Course summary

By studying BA Fashion Design Innovation at the University of Leeds, you’ll investigate, understand and address future fashion challenges. You’ll develop your understanding of fashion and textile design, combining the latest digital technologies with practical skills and applications to create innovative design solutions for both virtual and physical environments. You’ll balance research-led activities and contextual studies with creative practice and focuses on social, ethical and sustainable fashion design thinking to lead innovation. You’ll be equipped with a broad range of resilient skills that allow you to become an agent for social change and graduate with the ability to positively impact the fashion industry. You’ll examine the relationships between sustainable design and your own virtual and physical making, developing an understanding of diverse market sectors. Fashion and textiles are central to the School’s research activities, furthering your understanding of advanced research methods to explore the material innovations and technological developments required to build a better fashion industry. Core and specialist modules build key skills for your future career in fashion design and a variety of associated fields.