Location
United Kingdom, - London College of Fashion
Dates
Dates flexible
Course Type
Postgraduate Course
Accreditation
-
Language
English
Price
$14,048

Course Overview

Course summary:

This postgraduate pattern-cutting degree will develop your skills in innovative pattern-cutting and garment technology to prepare you for a successful career in the commercial fashion industry.

About:

  • Students have two pathway options:
  • Creative Pattern Cutting

OR

  • Garment Technology.

Both 2D and 3D technical skills are taught, alongside contextual industry study.

Great reasons to apply:

  • There is the opportunity to work collaboratively with a company in order to research into and develop new processes and techniques that advance current practice.
  • Previous graduates have secured roles at Topshop Unique, ACNE and Vivienne Westwood.
  • Learn how to provide real, innovative solutions in pattern and garment production.

Who should take this course

Anyone Interested.

Course content

Course details:

You will experiment with a range of digital and manufacturing technologies and techniques, materials and components in order to achieve your goals.

As well as developing conventional and creative pattern cutting techniques, you will become conversant with digital pattern technology and you will explore digital pattern development through using 3D sampling software. You will also be encouraged to set up work placements which give you the opportunity to further your skills and knowledge and make valuable contacts within the industry. Your Masters Project will give you the opportunity to research and develop an initiative that breaks new ground in the field of pattern and garment technology. This project will be supported by extensive documented research, experimentation and analysis before the final outcome is achieved.

For this course we are looking for students who have gained a good degree from a fashion design course and have particular interest and skills in creative technical processes. Other routes to the course will be for pattern and garment technologists already working in the industry who want to expand their skills, or creative fashion designers seeking to develop their technical skills to advance their practice.

Course structure:

Please note that the fifteen week blocks go across the term dates listed under Facts.

  • 15 months, 4 terms, level 7, 180 credits
  • Block one September to February

You will study two units plus a pathway-specific unit:

  • Creative Technical Skills (core skills) (20 credits)
  • EITHER Creative Pattern Design for Creative Pattern Cutting Pathway (20 credits) OR Pattern Technology (20 credits)
  • Research Methods (20 credits)
  • Block two February to June

You will study one unit plus two option units:

  • Technical Analysis (option unit) (20 credits)
  • Technical Development (option unit) (20 credits)
  • Collaborative Unit (20 credits)
  • Block three June to December
  • Masters Project (60 credits)

Fees & Funding:

  • Home / EU fee

About Course Provider

University of the Arts London (UAL) is Europe’s largest specialist art and design university. Its unique creative community is made up of six renowned Colleges, each with its own world-class reputation: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts.

UAL is the world’s sixth best University for Art and Design in the QS World University Rankings 2018. Offering an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts, UAL is the main talent pipeline to the UK’s creative industries.

Home to a diverse community of over 18,000 students from 129 countries, UAL has a track record for launching and furthering careers. Our graduates can be found in every part and at every level of the creative and cultural sectors, from heads of global business to self-employed practitioners, and on shortlists for awards ranging from the Turner Prize to the Oscars.

Building on UAL’s association with some of the most original thinkers in the arts, students and staff are inspired to challenge convention, generate new ideas and nurture talent. Home to award-winning staff and students for more than a century, UAL’s Colleges are at the forefront of learning, creativity and practice in their specialist subjects. This close-knit College structure offers opportunities for learning and enquiry for people at all stages of their creative development.