent, with 93% of students who took a year-long work placement going on to employment or further study within six months of graduating. (DLHE survey 2016/17)
Graduates go into fields such as design, product development, styling and promotion and global sourcing.
Recent graduate destinations include:
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- Alphatex
- Calvin Klein
- DKNY
- Hugo Boss
- John Smedley
- Josh Goot
- Julian MacDonald
- Lauren Richards
- Nike
- Pantherella
- Sophie Steller
- Stine Ladefoged
- Sun Hing Ltd.
Work placements and internship opportunities
Knitwear student, Jacaranda Brain on placement at famous lace knitwear designer and manufacturer G. H. Hurt & Son (image credit: G. H. Hurt & Son)
You can choose to take a year-long work placement in the third year of your studies. A placement year will give you the opportunity to gain real, hands-on experience and valuable skills for the future. Our students undertake placements across the globe, with many securing full-time employment after graduating with their placement company.
If you choose not to do the placement year, you’ll be encouraged to take up to two weeks of work experience alongside your studies in years One and Two.
Studying a creative degree in a large university has many benefits, none more so than having access to a large employability team. They'll support you through advice and access to valuable resources to help you find a placement. Not only that, you can access our employability team's services up to three years after graduating!
Connecting with industry
A recent live project resulted in knitwear student, Emma Kempton seeing her collection launched by John Lewis
The opportunity to raise your commercial profile, even before you graduate, is fantastic. Benefit from our excellent connections with the fashion and textile industry, through guest lectures, bursary and sponsorship opportunities, industry competitions, international study trips, and support with securing your optional placement year.
We work with a number of professional organisations, including:
- ASBCI (Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry)
- Bradford Textile Society
- British Fashion Council Colleges Committee
- The Society of Dyers and Colourists
- The Textile Society
- UK Fashion & Textile Association.
- Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters
Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles student Alice Beadle won a £500 cash prize at the the 2018 Fashanne Awards.
Fellow student Amy Carter won the 2017 FAD competition as part of London Fashion Week.
During the past 30 years, 31 of our students have been awarded a bursary by The Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters by demonstrating that their work has the potential to have a significant impact on the British knitwear industry. Each bursary fund could be up to £2,500. Final year collections are regularly sponsored by manufacturers of high-quality luxury yarns.
We have recently worked on live projects with companies including
- John Lewis
- Fashion Awareness Direct
- All Saints
- UKft / M&S
- ANN INC New York
- Next
- Laxton Yarns
- The Society of Dyers and Colourists.
Campus and facilities
How to apply
Apply through UCAS. If your application is successful, you'll be invited to an interview where you'll need to bring with you your portfolio.
Apply through UCAS (if applying to more than one university in the UK), or through our NTU applicant portal. If successful, you'll be invited to an interview where you'll need to bring with you your portfolio.
If you aren't a resident in the UK, we'll ask you to submit a digital portfolio in lieu of an interview. Get some digital portfolio advice.
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.
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.