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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Costume with Textiles
University of Huddersfield
Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Costume with Textiles course at University of Huddersfield.
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A level
B,B,B
or equivalent.
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Tuition fees
| Location | Fees |
|---|---|
| England | £9,535 per year |
| Scotland | £9,535 per year |
| Wales | £9,535 per year |
| Northern Ireland | £9,535 per year |
| Channel Islands | £9,535 per year |
| Republic of Ireland | £9,535 per year |
| EU | £16,500 per year |
| International | £16,500 per year |
Course summary
What this course is about
UCAS code: W4W2
Here's what University of Huddersfield says about its Costume with Textiles course.
Do you light up while watching period dramas and other costume-heavy films and TV shows? Perhaps you’re at the edge of your seat, marvelling at the intricacies of the gowns and outfits? If so, this course is for you.
On our Costume with Textiles BA(Hons) degree, you’ll learn to design and create costumes for film, TV, theatre, and games. You’ll gain real-world experience via placement opportunities in theatre, film, and TV, with previous students having undertaken placements at Royal Shakespeare Company, BBC, and Open Australia.
The course offers a professional approach to costume design and construction and you’ll investigate textiles techniques to give you a thorough grounding in all aspects of this subject area. You’ll hone your skills via a range of briefs to establish a personal identity, too, undertaking independent research, analysing scripts, and developing costume concepts and designs.
You’ll be taught by tutors who have professional costume-making experience, learning in our state-of-the-art £30-million Barbara Hepworth Building.
Why Study Costume with Textiles BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield? An impressive 100% of graduates from this course are in work and/or further study 15 months after graduating (Unistats 19/20?data, UK domiciled graduates).
Enrol onto this course and you’ll explore experimentation in costume design and illustration, textile design, advanced pattern cutting and construction techniques, bespoke garment fitting and costume realisation.
You can also develop professional costumes, and hone skills such as text/music/character analysis, visual and contextual research methods, and presentation practice.
Our design, construction, and textiles studios are home to facilities that help bring your ideas to life, including: • Computer-aided design (CAD) • Traditional and contemporary embroidery • Printing techniques, including handcrafting, laser cutting, 3D Printing and digital printing • Traditional and contemporary knit and weave workshops host a variety of machinery and yarns for students to experiment with.
Our textiles and construction workrooms provide specialist equipment, too, allowing you to work on surface textile techniques and sophisticated costume construction methods.
If you’re keen to make a mark within costume, fashion, decorative arts, theatre crafts, textiles or more, this course is designed to provide the foundations for a fruitful, post-University career within the costume and textile industry.
Professional Bodies This course is accredited by the Textile Institute, a worldwide organisation for textiles, clothing, and footwear. Students who graduate from this course can apply for the professional qualification, Associateship and Chartered Membership of the Textile Institute.
Why Huddersfield? Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.
Course details
There are a few options in how you might study Costume with Textiles at University of Huddersfield.
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2 course options available.
Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Department
Department of Design and Architecture (AHDAR)
Location
Main Site | Huddersfield
Duration
4 Years
Study mode
Sandwich
Subjects
• Fashion design
• Textiles technology
Start date
September 22, 2025
Application deadline
January 29, 2025
The modules you will study
Year 1 modules include: • Materials Processes and Practices • Costume Design 1 • Introduction to Costume Construction • Textile Practices • Sustainable Principles
To see the full range of modules and descriptions (including option modules), please visit our website. A link to this course can be found at the bottom of the page in the ‘Course contact details’ section.
How you will be assessed
You’ll encounter studio-based tutorials and practical demonstrations, and assessment will include design-work portfolios, written assignments, and seminar presentations, individually and in groups.
Your module specification/course handbook provides full details of the assessment criteria.
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National Student Survey (NSS) scores
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
The Costume with Textiles course at University of Huddersfield features content from more than one subject area. Using the options below, you can see ratings from students who took courses in each of these subject areas at this uni
Select an option to see a detailed breakdown
Teaching on my course
86%
low
Teaching on my course
86%
low
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
90%
low
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
90%
med
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
85%
low
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
79%
low
Learning opportunities
82%
low
Learning opportunities
82%
low
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
90%
low
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
72%
low
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
78%
low
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
95%
high
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
75%
low
Assessment and feedback
90%
high
Assessment and feedback
90%
high
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
90%
high
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
85%
med
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
82%
low
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
100%
high
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
90%
high
Academic support
80%
low
Academic support
80%
low
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
75%
low
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
85%
med
Organisation and management
65%
low
Organisation and management
65%
low
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
64%
low
How well organised is your course?
65%
low
Learning resources
85%
med
Learning resources
85%
med
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
78%
med
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
95%
high
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
82%
low
Student voice
69%
low
Student voice
69%
low
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
65%
low
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
64%
low
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
77%
med
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
78%
med
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
90%
med
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
78%
med
Select an option to see a detailed breakdown
Teaching on my course
82%
low
Teaching on my course
82%
low
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
87%
med
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
90%
med
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
78%
low
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
71%
low
Learning opportunities
78%
low
Learning opportunities
78%
low
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
85%
med
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
70%
low
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
74%
low
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
90%
med
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
70%
low
Assessment and feedback
87%
med
Assessment and feedback
87%
med
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
87%
med
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
89%
med
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
85%
med
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
93%
med
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
81%
med
Academic support
82%
low
Academic support
82%
low
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
78%
low
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
86%
med
Organisation and management
71%
med
Organisation and management
71%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
75%
med
How well organised is your course?
66%
low
Learning resources
80%
low
Learning resources
80%
low
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
69%
low
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
91%
med
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
80%
med
Student voice
73%
med
Student voice
73%
med
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
65%
med
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
75%
low
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
79%
med
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
72%
med
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
92%
med
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
80%
med
Student information
The Costume with Textiles course at University of Huddersfield features content from more than one subject area. Choose an option below to find out about the students taking courses in each of those subject areas at this uni.
| Most popular A-levels studied | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grade | |||||
| Textiles | A | |||||
| English Literature | C | |||||
| Fine Art | B | |||||
| Psychology | C | |||||
| Photography | A | |||||
| Most popular A-levels studied | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grade | |||||
| Textiles | B | |||||
| English Literature | B | |||||
| Fine Art | B | |||||
| Photography | A | |||||
| History | C | |||||
Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
The Costume with Textiles course includes content from more than one subject area. Choose an option below for information about University of Huddersfield graduates across each of those subject areas.
Graduate statistics
50%
In a job where degree was essential or beneficial
90%
In work, study or other activity
70%
Say it fits with future plans
65%
Are utilising studies
Top job areas
15%
Business and public service associate professionals
15%
Design occupations
10%
Skilled trades occupations
5%
Administrative occupations
Graduate statistics
60%
In a job where degree was essential or beneficial
88%
In work, study or other activity
72%
Say it fits with future plans
64%
Are utilising studies
Top job areas
19%
Design occupations
17%
Web and Multimedia Design Professionals
8%
Administrative occupations
8%
Business and public service associate professionals
Graduate statistics
64%
Say it fits with future plans
55%
Are utilising studies
Graduate statistics percentages are determined 15 months after a student graduates
Earnings after graduation
The Costume with Textiles course includes content from more than one subject area. Choose an option below for University of Huddersfield graduate earnings across each of those subject areas.
Earnings
£19.7k
First year after graduation
£27k
Third year after graduation
£26.6k
Fifth year after graduation
Earnings
£17.9k
First year after graduation
£21.5k
Third year after graduation
£23.7k
Fifth year after graduation
Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Costume with Textiles.
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree
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Based right in the town centre and at the heart of the local community, we help thousands of people, from school leavers to those returning to education after a gap, achieve their goals each year.
We are an award-winning University. Not only are we climbing the education league tables, we are also receiving national recognition for our work across a number of different areas including being named the Times Higher Education University of the Year in 2013.
This is the perfect place to get in touch if you want to know more about the University of Huddersfield. We aim to respond to your queries as quickly as possible.
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