Master of Arts - Creative Direction for Fashion
- 1 year
- Duration
- 18,000 GBP
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Master
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Epsom / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
Innovative creative directors are essential for international fashion and beauty firms to properly communicate their visual statements. You will acquire all the skills and information required to establish yourself in the industry with the help of our MA in Creative Direction for Fashion course.
This programme, which is taught at UCA Epsom, gives you the ideal study environment to hone your creative and strategic fashion direction abilities.
In order to obtain important information and examine contemporary difficulties within the fashion industry, you will collaborate directly with brand, trend, and creative directors. You will then provide solutions through cutting-edge concepts that push the envelope.
Your ability to think creatively and create visually will be combined to create a portfolio that is current, inclusive, and diversified.
You can choose the Integrated International Pre-Masters, a year-long preparatory programme of study to get you ready for your master's in the UK, improving your speaking and writing skills in English along with your specialty skills, research knowledge, and self-confidence.
Program structure
Term one
You will learn about the University and the technological facilities and workshops that are accessible to you. The first stage consists of a variety of lectures, seminars, and hands-on workshops where you'll begin to investigate the connection between theory and creative practise.
- Professional Practice
The purpose of this unit is to help you identify your practice's context and chart a clear course for your MA studies in creative direction for fashion. This unit operates concurrently with the Research & Critical Enquiry unit and is made possible by industry partnership (analysis and reflection of an existing campaign or fashion rebrand and transformation).
- Research & Critical Enquiry
The purpose of this unit is to provide you with information that will help you create your project through research, critical thinking, and an awareness of various cultural, social, economic, and industrial settings.
Term two
During term two, you start working on your MA project, analysing and testing the objectives of your proposal over an extended period of independent study.
- Creative Concept Development & Consolidation
Your creative concept will be designed and modified using the abilities, information, and critical perspectives you have gained via previous modules. The body of work will be appropriate for the intended market, target customer, and/or brand, and will unmistakably reflect creative vision in depth and breadth across a range of mediums, from book design to editorial to exhibition.
Term three
You'll put the knowledge you learn from your study to use in the third term of the course to produce a finished product.
- Final Project Resolution & Promotional Launch
A culmination of your MA research and the work you did in the prior modules. You will develop and present (on appropriate platforms) a "no holds barred," contemporary creative concept and marketing launch strategy that amply showcases your main abilities in the fields of art and design, visual communication and identification, and pertinent industry collaboration (as appropriate).
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 18,000 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Master's courses, we usually require that you have successful completion of your Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognised university.
English Language requirements for MA/MSc & MBA courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.5
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 90
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 176
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Pass, Reading Pass, Speaking Pass, Writing Pass, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 38, Reading 38, Speaking 38, Writing 38, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
We'll need to examine your written or graphic portfolio for these courses in order to review it. Once you've applied, we'll send you an invitation to submit your portfolio via your applicant portal; more details will be given at that time. This can also be arranged for you if you would prefer to evaluate your work with the Academic Team in person while on campus.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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