BDes Textile Design
About this course
BDes (Hons) in Textile Design, a design degree focused on creative practice, sustainable approaches, and contemporary manufacturing techniques. Core topics include Critical & Analytical Thinking, Design & Creative Practice. Students can choose to undertake an optional year abroad during their studies. The second year covers fundamental design processes, global sustainability contexts, and pattern composition through modules such as Textile Design Principles 1, Change by Design, and Textile Design Principles 2. The third year builds research and academic skills with modules like Alternative Futures Part 1, while offering optional modules such as Art, Science and Visual Thinking, Print and Printability, and Principles of Visual Effects. The final year centres on a self-initiated design project through the compulsory Textiles: Making Futures module.
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Entry requirements
A level: CCC (Recommended subject: a literate or art & design subject) IB: 28 points, including 5, 5, 4 at higher level Higher / Advanced Higher, SQA (standard): BBBB (Recommended subject: a literate or art & design subject at Higher).
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What students say
Based on about 12 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 98%
- Learning opportunities: 100%
- Assessment and feedback: 99%
- Academic support: 97%
- Organisation and management: 87%
- Learning resources: 98%
- Student voice: 91%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 80 students who started, across similar courses at this university
- Continued on course: 91%
- Gained a higher qualification: 1%
- Left higher education: 7%
What graduates do next
Based on about 9 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 85%
- Working and studying: 5%
Most common jobs
- Sales occupations: 35%
- Design occupations: 20%
- Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations: 10%
- Science, engineering and technology associate professionals: 10%
- Process, plant and machine operatives: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 40%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 20%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 25%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 200 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 2%
- North West: 1%
- East Midlands: 1%
- East of England: 1%
- London: 9%
- South East: 1%
- South West: 1%
- Scotland: 85%
- Northern Ireland: 2%
Who gets in
Based on about 10 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 10%
- Other HE qualification: 90%
Modules
- Textile Design Principles 1
- Change by Design
- Textile Design Principles 2
- The 21st Century Designer
- Textiles Partnerships Networks and Connections Part 1
- Shape Your Future
- Textiles Partnerships Networks and Connections Part 2
- Alternative Futures Part 1
- Art, Science and Visual Thinking
- The Contemporary Portrait
- Print and Printability
- The Undiscovered Landscape
- Principles of Visual Effects
- Comic Art & Graphic Novels
- Critical Making: Materials & Fabrication
- Thinking Photography
- Contemporary Painting
- Communication in Moving Image
- Design for Living: The Domestic Object
- AI in Creative Practices
- Undergraduate Work Placement
- Textiles: Making Futures
- Alternative Futures Part 2
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BDes Textile Design at University of Dundee earn?
The median salary is £24,500 after 15 months, £20,500 after 3 years, £26,500 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £20,500 and £32,500. The £26,500 median after five years is £500 more than the UK median for Design studies.
What do graduates of BDes Textile Design at University of Dundee do next?
95% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BDes Textile Design at University of Dundee?
98% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BDes Textile Design at University of Dundee?
The typical offer is CCC at A level, or 28 points in the IB. The average entrant had 173 UCAS points.
Does BDes Textile Design at University of Dundee include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BDes Textile Design at University of Dundee?
91% of students continued into their second year, and 7% left higher education.