MA Fashion Textiles Technologies

Entry to this course is envisaged to be competitive: applicants are expected to achieve, or already have, the course entry requirements detailed below.

The standard entry requirements for this course are as follows:

• An Honours degree at 2.1 or above in a related discipline.
• Applicants with a degree in another subject may be considered, depending on the strength of the application;
• 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
• 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 each case.

For fees and funding information, please see website 

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

Masters graduates have an acknowledged advantage in the employment market, obtaining work in a wide range of vocational and academic fields related to fashion, including working as a Marketing Executive, Brand Manager, Marketing Communications Manager.

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.

The course is divided into three 15-week Blocks, which are 60 credits each.

Block 1: consists of 1 school specific 20 credit unit and 1 course specific 40 credit unit. 

• Research Methods (20 credits)
• Material and Process (40 credits)

Block 2: consists of 1 cross-college 20 credit unit and 1 course specific 40 credit unit.

• Collaboration and Technical Development (40 credits)
• Elective (20 credits)

Block 3 is the 60 credit Master’s Project unit.

Each unit will be completed over a ‘block’ of study of 15 weeks.

Students start in September and normally have taught sessions timetabled over three days per week. The emphasis at postgraduate level is on independent study and in addition to these taught sessions you will be expected to utilise the library and open access facilities across the sites to engage in extensive self-directed research and experimentation. Details of the contact hours for your course are available via Myarts – http://mycontacthours.arts.local/.