Manchester Metropolitan University

International Textiles (Top Up)

Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester, United Kingdom

Course overview

The BA (Hons) International Textiles top-up will support you to think innovatively and respond to global trends in design. The course will expand your critical and conceptual thinking and encourage an understanding of wider global and creative professional design practice, whilst enabling you to develop an individual positioning for your professional design practice. Collaboration is at the heart of the course - you will undertake design practice modules with current final year students, work on projects with external industry and academic research partners, and exhibit your final projects as

Key highlights

  • Develops innovative design responses to global trends
  • Builds critical and conceptual thinking for professional design practice
  • Helps you establish an individual position as a designer
  • Design practice modules studied alongside current final year students
  • Projects with external industry and academic research partners
  • Final projects exhibited publicly

Entry requirements

  • Additional condition: portfolio — We will ask for a portfolio of your work as part of your application.

Scholarships

  • International Undergraduate Scholarships

    £2,000 for each year of your degree.

    Up to £2,000

  • Sanctuary Scholarship

  • Sports Scholarship

    The total package is worth up to £10,000 per year. Additional support is available for exceptional applicants.

  • Vice-Chancellor’s International Regional Scholarship

    Value: 50% of tuition fees in the first year of study.

    Up to 50% of fees

Careers this course leads to

  • Textile designer
  • Print designer
  • Surface pattern designer
  • Knitwear designer
  • Trend forecaster
  • Design consultant

Cost of study

UK/Home: £9,535 per year | International: £21,500 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Manchester Metropolitan University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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