Fashion and Textiles Management MSc/Diploma

Our taught postgraduate programme aims to develop advanced knowledge and practice through the exploration of concepts and contemporary topics in design, fashion and textiles.

This programme educates students to be managers for the global fashion and textiles industries with an in-depth understanding of business processes and functions within the industry, and an appreciation of the industry’s creative foundations in international and local context. It attracts applicants from business and textile backgrounds. Students will carry out a structured research investigation and write an account of their research on a particular topic that tests and develops theory.

The programme content challenges traditional and contemporary uses of fashion and textiles, as well as creating the opportunity, through well-resourced workshops, to promote new approaches and processes in fashion and textiles. Students concentrate on an appropriate area of study to acquire knowledge and expertise in an area of fashion and textiles that is conducive to their individual project intentions. Staff knowledge and expertise span the full spectrum from design to manufacture, context to management, technology to creativity and practice to theory.

The design of the programme also encourages inter-disciplinary projects reflecting the School's strategy of creative collaborations between subject areas to foster design innovation.

• Challenge traditional and contemporary uses of fashion and textiles, as well as creating the opportunity to promote new approaches and processes in fashion and textiles
• Provide students with the knowledge, skills and competencies to meet the diverse demands of the fashion and textile industries
• Encourage, in inter-disciplinary projects, creative collaborations between subject areas to foster innovation
• Develop an inter-disciplinary understanding of key issues relating to the design, management and innovation in fashion and textiles
• Develop competent and confident professionals for the global fashion and textiles industries with an in-depth understanding of the creative process and its management in international and local contexts.

MSc: 3 semesters, 12 months
PGDip: 2 semesters, 9 months