BA (Hons) Textile Design
University of the Arts London
Key Information
Campus location
London, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
3 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
BA (Hons) Textile Design
You will gain colour, design and materials knowledge within textile print, knit, stitch and weave. Through fashion, sustainability, interior and exterior design projects you will develop ideas and conceptual thinking.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Curriculum
Year 1
- Unit 1 - Introduction to Textile Design
- Unit 2 - Concept and process
- Unit 3 - Textile contexts 1
- Unit 4 - Textile contexts 2
Year 2
- Unit 5 - Materials design practice
- Unit 6 - Collaborative and collective practices
- Unit 7 - Professional communication
- Unit 8 - Responsible design practice
Year 3
- Unit 9 - Design synthesis
- Unit 10 - Professional contexts
- Optional Diploma between year 2 and 3
Program Outcome
- Briefings
- Collaborative activities
- Digital workshops
- Group and individual tutorials
- Group presentations
- Lectures
- Library and technical workshop orientations
- Presentations
- Research method exercises
- Seminars
- Studio group teaching
- Workshops
Live projects will enable you to gain vital commercial experience, build networks and expand your professional development. In the past we have worked with Burberry, Chinese Design Centre, Gainsborough Silks, H&M, Indesign, Iberoamericano University (Mexico), Latitude Festival, Made.com, Marks & Spencer, Wallace Collection and trend forecasting company WGSN.
You will have the opportunity to apply to attend international trade fairs. Students have exhibited at Première Vision Designs, part of Première Vision, Paris.
You will be able to take part in an exchange to another institution. Students have been to Berlin, Borås, Kyoto, Paris, Stockholm and Tokyo. The course also has relationships with some American colleges. These include the Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons the New School for Design and Rhode Island School of Design.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
BA Textile Design graduates have gone on to work in international fashion or interior design studios, trend-forecasting companies and magazines.
Others have set up their own businesses or gone on to postgraduate study on Chelsea's MA Textile Design, Central St Martins MA Fashion, as well as courses at other renowned institutions such as the Royal College of Art.
Some of the course’s most successful graduates have joined design teams and are working within couture and high street production for fashion companies including Anthropologie, Burberry, Céline, Chloe, H&M, Liberty, Stella McCartney, Nike, Zac Posen, Jonathan Saunders and Alexander Wang.
Program delivery
BA Textile Design is offered in full-time mode. It is divided into 3 stages over 3 academic years. Each stage consists of 30 teaching weeks. You will be expected to commit an average of 40 hours per week to your course, including teaching hours and independent study.