Our MA Fashion Knitwear Design course will encourage you to innovate through experimental research and practice to develop a forward-thinking and challenging approach to realise advances and new directions in fashion knitwear. Through working closely with dedicated expert academic, technical and research staff, you'll enhance and develop new and advanced specialist knowledge and skills for knitted textiles and fashion knitwear design.

Key features

• Work in our outstanding knit facilities, with access to hand flat and power knitting machines, including Shima Seiki and Stoll
• Have space to work in our dedicated postgraduate studio, alongside other MA Fashion, Textiles and Knitwear Design students
• Benefit from the professional expertise of our academic staff, researchers and visiting designers such as Orsola de Castro, Juliana Sissons, Jo Cope, David Telfer, Moxham, and Christopher Raeburn
• Work with fellow students, practitioners and academic staff from different cultures and backgrounds
• Have the opportunity to visit London and join European study trips to Florence, Antwerp and Paris
• Have the opportunity to apply for specialist bursaries including ‘The Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters’ and sponsorship of yarns through links with industry and individual networking opportunities
• Be selected to exhibit at New Designers in London and have an opportunity to be selected for TexSelect (formerly Texprint)
• Opt for an additional advanced research module if you’re thinking of progressing to PhD or Professional Doctorate study
• Work with fellow students, practitioners and academic staff from different cultures and backgrounds
• We are proud to be in the top ten in England and Wales for Art and Design (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020).

This course leads to a wide range of career opportunities including:

• knitwear / knitted textiles designer
• product developer
• sourcing manager
• technologist
• buyer, merchandiser
• production manager
• trend forecasting
• styling within companies and brands.

Some graduates also use this course to support careers in teaching, lecturing, journalism and progression to MPhil or PhD study.