Sustainability is at the heart of driving change in the fashion industry. Our Fashion Sustainability MA addresses the pressing challenges of overconsumption and its impact on global fashion production and distribution, focusing on sustainable innovation in materials, systems, and practices.

The Fashion MA at Kingston University is a unique and innovative course combining the creative thinking of the Design School core beliefs with a very solid and 'creative' fashion industry focus.

MA Fashion: Design at CSVPA is an intensive, contemporary and personalised postgraduate programme which encourages the development of an individual approach to fashion design practice and the articulation of a distinctively value-driven vision. Working within the interdisciplinary and conceptually informed environment of the Graduate School, you will develop the professional skills, confidence and creative focus necessary to embark on a career within contemporary fashion.  

The Fashion Manufacturing MA addresses current industry challenges and skills shortages by focusing on apparel production, systems, sourcing, and manufacturing processes. This research-driven, industry-informed course is designed to meet the evolving needs of fashion manufacturing, from design and product development to innovative production techniques.

The Fashion Accessories Design MA is aimed at entrepreneurial, internationally minded design graduates, preparing you for leadership roles in leather goods, handbags, printed accessories, and more. You’ll be equipped with advanced professional skills in emerging technologies and innovative textile and fashion systems, preparing you for careers in the global fashion industry.

This progressive MA Fashion Business and Management course brings creative thinking and innovation to the forefront of fashion management. It is the ideal course for those looking to further excel in business within management in the fashion industry. The course is global in its focus and works closely with fashion industry professionals and directly with fashion organizations.

The MA Fashion Design Technology program is aimed at students who are ready to challenge traditional fashion industry systems and want to become the catalyst for positive change in their specialism. Technology and human-centric design are at the heart of the program. The use of technology drives the creation of new, original products and allows for experimentation beyond material resources.

This course will equip you with the strategic decision-making, leadership and problem-solving skills you will need to become an entrepreneurial and visionary fashion business leader of the future. It continues the University’s fashion tradition of a commitment to excellence in developing highly effective, talented and committed professional fashion graduates.

The Master of Arts (MA) in Fashion Film and Photography is a one-year program in Photography with a specific focus on fashion, aimed at emerging photographers interested in specializing in fashion. The professional practice of fashion photographers today increasingly includes film, so the moving images will be taught alongside still.

Fashion is designed, created, articulated, manipulated and simulated in both physical and digital spaces. It aims for a state change, where you are open to new and emerging thinking and unlearn. It is also at its best when guided by diversity, inclusivity and cultural awareness.

The fashion industry is constantly evolving and now more than ever is undergoing extreme transformative change. A new generation of consumers is rallying against the fast-fashion ethos and instead favouring a more cyclical approach to consumption and production.

With a strong focus on employability and social responsibility, MSc International Fashion Business Management is aimed at applicants from a variety of backgrounds who want to gain a professional understanding of the fashion industry.

The Masters of Arts in Fashion Merchandising program provides students with the professional skill set necessary for success in today’s fashion merchandising and management environment. Graduates will have the focus and strategic capabilities necessary to run a successful operation including planning, managing, and selling fashion products.

MA Digital Fashion Innovation encourages and supports designers to explore and work with advanced digital technologies, interrogate and question current fashion practice and challenge the ideals around how a product is realised. Fashion is currently recognised as one of the most damaging industries on the planet, abusing natural resources, dumping masses of redundant waste and product into landfill and flushing tonnes of chemicals into the oceans on a daily basis. It is therefore critical the practice of a designer acknowledges and attempts to address and integrate a conscious and considered approach to both the design and realisation of a fashion product.

Sustainable Fashion sets out to challenge current thinking in fashion by embedding holistic sustainable design and business solutions throughout. The coursework requires critical thinking and problem-solving and is designed to create systemic change to help combat fashion's unsustainable footprint.