About this program
MA Fashion (Menswear Fashion)
MA Fashion has an international profile second to none. With extensive industry links, its graduates practice at the forefront of fashion.
MA Fashion develops your imagination and creative identity. The course will provide a framework for self-directed work, backed by informed knowledge of your industry. It will broaden and deepen your existing expertise, providing you with the experience, sophistication and confidence to practice professionally at the forefront of the global fashion industry. The course is delivered by a team of practising designers and exceptional technical staff. With an ethos of guided experimentation, you will explore your individual style and define the context for your work while being challenged to innovate to the highest standards.
The course provides the opportunity to study on one of four pathways: Womenswear, Menswear, Knitwear for Fashion and Textiles for Fashion. The inter-related pathways are all structured around the core subject of fashion. While much of your time and teaching will be concentrated within your selected pathway, there will be opportunities to work in collaboration with your colleagues from other pathways.
Teaching is designed to provoke debate around approaches to fashion. You will be expected to carry out intensive personal research throughout your studies. Project-based teaching will help you develop your creative ideas, originality, critical judgements and technical skills. You will learn to synthesise design and communication, enabling you to interact effectively with your colleagues and management in industry.
Admission requirements
English Language Requirements
IELTS level 6.5 or above, with at least 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking (please check our main English Language Requirements webpage).
he standard entry requirements for this course are as follows:
- A first or upper second-class honours degree in Fashion Design, Knitwear or Printed Textiles with a strong fashion bias
- Or an equivalent EU / international qualification.
For more information about admission requirements, please visit the university website.
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Program content
Unit 1: Diagnostic Phase
This unit consists of project work and a number of taught programs designed to identify your abilities. This phase challenges assumptions and aims to broaden your creative thinking and knowledge of your specialist pathway. You will develop your design and communication skills and your market awareness in order to gain an informed perspective on the fashion industry whilst simultaneously refining your own practice.
Projects will run simultaneously. You are expected to become more independent and experimental, initiating and managing your own projects in negotiation with the course team.
Unit 2: Pre-collection; Independent Major Project Part 1 – Rationale, Research and Design Development
This unit begins with the Pre-collection project, it will give you the opportunity to innovate and risk-take, while testing out possible design ideas and solutions in preparation for the start of your Independent Major Project.
The skills and critical perspectives acquired during Unit 1 and in the Pre-collection project will inform the direction of your Independent Major Project, Part 1. The project, which will include a written rationale, a consistent body of preliminary research and initial design development, must result in a comprehensive portfolio appropriate for its intended specialist audience, showing a clear understanding of both its related market and context.
Unit 3: Independent Major Project Part 2 – 3D Realisation and Portfolio
The rationale, research and design development produced in Unit 2 will form the basis of this final course unit. You will realise these ideas in a garment or textile collection or want to negotiate an equivalent proposal in another medium. An accompanying comprehenive portfolio will also be required.
Scholarships & funding
Several scholarship options are available. Please check the university website for more information.
Program delivery
MA Fashion is offered in full-time mode which runs for 45 weeks over 17 months. You will be expected to commit 40 hours per week to study, which includes teaching time and independent study.
Tuition
The full tuition fee of 2022/23 for local students is
- year one for £8,065
- year two for £4,845
The full tuition fee of 2022/23 for International students is
- year one for £20,560
- year two for £12,340
Qualification
During your course you will engage with learning and teaching that includes both online and face-to-face modes. Typically, this will include:
- Briefing documents
- Learning through research
- Critiques
- Presentations
- Interdisciplinary group and teamwork
- Demonstrations
- Talks by professional speakers
- Independent study
- Self-evaluation.
Continuing studies
We are seeking both recent fashion graduates and practising professionals who are self-motivated and determined about their discipline and wish to progress or start their careers in the fashion industry by using the Course to explore and articulate new perspectives within their practice.
Career paths
MA Fashion graduates have established notable careers as Designers and Design Directors worldwide, some have chosen to build reputations under their own labels.
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About this institute
University of the Arts London
University of the Arts London (UAL) is ranked 2nd in the world for Art and Design according to the 2023 QS World University Rankings®, for the fifth year in a row. It has an international reputation in art, design, communication,...
Why study at University of the Arts London
With multiple sites across London, UAL offers endless opportunities to draw inspiration from this global creative hub.
- UAL has a track record for launching and furthering careers across the creative industries and beyond.
- Graduates are frequently shortlisted for national and global awards ranging from the Turner Prize to the Oscars.
- UAL is home to more than 2,400 postgraduate students.
- The university offers a wide range of theoretical and practice-based research programmes leading to a PhD or MPhil.
- UAL is ranked among the UK’s top research universities, with 83% of research conducted by UAL students and staff graded as world-leading.
- UAL has a diverse student community, with students drawn from over 130 countries across the globe.
- Students are encouraged to draw inspiration from London’s world-famous art galleries, museums and theatres.
- UAL’s dedicated support service offers useful advice for international students including guidance on funding, visa applications and accommodation.
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