Master of Arts - Fashion and Textiles

MA Fashion and Textiles supports advanced practice across garment and textile design: concept development and research-led design, materials and process experimentation, sustainability in production, and professional contexts, culminating in a resolved collection or body of work.

DMU’s fashion and textile facilities — knit, print, digital and construction workshops — support genuinely material postgraduate practice rather than screen-based development alone, and Leicester’s surviving garment manufacturing sector gives students unusual access to production realities.

The programme suits designers repositioning toward a specialism, international graduates seeking UK industry context, and practitioners preparing for doctoral research or teaching, with the final showcase functioning as the professional outcome.

Applicants should approach this course with a clear reason for taking it, because a fashion master’s rewards direction rather than supplying it: repositioning toward a specialism, building a body of work for a particular market, gaining UK industry context before applying here, or preparing for teaching and doctoral study are all sound motivations. Simply extending undergraduate study without a plan produces weaker outcomes. Materials and production costs are additional to the £16,800 fee and can be substantial for collection-based work, and September entries run across the three admission cycles recorded in the portal export. Applicants should discuss their intended project direction with the course team before applying, since supervision strength varies by specialism across knit, print and construction.

Graduates enter senior design, development and consultancy roles, and the qualification carries weight in South Asian and Gulf markets where UK fashion education is well recognised. Graduate Route permission runs 18 months for applications from January 2027, with dependants excluded on taught postgraduate routes.