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Arts University Plymouth: Textile Design
| Institution | Arts University Plymouth View institution profile |
|---|---|
| Department | Arts, Design and Media |
| Web | https://www.aup.ac.uk/ |
| Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
**Arts University Plymouth is an arts university for the 21st century, preparing students who are uniquely placed to provide creative solutions to the complex global challenges of a changing world.** Formerly known as Plymouth College of Art, we were granted full university title in Spring 2022. We are now the city of Plymouth’s first and only specialist arts university, allowing us to offer our students a dynamic and unique learning experience.
In May 2022 we were awarded the **Best Small or Specialist University** at the 2022 WhatUni Student Choice Awards coming top in a list of well-respected specialist UK universities, and in 2023 were awarded Silver in the same category, based on unbiased and honest reviews from students across the UK, in a category that highlights the quality of our provision as a specialist creative university.
Our MA Textile Design programme encourages an innovative and pioneering approach to surface pattern, construction and material practices. This programme will provide you with the environment, knowledge and skills with which to challenge and develop textiles through material-led investigations. With technical and critical support, you will find your own creative voice and narrative through the development of an authentic and individual project.
The programme addresses histories, technologies, contexts, material qualities and conceptual and narrative developments. Current issues around the discipline of craft are explored, such as the rise of digital tools and technologies, hybrid practices, sustainability and globalisation. You are encouraged to consider these issues through testing, making, re-making, evaluating and positioning your critically engaged practice. This programme encourages entrepreneurial creativity through self-initiated and independent approaches to making, whilst considering the subject at its extreme edges in relation to process, technique, application, potential customer use and audience.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | BA 2.2; equivalent professional experience or portfolio; exceptional project proposal. |
| Location | Main Site Tavistock Place Plymouth PL4 8AT |
Fees
| Republic of Ireland | 8900 GBP for Year 1 |
|---|---|
| Channel Islands | 8900 GBP for Year 1 |
| EU | 16500 GBP for Whole course |
| England | 8900 GBP for Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | 8900 GBP for Year 1 |
| Scotland | 8900 GBP for Year 1 |
| Wales | 8900 GBP for Year 1 |
| International | 16500 GBP for Whole course |
Summary
**Arts University Plymouth is an arts university for the 21st century, preparing students who are uniquely placed to provide creative solutions to the complex global challenges of a changing world.** Formerly known as Plymouth College of Art, we were granted full university title in Spring 2022. We are now the city of Plymouth’s first and only specialist arts university, allowing us to offer our students a dynamic and unique learning experience.
In May 2022 we were awarded the **Best Small or Specialist University** at the 2022 WhatUni Student Choice Awards coming top in a list of well-respected specialist UK universities, and in 2023 were awarded Silver in the same category, based on unbiased and honest reviews from students across the UK, in a category that highlights the quality of our provision as a specialist creative university.
Our MA Textile Design programme encourages an innovative and pioneering approach to surface pattern, construction and material practices. This programme will provide you with the environment, knowledge and skills with which to challenge and develop textiles through material-led investigations. With technical and critical support, you will find your own creative voice and narrative through the development of an authentic and individual project.
The programme addresses histories, technologies, contexts, material qualities and conceptual and narrative developments. Current issues around the discipline of craft are explored, such as the rise of digital tools and technologies, hybrid practices, sustainability and globalisation. You are encouraged to consider these issues through testing, making, re-making, evaluating and positioning your critically engaged practice. This programme encourages entrepreneurial creativity through self-initiated and independent approaches to making, whilst considering the subject at its extreme edges in relation to process, technique, application, potential customer use and audience.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | BA 2.2; equivalent professional experience or portfolio; exceptional project proposal. |
| Location | Main Site Tavistock Place Plymouth PL4 8AT |
Fees
| Republic of Ireland | 4985 GBP for Year 1 |
|---|---|
| EU | 8800 GBP for Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | 4985 GBP for Year 1 |
| England | 4985 GBP for Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | 4985 GBP for Year 1 |
| Scotland | 4985 GBP for Year 1 |
| Wales | 4985 GBP for Year 1 |
| International | 8800 GBP for Year 1 |
Summary
**Plymouth College of Art has been granted full university status and formally recognised with the new title of Arts University Plymouth, following approval by the Privy Council. This makes us the City of Plymouth’s first specialist arts university.**
The title of Arts University Plymouth signifies a change to the way that the world will see us, our position within the sector and the mobility of our graduates; but not a change in the way that we see ourselves or what we do. Arts University Plymouth will build upon the existing strength of our unique culture and incredible community; we have no plans to change the specialist focus of the work we do together. The name Arts University Plymouth will appear on our qualifications, making it easier for employers and peers to recognise that our students were taught at a leading specialist arts university.
In May 2022 we were awarded the **Best Small or Specialist University at the 2022 WhatUni Student Choice Awards**, coming top in a list of well-respected specialist UK universities, based on unbiased and honest reviews from students across the UK, in a category that highlights the quality of our provision as a specialist creative university.
**Our MA Textile Design programme will challenge and accelerate your individual approach to decorative design, through in-depth personal development in design, material knowledge, process, colour, pattern and texture, in the context of textiles for fashion and interiors.**
**Ethos**
This programme facilitates an experimental and interdisciplinary approach to textiles, which values innovation and craftsmanship, placing pattern and decoration at the centre of contemporary design practice.
This programme encourages you to pursue new thinking to develop your design ideas, and to examine more personal references. Drawing, design and visual and material interpretation are at the core of the MA Textile Design, which specialises in decorative design applications. You will also interact with emerging technologies and sustainable solutions, capitalising on collaborative opportunities and the numerous options for textile design, making and production.
**Outline**
You will be encouraged to situate your creativity in entrepreneurial contexts, through self-initiated and independent approaches to design. You will access superbly equipped workshops and design studios, gaining advice from expert design teams with an international
profile. Connecting with students across disciplines is encouraged, so you can maximise the opportunity to forge design partnerships and explore visual language in a range of contexts.
Taught delivery within the programme provides a mix of discipline-specific methods and cross-disciplinary approaches that can be applied across creative and commercial sectors.
Our shared module structure allows you to develop a dialogue with creative practitioners across the Graduate School.
**Supported practices**
This programme supports design-based textile practice, including surface pattern for textiles.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | BA 2.2; equivalent professional experience or portfolio; exceptional project proposal. |
| Location | Main Site Tavistock Place Plymouth PL4 8AT |
Fees
| Republic of Ireland | 8700 GBP for Year 1 |
|---|---|
| Channel Islands | 8700 GBP for Year 1 |
| EU | 16500 GBP for Whole course |
| England | 8700 GBP for Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | 8700 GBP for Year 1 |
| Scotland | 8700 GBP for Year 1 |
| Wales | 8700 GBP for Year 1 |
| International | 16500 GBP for Whole course |
Summary
**Plymouth College of Art has been granted full university status and formally recognised with the new title of Arts University Plymouth, following approval by the Privy Council. This makes us the City of Plymouth’s first specialist arts university.**
The title of Arts University Plymouth signifies a change to the way that the world will see us, our position within the sector and the mobility of our graduates; but not a change in the way that we see ourselves or what we do. Arts University Plymouth will build upon the existing strength of our unique culture and incredible community; we have no plans to change the specialist focus of the work we do together. The name Arts University Plymouth will appear on our qualifications, making it easier for employers and peers to recognise that our students were taught at a leading specialist arts university.
In May 2022 we were awarded the **Best Small or Specialist University at the 2022 WhatUni Student Choice Awards**, coming top in a list of well-respected specialist UK universities, based on unbiased and honest reviews from students across the UK, in a category that highlights the quality of our provision as a specialist creative university.
**Our MA Textile Design programme will challenge and accelerate your individual approach to decorative design, through in-depth personal development in design, material knowledge, process, colour, pattern and texture, in the context of textiles for fashion and interiors.**
**Ethos**
This programme facilitates an experimental and interdisciplinary approach to textiles, which values innovation and craftsmanship, placing pattern and decoration at the centre of contemporary design practice.
This programme encourages you to pursue new thinking to develop your design ideas, and to examine more personal references. Drawing, design and visual and material interpretation are at the core of the MA Textile Design, which specialises in decorative design applications. You will also interact with emerging technologies and sustainable solutions, capitalising on collaborative opportunities and the numerous options for textile design, making and production.
**Outline**
You will be encouraged to situate your creativity in entrepreneurial contexts, through self-initiated and independent approaches to design. You will access superbly equipped workshops and design studios, gaining advice from expert design teams with an international
profile. Connecting with students across disciplines is encouraged, so you can maximise the opportunity to forge design partnerships and explore visual language in a range of contexts.
Taught delivery within the programme provides a mix of discipline-specific methods and cross-disciplinary approaches that can be applied across creative and commercial sectors.
Our shared module structure allows you to develop a dialogue with creative practitioners across the Graduate School.
**Supported practices**
This programme supports design-based textile practice, including surface pattern for textiles.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | BA 2.2; equivalent professional experience or portfolio; exceptional project proposal. |
| Location | Main Site Tavistock Place Plymouth PL4 8AT |
Fees
| Republic of Ireland | 4850 GBP for Year 1 |
|---|---|
| EU | 8800 GBP for Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | 4850 GBP for Year 1 |
| England | 4850 GBP for Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | 4850 GBP for Year 1 |
| Scotland | 4850 GBP for Year 1 |
| Wales | 4850 GBP for Year 1 |
| International | 8800 GBP for Year 1 |
Arts University Plymouth was voted by students as University of the Year for SW England at the annual Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2024, won best Small or Specialist Institution in 2022 and was voted second-place in the same category in 2023.
TEF (Teaching excellence & student outcome framework) Award, Silver - 2023
Voted as the top Arts University in the UK in the National Student Survey (NSS 2022). Overall student satisfaction is 81% at Arts University Plymouth, significantly above the national average of 76%.
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