This specialist degree focuses on developing both your costume design and costume construction skills. You will learn how to translate your creative ideas into professional costumes for theatre, film and television, dance, opera and other performance areas. You will also have the opportunity to explore a range of relevant skills: corsetry, pattern cutting, draping, tailoring, millinery, costume props, fabric knowledge, textile breaking down, print and dye and other emerging technologies. Our aim on the course is to create future-facing professionals, who are industry relevant, work collaboratively, and are outward-facing autonomous practitioners.

Gain hands-on industry experience

You’ll have the opportunity to complete a work experience placement of up to a year in length. Dependent on the duration of your placement, you could gain an additional Diploma or Certificate in Professional Practice.

Take part in global opportunities

Visit design exhibitions at venues like the V&A in London and the National Theatre costume department. You will also have the opportunity to go on national and European trips to see opera, ballet, theatre and dance performances.

Personalise your studies

Select from eight optional modules to tailor your studies to your interests. You’ll also take part in CoLab, a unique chance to work across disciplines on creative projects with a focus on sustainability, innovation or social change.

Develop the skills you need to become a versatile costume designer and expert in mixed-media construction. You will study subjects exploring visual research, character and text analysis, contemporary design development and innovative 2D to 3D realisation. Explore such skills as corsetry, pattern cutting, tailoring, millinery, costume props, fabric knowledge, and print and dye. You'll learn how to interpret a brief and work with a creative team to create unique and bespoke costume designs.

As a costume student you will collaborate with students across our Design for Performance courses, as you personalise your learning journey and tailor your skills to meet your career aspirations in this exciting global industry.

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Module information

A standard full-time BA (Hons) course is made up of 120 credits studied each year. Some courses may vary, however, and you can find information on the total number of credits achieved per module below.

Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll be studying throughout the

Year OneYear TwoOptional placement yearFinal Year

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Welcome to Costume

The start of your journey into exploring what Costume Design and Construction can be for you. Become familiar with tutors, peer groups, buildings, the department and equipment around you.

The module focuses on how to be curious, engage with new ideas in a safe space, take risks and make mistakes as a creative practitioner. You will be engaging with industry-level projects to support building your confidence and awareness of what costume is and possible future paths.

40 credits

Questioning Costume

Combine practice and theory in order to create the foundations of your approach to your studies in costume. Begin your preparation towards your future career within contemporary stage and screen-related related fields you make designs and projects for a range of genres, based on real situations and industry practice.

Sustainability in Context

Discover the many aspects of being a sustainable practitioner in today's cultural landscape. You will look at sustainability through a wide range of lenses from different cultures, genders and perspectives. You will develop skills to research visually, verbally and in writing, as you begin to personalise your creative future through completing the Sustainability in Practice Certificate and negotiating your outcome based on your selected sustainable research.

20 credits

Skills Passport

Establish and build on your knowledge of key professional costume practices as you understand the concepts of safe professional practice. Through exploration of a range of materials and processes, you will build relevant skills and develop your practical knowledge base, while allowing flexibility for personal direction and acquiring an understanding of industry needs.

You will study one 20-credit Optional Module. There are a range of optional 20-credit modules - these options add personalisation to your course and cover content related to your course subject area. The Optional modules may change year on year and we purposely update these regularly to allow for industry input and innovations in the subject.

Costume Exploration

Build on your knowledge of costume practice and theory to develop your investigative and experimental approaches. You will operate in situations of increasing complexity and depth and be encouraged to interpret characterisation challenges in 2D and 3D critically and imaginatively, aligning theory with practice and advancing your subject knowledge, understanding and practical skills.

Co Lab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking

Through active participation with team-based problem solving, you will work together in mixed teams on a project where you will use your creative ideas to generate solutions to the challenge or brief. Your project will allow you to explore how creativity can make an impact in society, as you choose a theme of sustainability, social justice, enterprise and innovation or community. This collaborative learning experience will expose you to a range of new processes and approaches that will develop your creative thinking.

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Costume Direction

Develop and expand on your first-year studies and what Costume Design and Construction could be for you. Through further exploration of physical and digital media over the module you will expand and strengthen your approaches and effective visual communication within an industry context. You will be encouraged to question the development of your ideas using professional performance contexts and industry projects.

Industry Placement

Refine your personal direction and career aspirations with a professional placement to prepare you for entry into the performance/cultural industries. This will take you out into industry to extend the development of your professional practice. You will be expected to document this experience, bringing back your knowledge and sharing it with your peers as part of a presentation at the end of the module.

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Slow Making and Craftsmanship

This optional module offers the opportunity to personalise your learning and collaborate across disciplines while exploring slow making and craftsmanship in textile design. Through hands-on workshops, contextual research and storytelling, you'll examine ethical and material considerations in design. You'll finish by proposing a practice-based research project informed by your creative and critical exploration.

Millinery: Object and Narrative

Explore the art of hat making and millinery in this optional module, rarely taught in higher education and relevant across performance and cultural industries. You'll examine the meaning of objects through semiotics, develop a personal design brief, and create 3D outcomes. Studied in mixed-course groups, the module encourages collaboration and allows you to personalise your learning.

Character Ideation

Explore character creation through both traditional and experimental methods in this optional module. You'll examine what makes characters compelling and develop original concepts for storytelling across media. With the chance to personalise your learning and collaborate with students from other courses, you'll present your work in visual and/or written form, building creative and transferable skills.

Tabletop Game Development

This optional module introduces the principles of tabletop game design, including board and card games. You'll analyse existing games, develop and test your own concept, and produce a working prototype with final artwork. It offers the chance to personalise your learning and collaborate with students from other courses, while building creative, communication and problem-solving skills.

Drawing & Exploring with Natural Materials

This optional module explores sustainable creative practices using natural materials for colour, image-making, and 3D construction. Through hands-on workshops, you'll learn techniques like natural dyeing, eco-printing, and biomaterials while considering environmental impact and well-being. The module builds a foundation in sustainable design and results in a portfolio of innovative, nature-inspired visual research and experimental work.

Fashion Photography: Cover Shoot

This optional module lets you personalise your course and collaborate with students from across the Nottingham School of Art & Design. Through seminars, case studies, and practical workshops, you'll explore the full process of producing a fashion magazine editorial and cover shoot, from concept to final edit, while developing technical, creative, and collaborative skills in a simulated industry environment.

Interactive Narrative

‘Interactive narrative’ is a form of digital storytelling that blends visuals, text, and user choices, where decisions impact the story’s direction and outcome. You will complete the entire interactive narrative workflow, from pre-visualisation and production to distribution. Your project could be an interactive game, storyboard or book, fashion story, dialogue-based training simulation, or more.

You will analyse existing interactive narratives through play, identifying what makes them meaningful and engaging through group activities and discussion. This will inform your own written and visual concepts, which you will pitch during a formative assessment, developing your project management, time management, and communication skills.

Prop Making

This Year 2 optional module introduces fantasy prop design for industries like film, TV, theatre, and games. You'll learn 3D CAD and traditional making techniques to create imaginative, functional props. The module covers concept development, digital modelling, prototyping, and final production, culminating in a tangible artefact and a portfolio developing both creative and technical skills for industry application.

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Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*

We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

The additional placement year incurs a fee. For international students considering the transfer to the 4-yr SW route it's important to seek advice from the International Student Support team and the Home Office regarding any potential visa implications and costs. For UK students, advice should also be sought regarding SLC eligibility, if applicable.

* If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will need to apply for this course by using the full-time UCAS code.

0 credits

Study Abroad

If you're studying on our sandwich route you can also opt to study abroad for a full academic year, or for a semester, during Year Three. This is an optional and additional period of study that complements your degree at NTU as an alternative to taking a work placement.

This is an exciting opportunity to experience a different national culture, teaching and learning styles and subjects in an international environment. The destination university must be a year abroad / exchange partner of NTU or member of a formally recognised scheme such as the International Student Exchange Programme (ISEP).

Our NTU Global and student mobility team will support you in finding the right opportunity from one of the many international partners available around the world.

Successful completion of a period of international study will earn you a standalone award an International Study Certificate (minimum six weeks) or the International Study Diploma (minimum 36 weeks).

Industry Project

Define and refine your personal direction and career aspirations as you prepare yourself for entry into the performance/cultural industries. Through advanced personal practice, teaching and industry guidance you will develop your autonomy and independent costume career. The module will build your skills in engaging and responding to an industry-led project. These exchanges and approaches will echo professional working practices and facilitate both personal growth and transferable and practical skills acquisition.

Next Steps - Professional Practice

Through studio practice, professional practice, external speakers, presentations and staff guidance you will prepare your portfolio for your next steps. This module is a culmination of your undergraduate study and will build on previous portfolio iterations that you have developed. You will engage in a reflective, flexible and responsive exchange that echoes professional working practices as you gather feedback and analyse the most effective professional practice output for you.

Major Project - Costume Design and Construction

Embark on a self-directed project where you will combine studio practice, autonomous research and staff guidance to present a body of work that represents your chosen genre and professional working practices, and will respond to your goals and aspirations post-degree. You will research in a manner appropriate for this level, exploring the wider cultural, sustainable, ethical and genre-appropriate considerations.

60 credits

We regularly review our course content based on student and employer feedback to ensure they remain current and relevant. This may result in changes to module content or availability in future years. Optional modules will only run where there is sufficient demand. This will be determined on a case-by-case basis to protect the academic and student experience.

Student experience

Esme Kirk

BA (Hons) Costume Design and Making student

“The course is one of the only costume courses in the country that teaches you both design and making skills, which I believe makes you more employable.”

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Chloe Crabtree

“One of the reasons I chose NTU was the fact the course here offered the chance to spend an equal amount of time on designing and making.”

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Ilektra Charalampopoulou

Costume Design and Construction student

“it's just a very cool environment. It might be scary at first, but, you know, you explore new stuff, you meet new people.”

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Erin White

“There is such a wide variety of projects it really helped me think outside the box and design in new ways for things I'd never considered before.”

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Ruby Keeton

“We get to do so many things, different things in the course, that you kind of can find your niche. For this project specifically, there was a lot of 3D modelling and 3D printing involved.”

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Student Work

Student work by Ilektra-Maria Charalampopoulou, BA Costume Design and Construction

Blue fairy costume by Niamh Lily Ward, BA Costume Design and Construction

Student work by Isla Staveley, BA Costume Design and Construction

Green knitted costume by Bethan Gudgin, BA Costume Design and Construction

Students collaborate on a costume project using industry-standard equipment and techniques.

Graduate Festival exhibition showcasing Costume Design and Construction student work at Nottingham Playhouse.

Costume Design and Construction student work on display at Nottingham Playhouse during the Graduate Festival

A Costume Design student develops specialist costume-making skills while creating a character costume in the studio.

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How you're taught

On this course, you will spend your time in creative studio environments. Teaching and learning experiences will include:

studio days

presentations

independent projects

demonstrations

research

reflective journals

lectures

seminars

tutorials

study visits.

Want real-world experience alongside your degree? Co Lab is your opportunity to work with peers from different disciplines on live projects set by industry partners. Embrace collaborative practice as you explore how creativity can make an impact in society and develop the skills employers want to see in the creative industries.

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Exchange opportunities

Exchanges take place in Year Two of the course. You’ll receive guidance from the University about where you can study, and help in completing your application and arranging your exchange.

Showcase

You will be given the opportunity to exhibit your work during your time at NTU to members of the creative industries. Visit our ‘We Are Creatives’ showcase to take a look at the work of this year's graduating students’.

Artificial Intelligence and Innovation in Costume Design and Construction

This course explores costume design and construction while remaining attentive to emerging technologies, including AI, as part of the wider creative landscape. Rather than replacing traditional skills, we critically examine how AI tools might influence design processes, ethics, and industry practices, encouraging thoughtful discussion rather than prescriptive use. Students are supported to develop their own stance on these technologies, ensuring that creative integrity and craft remain central to their learning. Engagement with AI is always optional and framed to understand its impact, not as a requirement for artistic practice. Find out more about AI, Creativity and Innovation at the Nottingham School of Art & Design

How you're assessed

The learning outcomes for each module at each level are aligned with the Course Outcomes. As you progress through the course, the assessment methods used both reflect industry practice and allow you to demonstrate how you have met the Module Learning Outcomes at each level.

Formative feedback at interim points helps you to form an impression of how you are progressing and to evaluate your learning and develop your work with the aim of meeting Module Learning Outcomes. Summative feedback at the end of a module is the formal feedback provided as a summary of your learning, where a piece of completed work is assessed against the Module Learning Outcomes. You will receive feedback at formative and summative points through each module using an appropriate mixture of the following assessment methods:

Visual and verbal presentation of physical and/or digital work to peers, staff, visiting practitioners

Submission of written work

Submission of practical work

Contact hours

For each 20-credit module, you’ll spend about 200 hours learning overall. Around 40 of those hours will be taught in lectures or seminars. The rest of the time is for independent study, reading, research, or working on assignments.

Who will teach you?

Jenny McInally

Lecturer

As a lecturer in Costume Construction focusing on first-year teaching, Jenny guides the delivery of construction projects that build essential making skills and confidence in core techniques.

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Lauren Martin

Lauren Martin is a Lecturer in Costume Design and Construction, specialising in theatrical millinery and costume making. An NTU alumna and experienced industry practitioner, she combines specialist teaching with active research into nineteenth-century millinery, historical dress, and heritage headwear.

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Ryan Young

Senior Lecturer

Ryan serves as the Course Leader for Costume Design & Construction, where he oversees the program’s academic delivery and provides guidance to students across all levels of study. As the year leader for final-year students, he plays a pivotal role in supporting their academic and creative development.

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Totie Driver

Nottingham Trent University’s (NTU) BA (Hons) Theatre Design Associate Lecturer and alumna Totie Driver first designed the stage set for the Miss Saigon UK tour fifteen years ago under world-renowned producer Cameron Mackintosh.

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Eleanor Field

Eleanor Field is a lecturer in the Nottingham School of Art and Design at NTU

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Emma Belli

Emma is the Main Module and Year 2 lead for Costume Design & Construction, where she oversees the creative direction and coordination of second-year projects in close collaboration with specialist tutors in costume construction.

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Giuseppe Belli

Giuseppe Belli is Lecturer and Year 1 Lead for Costume Design & Construction at the Nottingham School of Art & Design. He oversees first-year teaching and assessment, delivering design tutorials and workshops while supporting student development and industry engagement.

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Entry requirements

UK students

Standard offer: 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications

Contextual offer: 104 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications

Other requirements

a portfolio.

To find out what qualifications have tariff points, please use our tariff calculator.

Additional requirements

Additional requirements for UK students

There are no additional requirements for this course.

Contextual offers

We consider every application in the context of your individual circumstances and educational background. This may include information about where you live, the school or college you attended, or experiences that may have shaped your educational journey. This is known as a contextual offer, and we use information provided through UCAS to help inform our decisions. By considering achievement in context, we can better recognise academic potential and ensure applicants are assessed as fairly and fully as possible.

Meeting our entry requirements

Hundreds of qualifications in the UK have UCAS Tariff points attached to specific grades, including A-levels, BTECs, T Levels and many more. You can use your grades and points from up to four different qualifications to meet our criteria. Enter your predicted or achieved grades into our Tariff calculator to find out how many points your qualifications are worth.

Other qualifications and experience

NTU welcomes applications from students with non-standard qualifications and learning backgrounds, either for year one entry or for advanced standing beyond the start of a course into year 2 or beyond.

We consider study and/or credit achieved from a similar course at another institution (otherwise known as credit transfer), vocational and professional qualifications, and broader work or life experience.

Our Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer Policy outlines the process and options available for this route. If you wish to apply via Recognition of Prior Learning, please contact the central Admissions and Enquiries Team who will be able to support you through the process.

Getting in touch

If you need more help or information, get in touch through our enquiry form.

International students

Academic entry requirements: 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications. We accept equivalent qualifications from all over the world. Please check your international entry requirements by country.

Additional international requirements

Additional requirements for international students

If you need help achieving the academic entry requirements, we offer a Foundation preparation course for this degree. The course is offered through our partner Nottingham Trent International College (NTIC) based on our City campus.

English language requirements

View our English language requirements for all courses, including alternative English language tests and country qualifications accepted by the University.

If you need help achieving the language requirements, we offer a Pre-Sessional English for Academic Purposes course on our City campus which is an intensive preparation course for academic study at NTU.

If you have the right level of qualifications, you may be able to start your Bachelors degree at NTU in year 2 or year 3. This is called ‘advanced standing’ entry and is decided on a case-by case basis after our assessment of your qualifications and experience.

You can view our Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer Policy which outlines the process and options available, such as recognising experiential learning and credit transfer.

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Policies

We strive to make our admissions procedures as fair and clear as possible. To find out more about how we make offers, visit our admissions policies page.

Fees and funding

UK students - see the fees for this course, as well as information about funding and support.

£10,050 per year

Year abroad - £1,507

Placement year - £2,010

If you choose to do a placement year or year abroad, you'll pay a reduced fee for that year. Please be aware that you will be charged the fee set for the year this takes place, rather than being fixed at the rate applicable when you start your course, and any increases are subject to Government approval. As a guide, the fees above are for the 2027/28 academic year.

Find out about the extra support we may be able to provide to help pay for uni, including NTU bursaries and scholarships.

You will need to pay tuition fees for each year that you are at university. The tuition fees, including the placement year and study abroad options are subject to government policy and may change in future years of study.

Preparing for the financial side of student life is important, but we don’t want you to feel anxious or confused about it. Visit our fees and funding pages if you have any concerns.

International students - see the fees for this course, as well as payment advice and scholarships.

£19,150 per year

You will need to pay tuition fees for each year that you are at university. The tuition fees might increase from the second year of your undergraduate course, in line with inflation and as specified by the UK government.

Scholarships

We offer international scholarships of up to 50% of your tuition fee. You can apply for a scholarship when you have an offer to study at NTU.

Living costs

See our advice on managing your money and the cost of living as an international student in Nottingham.

Paying fees

As an international student, you'll need to make an advance payment as part of your offer conditions. You'll then need to pay your tuition fees in full, or have an agreement to pay in two further instalments, in order to enrol on the course.

Find out how and when to pay your fees, including information about your advance payment, instalment dates and how to make payments securely to the University.

Enquiries

If you have any queries relating to advance payments or arrangements to pay, please contact our friendly and experienced international enquiries team.

Additional costs

Your course fees cover the cost of studies and include loads of great benefits, such as the use of our library, support from our expert Employability team and free use of the IT equipment across our campuses. There are just a few additional things you may need to budget for:

Textbooks and library books

Your modules will point you to key textbooks and recommended reading. Many are available online, and in our libraries, but some students choose to buy their own copies. You’ll receive resource lists showing where to access eBooks, digital resources and physical copies. Our friendly Library team is always on hand to help you find what you need.

Printing and photocopying costs

The University allocates an annual printing and copying allowance of £20 depending on the course you are studying. For more details about costs for additional print and copying required over and above the annual allowance please see the printing and photocopying information on the Library website.

Placements

If you're undertaking a placement year, you'll need to budget for accommodation and any travel costs you may incur whilst on placement. Many of our placement students do earn a salary whilst on placement which can help to cover these living costs.

Field trips

All essential field trip costs will be included in your course fees. There may be the opportunity to take part in optional field trips, which do incur additional costs.

Material Costs - Costume

Depending on the materials you choose to work with, you should budget in the region of £250 (Year One), £350 (Year Two), and up to £500 (Final Year) to cover the production costs associated with your course. This is of course a broad approximation, as your projects are highly personalised.

Graduate Festival Showcase

In Final Year, the Nottingham School of Art & Design will provide infrastructure costs for your Showcase. If you’re selected to showcase your work at a graduate show in London, the School will cover the cost of transporting your work and the exhibition stand.

Year abroad

If you choose to study abroad for a year, you may need to consider additional costs such as visas, vaccinations, accommodation and travel expenses.

Fees and funding advice

For more advice and guidance, phone the Student Money Team on +44 (0)115 848 2494.

Cost of living information and support

Managing your money can help you make the most of life at NTU. Here's how we can support you, and now you can make your funding go further.

Cost of living in Nottingham

Our student benefits and free services

Money advice for international students

Careers and employability

Graduate destinations have included costume designing and / or construction for prestigious companies such as Angels Costumiers and the BBC, and freelance or in-house costume designing, making and assisting for a myriad of stage and screen companies, events and performances both large-scale and small-scale. These include everything from Outlander to Not Just Fish & Ships, Lichfield Garrick Pantomime to wardrobe on a cruise ship, and making props on the latest Marvel feature.

Connecting with industry

Live projects or competitions could offer you the chance to gain professional experience and raise your profile. Organisations and programmes the course has collaborated with include:

Making Costumes for the Curve, Leicester

Working at Lichfield Garrick Theatre on Cinderella

Working with Bruce Asbestos and Nottingham Contemporary on live art catwalk

Creation of costumes for Newstead Abbey’s Christmas themed display for Nottingham City Council

You’ll also be encouraged to participate in national competitions and costume events, seeking out opportunities to work with local cultural centres.

Industry experts who have recently lectured on this course include:

Six, Spice World Arena Tour and Starlight express Costume Designer, Gabriella Slade

Harry Potter, Rings of Power and Dr Who Costume and Creature artist, Gary Pollard (NTU Alumni)

Pinocchio, Fantastic Mr Fox & corpse Bride Small scale Designer and Costumier, Amanda Thomas

Society of British Theatre Designers Chair, Fiona Watt

FBFX specialist costume prop makers for DC/ Marvel/ Disney, Joe Knapper

New Tricks, This is England and Waking the Dead Costume Designer Debbie O’Brien

Specialist Costume Maker for Game of Thrones, Ant-Man, Deadpool Vs Wolverine, Ivo Coveney

Costume Cutter for Downtown Abbey, Star Wars & House of the Dragon, Sarah Humphrey

Specialist Film & TV Costume Props, Mask and armourer, Robert Allsop

Costume Designer for Oppenheimer, Westworld and La La Land, Jo Kissack

Creative Industries Federation

We are members of the Creative Industries Federation (CIF), which means students in the Nottingham School of Art & Design have the opportunity to sign up to free student membership. Creative Industries Federation are an organisation that represents, champions and supports the UK’s creative industries and membership grants students exclusive access to their selection of resources and events to help advance your career and connect with industry.

Employability Promise

Personalised support, one-on-one coaching and industry-specific advice – it’s all part of our Employability Promise. And it doesn’t end when you leave NTU – you’ll have access to all our careers services for three years after you graduate (conditions apply).

Graduate employers

Graduates from this course have successful careers in organisations such as:

Sheffield Theatres

Big Style Fashions Ltd

Our graduates are…

Graduates from this course now work in a wide range of roles such as:

Assistant garment technologist

Costume design trainee

Costume assistant

Assessed work-like experience

We’ve embedded at least eight weeks of assessed work-like experience into all of our courses. This gives you the opportunity to apply your learning in real-world scenarios, build your confidence, and develop the experience employers are looking for.

NTU Enterprise

If you’re a budding entrepreneur, NTU Student Enterprise can help you to develop your ideas and innovations and turn them into a reality. We also offer training, mentoring, workshops, financial advice and more to develop your business skills.

Campus and facilities

You’ll be based in the Waverley building – a beautifully restored listed building with real design heritage: it was the original home of the Nottingham School of Art.

BA (Hons) Costume Design and Construction facility tour video

Discover the Costume design studio 360°

Design for Performance Facilities

For more information visit the Design for Performance Facilities page.

Fashion, Textiles, Knitwear Design Facilities

For more information visit the Fashion, Textiles, Knitwear Design Facilities page.

Bonington Art Shop

For more information visit the Bonington Art Shop page.

Take a virtual tour

View Costume Design and Construction facility tour video transcript

Applying

Apply for this course through UCAS.

We will ask you to provide a digital portfolio. Visit our webpage which has some advice on what to include to help make your portfolio stand out. After you have submitted your portfolio, we may also invite you to an online interview to help us make our final decision.

Please be aware that all enrolments onto the Course will initially be for the full time 3-year route. There is however an opportunity for you to internally transfer to the 4-year SW route if you secure a placement. The placement would need to be confirmed and transfer agreed during your 2nd year to enable you to commence the placement in year 3. It is important that you seek advice regarding any funding and financial implications before making any changes to your course structure.

Apply through UCAS

You can apply for this course through UCAS. If you are not applying to any other UK universities, you can apply directly to us on our NTU applicant portal.

Your portfolio

If your initial application is successful, you may be asked to upload a portfolio of your work and you may also be asked to attend an interview.

Portfolio advice

Please be aware that you will need to apply for the three-year full-time course. There is however an opportunity for you to internally transfer to the 4-year SW route if you secure a placement. The placement would need to be confirmed and transfer agreed during your 2nd year to enable you to commence the placement in year 3. It is critical to consult with the NTU International Student Support Team and the Home Office for updated visa regulations and requirements before making any changes to your course structure.

The University's commitment to delivering the educational services advertised.

Please read our application guidance before you start your application.

We advise you to prepare and apply as early as you can as Student visa processing time can vary.

We'll send you important emails throughout the application process. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam mail folder.

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Personal statement guidance

You’ll submit a personal statement with your UCAS application – here are our tips on what to include and how to structure your personal statement.

Application support

If you have any questions about applying, get in touch through our online form or call us on 44 (0)115 848 4200.

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