Textile Design, BA (Hons)

NTU's Fashion and Textiles programme is internationally acclaimed for producing creative, industry-ready graduates. This unique UK course allows students to explore textile design broadly before specialising in areas like print, embroidery, weave, or knit. You'll investigate core principles in colour, form, scale, pattern, and composition, learning traditional and digital techniques with support from expert staff and access to top-tier facilities. The programme fosters industry connections through live projects, competitions, work placements, and international events like Première Vision.Key features include hands-on experience with partners such as Romo and Liberty London, participation in professional competitions, and opportunities for exchanges or internships, including in New York. Accredited by the Chartered Society of Designers, it offers free membership and leads to careers in design, merchandising, and more at brands like French Connection. Assessment focuses on coursework and projects, with final-year work comprising 80% of the degree mark.

[Year One]

• Curiosity: Creative Exploration and Research (40 credit points, full year)

• Curiosity: Creative Development and Application for Textile Design (80 credit points, full year)

[Year Two]

• Directions: Industry and Context for Textile Design (40 credit points, first half of the year)

• Directions: Innovation and Transition for Textile Design (40 credit points, second half of the year)

• Co Lab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking (20 credit points, second half of the year)

• Optional module. You will also choose one 20-credit module from:

• Slow Making and Craftmanship

• 3D Materials and Exploration

• Trend Forecasting

• Buying, Merchandising and Product Fundamentals

• Emerging Textile Technologies

• Creative Entrepreneurship

• Made to Last: Clothing Longevity for Circularity

• Web3 & Creative Autonomy

[Year three] Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)* We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

• If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.

[Final year]

• Resolutions: Culture and Context (20 / 40 credit points, full year)

- Resolutions: Practice and Context for Textile Design (100 / 80 credit points, full year)