Textile Design (Professional Placement Year)

**A dynamic and exciting degree for those wanting to explore textile design in fashion, interiors and product.**<br/><br/><br/>- Engage with professionals through live industry briefs and placement opportunities in the UK and abroad.<br/><br/><br/>- Immerse yourself in our strong studio culture and visit specialists, trade fairs, exhibitions and museums.<br/><br/><br/>- Our graduates have been employed by companies including Conran, Selfridges, Joules, Phase Eight, Harrods and Anthropologie.<br/><br/><br/>We provide ambitious students with a dynamic, practical, and theoretical design education, supported by industry networks and directed towards the development of a creative career or advanced research in the textile discipline.<br/><br/>Develop your creativity within the broad and complex field of traditional and contemporary textile design, through intellectual enquiry combined with aesthetic sensibility. <br/><br/>**More about the Professional Placement Year**<br/>A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in up to 3 placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team.