Fashion Technology

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This unique degree will give you a broad understanding of how technology supports and empowers the fashion industry, linking the design process with product development, supply chain dynamics, fashion management and sustainability.
Developed in consultation with employers and shaped by our close links with the industry, this degree will show you how design and fashion technology come together to turn a design idea into a physical, marketable product. You’ll also learn about how products reach the market and explore the challenges of sustainability.
The course will give you a working knowledge of the fashion supply chain from cotton fields to the final garment, and even what happens to garments at the end of their lives. You’ll know when and how to use different materials, fabrics and dyes, assess manufacturing processes and begin to plan the supply chain.
It’s a fantastic opportunity to gain a wide range of skills for a challenging and vital role at the heart of the fashion industry.
Specialist facilities
We have excellent facilities to support you in your studies. The School of Design has access to technology from fibre and yarn manufacture, to knitting and weaving, nonwovens manufacturing, dyeing, printing and garment production and testing. The School has some of the latest technology used in the fashion industry such as digital printing and laser cutting facilities, clothing engineering and colour analysis/prediction labs, and a computer-aided design (CAD) suite with access to the latest design software.
We also have an impressive range of resources you can use for research. The University is home to the Yorkshire Fashion Archive, containing a huge variety of haute couture, fashion garments and everyday clothing bought and worn by Yorkshire locals throughout the 20th century – a great resource for your own research and design.

Facilities

Location

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: ABB excluding General Studies or Critical Thinking, and preferably including at least one science/mathematics-related subject.
If you don’t have this we may also consider your application if you have a high grade in a mathematics/science subject at GCSE level.
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Subjects

  • Access
  • Market
  • Testing
  • Design
  • Innovation
  • Supply
  • Product Development
  • Printing
  • Materials
  • Fashion Management
  • School
  • Technology
  • Industry
  • Production
  • Fabrics
  • Fashion Technology

Course programme

From your first year, you’ll build your knowledge of how fashion products are developed, exploring topics such as technology, colour, sustainability and design. Core modules will explore how fibres are converted through numerous processes into a finished product and how your decisions at each of these processing steps impact the look, functionality and sustainability of your product. They will also introduce you to the concepts of supply chain and testing as well as consumer behaviour and global trends, and how they shape – and are shaped by – the fashion industry.

Year 2 allows you to build on this foundation, by taking part in group project work to gain a wide range of skills as you develop your own product, as well as learning about the impact of the coloration and finishing processes on the performance of the final product. You’ll also study recent developments in fashion technology, the impact of innovation and retail management to get a real sense of how different aspects of the industry come together.

In your final year, you’ll demonstrate the skills and knowledge you’ve acquired when you focus on your own product development project. This gives you the opportunity to build the business case for a new fashion product, and then plan how this product is developed by considering the materials, dyes, fabrics and supply chain used to bring it to market – while thinking about sustainability at every stage. You’ll also study how global trends and technological innovation will shape the future of the fashion industry.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Green Design and Sustainability 10 credits
  • Fundamentals of Imaging 20 credits
  • An Introduction to Fashion Technology 20 credits
  • Garment Production Processes 10 credits
  • Material Culture and Mass Consumption 20 credits
  • Design History: 1900 to the Present day 10 credits
Optional modules
  • Introduction to Photography (Digital) 10 credits
  • Patterns and Culture 10 credits
  • Colour and the Design Process 10 credits
  • Fashion Brand Analysis 10 credits
  • Drawing 1A 10 credits
  • Drawing 1B 10 credits
  • Technologies for Art and Design 10 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Research Methods 1: Finding and Using Research Resources 10 credits
  • Research Methods 2: Research, Writing and Dissertation 10 credits
  • Marketing Creativity and Innovation 20 credits
  • Fashion Technology for Product Development 20 credits
  • Advanced Fashion Technology 10 credits
  • Fashion Management 10 credits
Optional modules
  • Knitted Fabric Technology for Design 10 credits
  • Garment Technology for Knitwear 10 credits
  • Contemporary Art and Memory 10 credits
  • Photography (Digital) 10 credits
  • Class, Taste and Society: Interpreting Designed Objects.

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