Kingston University

MA in Sustainable Fashion: Business and Practices

Challenge current thinking and explore transformational systems.

You could go on to work in brand or product development, supply chain management, communications and so much more.

During the course, you’ll deepen your understanding of the many ways sustainability relates to fashion. Through exciting project work, you’ll develop new solutions and plot a new future, both for yourself and for the industry.

Leading academics and practitioners will challenge you to question accepted fashion system methodologies. You’ll unpick every step of the process – from sample making and production to sales, marketing and end of life.

You’ll refine your critical thinking and problem solving skills, learn how to drive systemic change and create innovative, ethical solutions.

Through values-led coursework, you’ll get to grips with participatory action and examine transformational systems and organisations. You’ll explore how to replace dysfunctional mainstream systems with practical, inspirational alternatives.

This programme is all about learning through doing, which means you’ll develop your practical skills, design thinking, analysis and ideation. By exploring the economic, environmental, social and cultural aspects of sustainability, you’ll solve industry problems and drive tangible change.

Why choose this course?

While you study, you’ll benefit from top-quality teaching at Kingston University. Not only are we ranked Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework, we’re consistently rated among the best institutions in the UK for fashion and related disciplines.

The art school experience

As part of Kingston School of Art, you’ll benefit from joining a creative community where we encourage collaborative working and critical practice. Our workshops and studios are open to all disciplines, enabling students and staff to work together, share ideas and explore multi-disciplinary making.

University museums and galleries

Kingston University has two on-site galleries, which offer exciting opportunities for career progression. Grade II-listed Dorich House is the former home of the sculptor Dora Gordine, while the Stanley Picker Gallery is one of the UK’s leading university galleries. Our Knights Park campus also has a bookable project space for large-scale exhibitions.

Workshops and studios

Explore, collaborate and share ideas in our state-of-the-art workshop facilities, designed by Stirling Prize-winning studio, Haworth Tompkins. Facilities are open to all Kingston University students, and include:

• 3D workshops, with spaces for ceramics, concrete, resin-casting, plastics, metalwork, woodwork, bronze-casting foundry, set design and large-scale model making
• Animation and post-production studios
• A digital media workshop
• Knitting and sewing workshops with digital and analogue facilities, plus a working dress archive from 1750 to the present day
• A HackSpace for collaborative, creative, solutions-focused projects
• A letterpress and printmaking workshop
• A moving image workshop, with studios, an editing suite and industry-standard equipment
• A fully-equipped photography workshop