Fashion, Textiles and Knitwear Design
Our Fashion, Textiles and Knitwear Design department has an excellent reputation for its range of courses, links with industry and enviable resources. That’s why we’ve been ranked in the top 10 UK universities for fashion and textiles.
We have exceptional teaching teams with a breadth of experience both in the design and academia, who along with our expert technical teams are dedicated to ensuring students receive an engaging and intellectually challenging learning experience within an international context. Specialist lecturers contribute to the curriculum through lectures and seminars offering you a cutting edge view of the fashion and textile industries.
From the specialist equipment in our dedicated facilities to our impressive links to an international network of fashion and textiles organisations and businesses, we equip our students with the skills needed to launch their career in industry, through self-employment or developing academic research and PhD study.
Our Subject Areas
Latest News
Architecture and Fashion students gain valuable work experience at Nottingham Contemporary
Fri 24 Aug 2018
The group of placement students created an alternative brochure for the current exhibitions at the renowned art gallery
Success for NTU Fashion students at Graduate Fashion Week 2019
Thu 06 Jun 2019
#NTUDEGREESHOW Spotlight: Oluwasola Olowo-Ake
Mon 20 May 2019
Fashion Knitwear Design students impress Boden during inaugural live project
Mon 08 Apr 2019
Fashion Knitwear Design department release new book exploring the industry
Wed 20 Mar 2019
Our Research Groups and Centres
Global Cultures of Textiles and Dress
Global Cultures of Textiles and Dress
The GCTD Group aims to promote research in textiles and dress that addresses a wide range of critical and practice-based themes.
Clothing Sustainability Research Group
Sustainable Clothing is a multidisciplinary research group that focuses on creating knowledge that will support a more sustainable future for clothing design, consumption and culture.
Advanced Textiles
Advanced Textiles
The Advanced Textiles Research Group is led by Professor Tilak Dias. The focus of the group is on electronic textiles with the aim of developing a truly wearable computer. Located within the School of Art and Design, the Research Group forms strong cross-disciplinary links with colleagues in the artistic and fashion areas.
Lace Heritage
Lace Heritage
The Lace Heritage research group has built a strong team of experts in lace history and contemporary creative practice. We deliver innovative cross-disciplinary research, which informs design education and teaching locally, nationally and internationally. Our aim is to deepen an understanding of the importance of the lace industry in forming local and regional identities, and to inspire innovative creative practices for future economic and cultural benefits.
We're ranked 9th in the UK for Fashion and Textiles. (Guardian University Guide League Tables 2020)
We're ranked 9th in the UK for Art and Design education. (The Complete University Guide 2020)
98% of our undergraduate fashion, textiles and knitwear design students are in graduate level study within six months of finishing their studies. (latest DLHE survey 2016/17)
Our BA (Hons) Textile Design course is accredited by the Chartered Society of Designers.
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