About MA Fashion And Textiles Design in Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

The course aims to develop practice-based learning, informed by an in-depth study of design. It tends to attract students from an art and design background, looking to challenge established practice and offer new insights. Through well-resourced workshops the course also promotes new approaches and processes.

You’ll be able to study an area of fashion and textiles that interests you. You’ll also be encouraged to work on inter-disciplinary projects, reflecting the School's strategy of creative collaborations between subject areas to foster design innovation. And you’ll be supported by staff with knowledge that covers everything from design and manufacture through to technology and creativity.

The Fashion and Textiles Design degree is taught at our Scottish Borders Campus in Galashiels. To find out more about the final design collections, visit the School pages.

Objectives:

• 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.

Academic qualification equivalents

• A bachelor degree with related subject

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS :6.5 
• TOEFL IBT: 90
• PTE: 58-64

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Heriot-Watt University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

International students applying through UCAS can find their exact tuition expenses by submitting the Fee Status Enquiry form. The cost of living will be determined by the course opted as well as the applicant's nationality. Edinburgh has a comparatively lower cost than other UK cities. Estimate cost of living on and off-campus for UK Campuses is tabulated below: 

Living in a rented flat may vary according to the type of accommodation and facilities being availed. The estimated monthly cost including food and travel is £923.