Master of Arts - MA in Fashion Design University of Northumbria

The MA Fashion Design program at Northumbria University, Newcastle, offers an exploratory, creative, and challenging approach to the expansive field of fashion design. It is an industry-informed course that aims to cultivate innovative and creative fashion professionals. In this program, students will have the opportunity to engage in practical studio work, theoretical studies, specialist workshops, and external collaborations, allowing them to develop skills and knowledge in technical proficiency, design exploration, and conceptual thinking. It also offers a global perspective on fashion, encouraging students to consider sustainable and ethical practices in their designs. Additionally, the course provides opportunities for collaborations with industry professionals through external projects and competitions, thereby preparing students for the demands and challenges of the fashion industry. With an emphasis on personal creative journey, the MA Fashion Design programme allows every student to express their own design identity. The course duration can be studied full time for one year or part time over two years. Towards the end of the program, students complete a final project, which can be either theoretical or design-based, demonstrating their accumulated skills and knowledge.

Northumbria University (legally the University of Northumbria at Newcastle) is a public university located in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East of England. It has been a university since 1992, but has its origins in the Rutherford College, founded in 1877.

Northumbria University is primarily based within City Campus located in Newcastle upon Tyne city centre and at Coach Lane campus on the outskirts of the city centre, London and Amsterdam. It is organised into four faculties—Arts, Design and Social Sciences; Business and Law; Engineering and Environment, and Health and Life Sciences. Northumbria University has approximately 37,000 students.

According to the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, Northumbria University was rated 23rd in the UK for research power (the grade point average score of a university, multiplied by the full-time equivalent number of researchers submitted).This determines how much funding is awarded to universities to spend on research activity and represented the largest percentage-point rise in market share since the previous exercise.The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £307.2 million of which £19.9 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £308 million.

Northumbria was named the Times Higher Education University of the Year for 2022. The university is ranked top 25 in the UK for the number of graduates entering professional employment, with nine out of ten graduates working or studying six months after graduation.