About Fashion | MA in Leeds Beckett University
Course Details
You will choose one of three strands to specialise in fashion design, visual communication for fashion or fashion writing.
The fashion writing strand will be taught through an engaging mix of lectures, seminars and workshops. If you study either the fashion design, or visual communication for fashion strands, the majority of your course will be delivered in a hands-on studio environment. Regardless of your specialism, you will be taught in our industry-standard facilities.
In addition to your chosen specialist strand, your will complete a core module in Research Methods, which will equip you with the knowledge you will need to complete in-depth research and produce a proposal for your independent projects. You will also complete a dissertation, which will be related to your Independent Project modules.
Depending on your chosen specialism, you will delve deeper into an area of personal interest. The fashion-writing strand offers you the opportunity to develop skills related to the creation of editorial content – be it print magazines, online writing, or promotional work. There is scope on the course to enhance your written skills to a professional standard, specifically in relation to fashion journalism, but you’ll also be encouraged to think creatively and innovatively with regards the publishing industry as a whole.
If you are a visual communication for fashion student, your work may explore concepts for traditional and digital visual marketing, or simply develop a relevant technique or process, such as fashion photography, styling, illustration, or film. If you choose the fashion design route, you could concentrate on developing traditional and/or experimental pattern cutting and construction processes. You will be encouraged to explore craft and innovation to inform materials and fabrication within your work.
Course Benefits
This course will enable you to develop your independent practice to become a self-reliant, innovative and critically minded professional. On completion of this course, you will have a portfolio of work that will demonstrate your research and practical skills to potential employers.
You will have access to industry-standard studios packed with specialist equipment, where you could hone your practical and digital skills. Whichever specialism you choose, expert tutors will lead you in their area of practice, and their professional knowledge and experience will underpin your learning.
You will have room to take an interdisciplinary approach to your work inside your two specialist modules; for example, you might choose to explore fashion illustration from a communications perspective in the visual communication for fashion strand. Your dissertation will enable you to deepen your expertise in a self-defined area and demonstrate your ability to conduct in-depth research before establishing and working to your own project brief.
In past years, students have visited Prèmiere Vision in Paris, where they have been able to experience the industry first hand and make professional contacts. They have also visited the V&A archive to see fashion garments and artefacts relating to their design concepts.
Academic qualification equivalents
Qualification: Bachelor degree
Grade: 2.5 GPA for 2:2 equivalent
English language requirements (one of the below):
- IELTS 6.0 with no skill below 5.5
- All India Senior School Certificate (CBSE) – English Grade 70%
- Indian School Certificate (Class-XII) (CISCE) – English Grade 70%
Leeds Beckett University Highlights
College Type |
Public University |
Campus Setting |
Urban |
Establishment Year |
1824 |
Annual Endowment |
216 million Pound |
Student Retention Rate |
98% |
Work-study program |
Yes |
Mode of Program |
Full time, part-time and classroom |
Graduation Job rate |
97.7% |
Intake Months |
February and October |
Leeds Beckett University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
Course |
Annual Tuition Fees
(Non-EU) |
Annual Tuition Fees
(EU) |
Pre-sessional five weeks |
£1,150 |
£1,150 |
Pre-sessional 10 weeks |
£2,300 |
£2,300 |
Foundation |
£11,000 |
£9,250 |
Undergraduate (most courses) |
£12,000 |
£9,250 |
Postgraduate (most courses) |
£13,000 to £14,000 |
£5,950 to £7,500 |
Research |
£14,000 |
£4,260 |
Living Costs - Per month example*
Accommodation |
£750 |
Food |
£120 |
Other living costs (phone, clothes, socialising) |
£145 |
One month |
£1,015 |