BA Textile Design
About this course
BA (Hons) in Textile Design, a fashion design degree centred on material exploration, manufacturing processes, and creative methodologies. Core topics include Research Methods, Engineering Design, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Design & Creative Practice. The programme is available as a three-year full-time route or a four-year option incorporating a professional placement year. The first year establishes fundamental competencies through modules such as Creative Production 1, Textile Design Practice, Textile Design Perspectives, Creative Production 2, Trends, Techniques and Applications, and Textiles Futures, focusing on digital production skills, historical contexts, and experimental making. The second year advances commercial awareness and technical execution with Design for commercial practice, Research Methods for Textiles, Professional and Business Practice, Emerging Design Methods, and Digital Design Processes, alongside optional modules covering areas such as Arts Management, Re-imagining Communities, Creative Placemaking, Drawing Characters: Representation and Identity, Fashion to Function: Designing Clothing and Wearable Products, Co-Designing Products with Generative AI, Creative Enterprise, BioDesign, Object Studies, and Shaping a World That Functions: Human Factors and Ergonomics in Action. The final year culminates in advanced self-directed work through Studio Practice: Self-Directed Practice and Final Major Project: Portfolio and Professional Practice, with further choices including a Dissertation or an Industrial Report.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB/ABC IB: 32 (5,5,5 HL) BTEC: BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDM BTEC Level 3 National Diploma: DM plus one A level at Grade B BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate: D plus two A levels at Grades BC
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Admissions (2022 entry, home applicants)
Offer rate 78%: 200 offers from 258 applications, from the university's Freedom of Information return.
What students say
Based on about 39 final-year students who answered
- Teaching on my course: 84%
- Learning opportunities: 82%
- Assessment and feedback: 84%
- Academic support: 88%
- Organisation and management: 70%
- Learning resources: 87%
- Student voice: 80%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 50 students who started
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 21 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 70%
- Working and studying: 15%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Design occupations: 15%
- Administrative occupations: 15%
- Business and public service associate professionals: 15%
- Sales occupations: 15%
- Process, plant and machine operatives: 10%
- Find their work meaningful: 65%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 60%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 75%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 355 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 1%
- North West: 5%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 4%
- East Midlands: 21%
- West Midlands: 8%
- East of England: 12%
- London: 24%
- South East: 15%
- South West: 8%
- Wales: 2%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 50 students who started
- A levels: 100%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Gold overall, Gold for student experience, Gold for student outcomes.
Modules
- Creative Production 1
- Textile Design Practice
- Textile Design Perspectives
- Creative Production 2
- Trends, Techniques and Applications
- Textiles Futures
- Design for commercial practice
- Research Methods for Textiles
- Professional and Business Practice
- Emerging Design Methods
- Digital Design Processes
- Arts Management
- Re-imagining Communities
- Creative Placemaking
- Drawing Characters: Representation and Identity
- Fashion to Function: Designing Clothing and Wearable Products
- Co-Designing Products with Generative AI
- Creative Enterprise
- BioDesign
- Object Studies
- Shaping a World That Functions: Human Factors and Ergonomics in Action
- Studio Practice: Self-Directed Practice
- Final Major Project: Portfolio and Professional Practice
- Dissertation
- Industrial Report
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Textile Design at Loughborough University earn?
The median salary is £26,500 after 15 months, £27,500 after 3 years, £34,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £25,500 and £42,000. The £34,000 median after five years is £8,000 more than the UK median for Design studies.
What do graduates of BA Textile Design at Loughborough University do next?
85% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Textile Design at Loughborough University?
84% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Textile Design at Loughborough University?
The typical offer is BBB at A level. The average entrant had 178 UCAS points.
What is the offer rate for BA Textile Design at Loughborough University?
78% of home applicants received an offer for 2022 entry: 200 offers from 258 applications, according to the university's Freedom of Information return.
Does BA Textile Design at Loughborough University include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has a compulsory placement year and an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Textile Design at Loughborough University?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.