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University for the Creative Arts

Farnham , England ,United Kingdom

Printed Textiles for Fashion & Interiors MA

Situated within the internationally recognised School of Fashion at UCA, our MA Printed Textiles for Fashion & Interiors offers a practice based, design-led experience, which develops your creative vision and redefines your professional practice.

From day one you’ll be part of our inspirational fashion community with it’s exciting creative postgraduate research culture.

You’ll be encouraged to push boundaries and challenge yourself both intellectually and creatively – and we'll provide you with the stimulating and supportive environment in which to do it. You’ll have the freedom to explore and combine traditional, handcrafted design and production techniques with the latest innovations in digital technology while researching ever-evolving materials and technologies.

Print design for fashion includes textiles collections for fashion, samples, experimental textile pieces, garment prototypes, design concepts or range plans, and fashion-related products or accessories.

Print design for textile art and interiors includes fashion-led interior concepts, one-off textiles, installation or site specific works, product prototypes, floor and wall coverings as well as exterior print applications.

This unique course offers you an exciting opportunity to make your creative vision a reality, master your skills, and develop new research methods - exploring innovative, relevant and sustainable solutions for fashion and textiles. Practice-based and theoretical research are integrated throughout the course, and this will help you to develop an individual design philosophy and research methodology, along with the visual, creative and practical skills to enter the industry at a higher level.

A vibrant creative studio culture with your own individual workspace is designed to support the development of your research and practice, along with a programme of tutorials, lecturers, seminars and critiques.  As part of this course, you'll be involved in professional practice, such as a live industry project brief, competition work, industry sponsorship or industry engagement activities, all of which set the course apart from other Level 7 fashion programmes.

The course also offers a unique programme of industry guest lecturers including some of the UK’s foremost print for fashion designers and colour consultants whose clients include Dior, Vuitton Homme, Margiela, Topshop, Agi and Sam, Giles Deacon, and The Unseen. We also invite experts from research fields including sustainable fashion design and production, and mentoring from specialists involved in maker development. Students have unprecedented access to all these specialists, and enjoy one-to-one tutorials with them at regular intervals throughout the course.

Campus Information

UCA Rochester

Our Rochester campus is located high on a hill overlooking the River Medway and the city of Rochester, with its cathedral, quaint shops and nautical history. It specialises in fashion and photography, as well as design for theatre and screen. It's home to expert staff and extensive specialist facilities – everything you need to excel in your studies.

Intakes

  • Sep

Application Processing Time in Days: 7

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Wherever you are on your creative journey we're here to help you take the next step.

You'll work alongside practising artists and industry leaders when you study with us, and our Careers Advisers will help you to set out on a career that is just right for you. Our Advisers will share their in-depth knowledge and experience of the creative sectors, they'll show you how to make the most of your industry contacts and they'll be there for you when you take that leap into industry.

And even after you've graduated you'll can still access our online resources, live events, and bookable one-to-one sessions to help you plan your next move.

Careers support tailored to your course
We work closely with course teams to deliver workshops, lectures, placements and seminars as part of your course.

One-to-one career advice
Our dedicated one-to-one appointments are with experienced Careers Advisers. Students can book a session to find out more about further study, working abroad and how to kickstart a job search.

Industry and career events
Featuring sessions with industry experts and panel discussions with Graduates who have made a name in their chosen creative fields, our careers events provide in-depth understanding of the creative industries.

PSW Opportunity

Psw 2 yrs

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Academic requirements:
For our International Foundation in Art, Design and Media, we usually require that you have:
Indian HSC/Standard XII with an overall average of 50% or higher (all boards including CBSE and CISCE).
For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have: 
Indian HSC/Standard XII with an overall average of 60.
For our Master's courses, we usually require that you have: 
Successful completion of your Bachelor's degree from a recognised university
OR
For the Master of Architecture (MArch), we require the equivalent of a UK 2:1 Honours degree in Architecture. The exact grade required will be confirmed at the time of application
 
Indian Standard XII from CBSE or ISC national boards:
60% or above for English for Creative Arts
65% or above for GDAD, UCAIC UG Stage 0
70% or above for undergraduate, UCAIC PG Stage 0 and postgraduate direct entry
75% or above for MBA
 
When you apply for a student route visa, you need to take a test recognised by the Home Office, to prove your English language ability – this is called a Secure English Language Test.
 
The SELT is only valid for two years, so if you have taken it before you applied to UCA, please make sure it is still in date.
 
If you need a Tier 4 visa, you do not need to take a SELT if one of the following applies:
 
you have taken one of the accepted tests listed below within two years of your start date.
you are a national of a majority English speaking country, as defined by the UKVI, and have taken your academic qualifications in that country.
You have successfully completed a Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent), or 2 years' degree study from a recognised university (according to UK ENIC) in one of the majority English speaking countries, as defined by the UKVI, within the last two years.
You have successfully completed a Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent), or 2 years' degree study from a recognised university (according to UK ENIC), where the Method of Instruction was entirely in English (teaching and assessment), subject to UCA approval.
 
International Foundation courses:
 
Test - Listening - Reading - Speaking - Writing Total
 
UKVI IELTS 4.5 - 4.5 - 4.5 - 4.5 - 5.0
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT 38 38 38 38 B1 Achiever High Pass
Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic UKVI 41.0 41.0 41.0 41.0 46.0
 
Further Education courses (Diploma and Extended Diploma):
 
Test Listening Reading Speaking Writing Total
UKVI IELTS 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.0
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT 33 33 33 33 B2 Communicator Pass
Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic UKVI 51 51 51 51 56
 
BA/BSc courses:
 
Test Listening Reading Speaking Writing Total
IELTS UKVI or Academic 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.0
Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT 17 18 20 17 80
Pearson Test of English (Academic) 51 51 51 51 56
Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency 162 162 162 162 169
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Merit Merit Merit Merit ISE II
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT 33 33 33 33 B2 Communicator Pass
 
Graduate Diploma courses:
 
Test Listening Reading Speaking Writing Total
IELTS UKVI or Academic 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5
Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT 17 18 20 17 72
Pearson Test of English (Academic) 51 51 51 51 51
Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency 162 162 162 162 162
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Pass Pass Pass Pass ISE II
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT 33 33 33 33 B2 Communicator Pass
MA/MSc & MBA courses:
 
Test Listening Reading Speaking Writing Total
IELTS UKVI or Academic 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.5
Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT 19 20 23 21 90
Pearson Test of English (Academic) 53 53 53 53 58
Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency 169 169 169 169 176
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Merit Merit Merit Merit ISE II
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT 38 38 38 38 B2 Communicator High Pass 
Research degrees:
 
Test Listening Reading Speaking Writing Total
IELTS UKVI or Academic 6.5 6.5 6.5 7 7
Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT 19 20 23 23 98
Pearson Test of English (Academic) 58 58 58 65 65
Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency 176 176 176 180 180
Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Distinction Distinction Distinction Distinction LSEII
LanguageCert International ESOL SELT 33 33 33 33
C1 Expert Pass