BA (Hons) Costume Design and Construction at Nottingham Trent University

BA (Hons) at City Campus developing both costume design and costume construction skills for theatre, film and television, dance and opera. Students study corsetry, pattern cutting, draping, tailoring, millinery, costume props, fabric knowledge and print and dye, and can take a work placement of up to a year. The course is based in the listed Waverley building.

Faculty: Nottingham School of Art & Design  |  Duration: 3 years full-time; 4 years with optional placement year  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules include Welcome to Costume, Questioning Costume, Sustainability in Context and Skills Passport, with eight optional modules and Co Lab cross-discipline projects. Learning is in studio environments through studio days, demonstrations, independent projects, lectures, seminars, tutorials and study visits; exchanges take place in Year Two.

Career pathways

Costume design and construction for companies such as Angels Costumiers and the BBC, freelance or in-house costume work for stage and screen, and roles such as Assistant Garment Technologist, Costume Design Trainee and Costume Assistant. Graduates work at organisations including Netflix, Sheffield Theatres and Big Style Fashions Ltd.

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