Textiles
Entry requirements
A level
or equivalent.
Access to HE Diploma
or above.
120-104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
T Level
UCAS Tariff
from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.
About this course
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Do you have a passion for all things textiles? This course will prepare you for a range of career pathways across textile design and manufacture.
You’ll learn how to create textiles, as a sustainable raw material for designs used in fashion or interiors – via surface decoration, fabric manipulation and textile construction – and you’ll get to grips with the practice using knit, weave, print or embroidery equipment and facilities.
Teaching is via tutors with professional experience in textile design, surface design and textile craft in our £30-million, purpose-built Barbara Hepworth Building. You’ll work alongside fashion designers, artists, and photographers in an exciting, interdisciplinary atmosphere, gaining and honing skills and becoming industry-ready ahead of graduation.
**Why Study Textiles BA/BSc(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?**
If you have a love of design, fashion, interiors, illustration, photography, art and design, and other creative mediums, you may find textiles is a complementary subject area.
On this course, you’ll develop your skills and technique on a relevant industry placement or by setting up your own business through our unique Enterprise Placement Year. You’ll also explore and ultimately specialise in print, knit, weave or embroidery. Our academic and technical staff will help you gain practical hands-on skills, using hand techniques and digital technology.
Discover the type of textile practitioner that you are, too and investigate how textile design can emerge through creative play. Explore the process of drawing for textiles, research and develop from concept to creation and find resourceful and inventive ways to illustrate design and craft outcomes.
Advance your creative, professional, and intellectual abilities, too – in preparation for a prospective future career in textiles – via industry experience opportunities such as sponsored projects, competitions, placements, guest lectures or freelance business development support.
Following a textiles course, you could go on to work in a range of careers in. These include textiles for interiors, textiles design, graphics design, textiles manufacturing, textiles technology, the fashion industry, trend forecasting, textiles for costume, art and design and more.
**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.
Modules
Year 1 modules include:
• Materials Processes and Practices
• Concept Design and Make
• Textile Practices
• Visual Research.
Option modules:
• Sustainable Principles.
To see the full range of modules and descriptions, please visit our website. A link to this course can be found at the bottom of the page in the ‘Course contact details’ section.
Assessment methods
On average, 22.0%† of study time on this course is spent in workshop demonstrations, taught classes, and lectures.
† Based on 22/23 programme specifications.
You'll learn through studio-based projects, workshop demonstrations, workshop practicals, lectures, and group work. Assessment will include production of portfolios, research and development work, presentations, technical records, and written assignments.
Your module specification/course handbook provides full details of the assessment criteria.
Tuition fees
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Extra funding
The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers are supporting BA/BSc Textiles by offering a 3-Year Educational Assistance Grant – Technical Education and Vocational Support to a suitable applicant that shows prowess and ability in textiles design and construction. The grant is specifically for the costs relating to the full program of study for BA/BSc Textiles enrolling in 2024 and is for £57,500. Payment will be made in instalments during each year of study subject to completion of all modules and progression into the next academic year.
Additional financial support for qualifying students is also available. For the last 4 years, 2 students have been awarded £10,000 each to support them during their placement and in their final year of study.
Please see our website for more information - http://www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-finance/undergraduate-scholarships/
The Uni
University of Huddersfield
Department of Music and Design Arts (AHMDA)
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