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Fashion + Textiles
Key Facts
Staff
Programme Overview
Award
MDes Fashion + Textiles. All GSA degree programmes are validated by the University of Glasgow. Established in 1451, the University of Glasgow is a member of the prestigious Russell Group of leading UK research universities and a founder member of Universitas 21, an international grouping of universities dedicated to setting worldwide standards for higher education.
Assessment
Assessment methods include peer and staff review, as well ascourse work, essays, presentations and practical design projects. Formative assessments take place at key points through Stage 1, 2 and 3. Feedback will identify weaknesses to address and strengths to capitalise upon prior to summative assessment. Summative assessments occur at the end of each academic stage.
Facilities
Studio-based with workshops for weave, print and dye knit, embroidery and CAD. Students in the department also have access to the Centre for Advanced Textiles (CAT) and digital jacquard weave.
Studios are open from 8.00am - 10.00pm weekdays, and 08.00am - 6.00pm weekends.
Workshops are supervised from 9.00 am - 5.00 pm weekdays.
Indicative Additional Costs
Individual departments levy material fees as indicated on this page. You should budget for each year of your programme of study and should allow for costs over and above your fees and maintenance, particularly if expensive materials or projects are chosen.
Programme Leader
Professor Jimmy Stephen-Cran
Tutors
Dan Fradgley
Alan Gallacher
Julia Maclean-Evans
Programme Overview
The Master of Design in Fashion and Textiles at The Glasgow School of Art is an advanced skills postgraduate programme designed to meet the ambitions of motivated fashion and/or textile graduates who wish to extend, develop and refine their design practice.
The programme welcomes two broad types of fashion design student, each of which has a characteristically different approach:
One can broadly be described as ‘Textile, or surface, led’ with a design approach considered to be from the ‘Textile-outwards’. The other can broadly be described as ‘Silhouette, or shape, led’ with a design approach considered to be from the ‘Silhouette-inwards’.
Textile-led fashion designers are more concerned with the surface (print, embroidery, decoration) or structure (weave) of the fabric in a garment and tend to think more in two dimensions when designing. Silhouette led designers are more concerned with the shape, cut, outline and construction of a garment and tend to think more in three dimensions when designing.
Knitwear is considered a hybrid activity as the structure of the knitted cloth and the shape of the knitted garment are considered simultaneously. The emphasis might be on knitted structures or fully fashioning.
Students on the programme are required to specialise in a surface or silhouette approach in order to give focus to and strengthen their individual area of expertise.
Please read the MDes Fashion + Textiles Study Guide for further information.
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Application Deadline Dates
Applications to this programme will be processed in four rounds: Early, Standard 1; Standard 2 and Late. We guarantee to review all complete applications received by the Standard 1 deadline date of 27 January 2023. After this date, this programme can become full and close to applications in advance of the Standard 2 and Late rounds. Early application is therefore encouraged to avoid disappointment.
Final deadline for applicants requiring a visa is 28 July 2023 |
Interviews for shortlisted applicants will take place on the dates indicated below, please ensure you can be available.
| Round | Interview dates |
| Early | 28 November - 2 December 2022 |
| Standard 1 | 20 February - 3 March 2023 |
| Standard 2 | 2 April - 21 April 2023 |
| Late | 2 July - 14 July 2023 |
Application Guidance
Further guidance on applying to this programme can be accessed below:
Contact
For more information you are welcome to contact Professor Jimmy Stephen-Cran, Programme Leader & Head of Department, J.Stephen-Cran@gsa.ac.uk
