MA Fashion Knitwear at Nottingham Trent University

A one-year full-time MA built on more than 30 years of experience in fashion knitwear design, with access to hand flat and power knitting machines including Shima Seiki and Stoll in the Bonington building. Students work in a dedicated postgraduate studio alongside MA Fashion and Textiles students and are encouraged to enter competitions such as the Shima Seiki Competition and the Redress Design Award.

Faculty: Nottingham School of Art & Design  |  Duration: 1 year (45 weeks) full-time  |  Intake: September 2026  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules are Innovation in Fashion Knitwear Practice, Situating your Practice and Culture and Collaboration, with options including Professional Futures and Advancing Research Design. Workshops can cover dyeing, drawing and illustration, knit CAD programming (Shima and Stoll), Dubied hand flatbed knitting, linking and trim development, and embroidery digitisation. Assessment is 100% coursework including a project proposal, knitwear swatches and garments, and a portfolio and CV.

Career pathways

Roles include knitwear or knitted textiles designer, product developer, sourcing manager, technologist, buyer, merchandiser, production manager, trend forecaster and stylist; some graduates progress to teaching, lecturing, journalism or MPhil and PhD study.

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