Location
United Kingdom, - Central Saint Martins
Dates
Dates flexible
Course Type
Postgraduate Course
Accreditation
-
Language
English
Price
$14,048

Course Overview

Course summary:

The Graduate Diploma in Fashion is a one-year programme for fashion graduates, aiming to prepare sophisticated designers for the next stage of their careers. Created for International students, the course is now open to Home/EU applicants. You'll specialise in Womenswear, Menswear, Fashion Design with Knit or Fashion Design with Textiles.

Some graduates from this course have gone on to study on leading postgraduate fashion courses including CSM - MA Fashion (Womenswear and Menswear), MA FCP, MA Photography and MA Textiles Futures; RCA - MA Fashion (Womenswear, Menswear, Knitwear, Footwear and Accessories), MA Mixed Media and MRes Design and Health; Parsons, New York - MA Fashion (Womenswear and Menswear); LCF - MA Fashion (Womenswear, Menswear, Footwear and Accessories), MA Digital Fashion, MA Fashion Marketing; Chelsea - MA Textiles; Arnhem - MA Fashion (Womenswear); Goldsmiths - MA Design and Environment and Westminster University - MA Fashion; PoliModa - MA Fashion.

This course is part of the Fashion Programme.

Great reasons to apply:

  • In the most recent graduating year, 82% of students that applied for a postgraduate course were offered a place either at Central Saint Martins, Royal College of Art or London College of Fashion
  • You'll benefit from the teaching and learning methods of some of the most eminent and experienced current practitioners in the field of fashion, which have produced some of the world's leading fashion design professionals
  • You'll take part in staff-directed and industry projects to help you identify and develop your strengths and address areas for improvement. Recent projects have been set by Net-a-Porter and Alexander McQueen
  • You'll receive support in developing your personal presentation skills (including CV-writing) to support your applications for further study or employment
  • You'll have access to free in-sessional English language support classes taught in the context of art, design and communications.

Who should take this course

Anyone Interested.

Course content

Course details:

The Graduate Diploma in Fashion offers a one-year Higher Education programme for international and, for the first time in 2014, graduate students. It aims to produce mature and sophisticated designers equipped to work in and design for the international market. The course offers students with a background in fashion design or a closely related discipline the opportunity to take a fresh view of their work and their creative direction.

The course's learning and teaching philosophy emphasises creative freedom and offers you the opportunity to explore and experience London as an international fashion design centre and a rich resource for research, providing invaluable insights into progression to postgraduate study or employment in the International fashion industry. The learning and teaching are project-based and offer you the freedom to experiment and find or re-define yourselves within a creative environment. The course emphasises breadth as well as depth of research and an innovative approach to design development.

The Graduate Diploma in Fashion begins with staff-directed and / or industry projects aiming to support you in identifying and further developing your strengths and addressing your weaknesses. This enables you to develop your work in consultation with staff on an ongoing basis. Fundamental to the course is the commitment to support your creative development with appropriate design, technical (pattern cutting / garment construction) and professional skills to help you to take advantage of the benefits and challenges that studying in London provides.

Later projects are negotiated with course staff and self-directed, offering you the opportunity to demonstrate independent learning in the context of your final project. The curriculum also introduces you to the potential of a range of different approaches to the visual communication and articulation of design ideas. Personal and professional development emphasises the skills and aptitudes required in designing for a specific market, researching and taking account of current trends and, in particular, the personal presentation skills required to support application for entry into postgraduate study and/or employment in the international fashion industry.

You leave the course with a portfolio and realised design work that will effectively support access to postgraduate study and / or entry into employment in the fashion industry. The Graduate Diploma in Fashion lasts 30 weeks of full-time study structured as two units over three terms. The course is credit rated at 120 credits, and comprises two units. Unit One (60 credits) lasts 15 weeks. Unit Two (60 credits) follows after the completion of Unit One and also runs for 15 weeks. Both units must be passed in order to achieve the Graduate Diploma, Graduate Diploma with Merit or Graduate Diploma with Distinction.

Fees & Funding:

Home/EU fee Tuition fees for 2019/20 -

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.