MA Fashion Design Management

The standard entry requirements for this course are as follows:

• An Honours degree at 2.1 or above in a related discipline
• OR Equivalent qualifications

APEL (Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning)

Applicants who do not meet these course entry requirements may still be considered in exceptional cases. The course team will consider each application that demonstrates additional strengths and alternative evidence. This might, for example, be demonstrated by:

• Related academic or work experience (minimum of three years)
• The quality of the personal statement
• A strong academic or other professional reference
• OR a combination of these factors

Each application will be considered on its own merit but we cannot guarantee an offer in every case.

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All our postgraduate courses offer career development, so that you become a creative thinker, making effective contributions to your relevant sector of the fashion industry.

LCF offers students the opportunity to develop Personal and Professional Development (PPD) skills while studying through:

* Access to to speaker programmes and events featuring alumni and industry.

* Access to careers activities, such as CV clinics and one-to-one advice sessions.

* Access to a graduate careers service

* Access to a live jobsboard for all years.

* Advice on setting up your own brand or company.

Career paths

Graduates from this course enter careers within design, buying and merchandising, fashion consultancy, supply chain and production management, craft sector and business start-ups.

Recent graduate destinations include Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Net-a-Porter, London Wei Consultancy and London Seoul Creative Fashion Studio.  The MA also provides an excellent preparation for higher level research degrees (MPhil or PhD), with an increasing number of graduates undertaking research in fashion related subjects, in practice or theory or entering into education as lecturers.

Block 1 

• Design Management Principles (20 credits) 
  This unit will introduce you to key principles and theories of Fashion Design Management. You will explore and challenge the value of the design discipline within the current dynamic global business environment. You will be required to critically apply strategic design management tools, frameworks and theories to justify your design strategy recommendation. 
• Sustainable Design Thinking (20 credits) 
  This unit examines the concepts that underpin sustainable design thinking and the processes required to adopt a people-centred, innovative approach to an evolving fashion industry. You will critically explore the design thinking process within a global fashion environment to offer sustainable emergent design solutions to complex contemporary issues. 
• Design and Innovation Strategy (20 credits) 
  This unit explores the future direction of fashion design and innovation management in an accelerating period of consumer, technological and global change. It evaluates the potential sustainable business and new product development strategies of the future as well as exploring the knowledge and resources required by fashion organisations. 

Block 2 

• Elective Units 
  In block 2, students will have an opportunity to take an elective unit. Individual unit descriptors can be found in the Electives Handbook. 
• Leading Design Practice (20 credits) 
  This unit examines the process and implementation of design strategies by applying project management principles in practice. The key tools and techniques of researching, designing and planning a range of fashion related products to a specified brief will be examined alongside sustainable supply chain management and enterprising fashion business models. 
• Advanced Research Methods for Fashion Business (cross-course) (20 credits) 
  Developing effective approaches to research is crucial for success in your Masters' project and in your wider career. In this unit you will start to develop and explore your individual research project in preparation for your Masters' project. In the process of developing your research proposal you will consider a range of research methodologies, methods and approaches, evaluating how you will utilise primary research tools effectively in your Masters' project. 

Block 3 

• Masters Project (60 credits) 
  The Masters Project is the final stage of your Masters’ course and is the culmination of your studies and provides you with a space to synthesise all the knowledge and skills you have gained on the course so far. Upon completion of your project, you will have generated a high-level Masters’ quality piece of work that will showcase your practice, academic literacy and the professional standards that will act as a platform for your future career and professional development.