Postgraduate
Guided by the needs of employers, our postgraduate programmes at the School of Textiles and Design are structured to ensure that our graduates are suitably skilled and employable in the rapidly evolving, global design industry.
Through our collaborative community, students have the opportunity to meet and work with a diverse range of people including academics, alumni and industry experts.
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Joint degree programme
Presented by two of the world’s oldest and most esteemed textile institutions, Heriot-Watt University and Thomas Jefferson University, this MSc/MS Global Textile Design joint degree programme offers semesters in both Pennsylvania and Scotland.
Students will be immersed in the global textile design market, enabling them to develop their technical and artisanal skills respectively for industry or entrepreneurial ventures.
World leading research
Our research aims to build an international creative hub where design meets technology. Exploring topics such as advanced flexible materials; medical textiles; technologies for sustainable materials and fashion, heritage, and design for net-zero.
Our research