Sept 2026 Entry
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Early Round: 2025-10-15
Main Round: 2026-01-15
Early Round: 2025-10-15
Main Round: 2026-01-15
What's New
- Undergraduate
- Undergraduate
Programme Aims
With the provision of a creative learning environment, foster the synergy of craft and digital innovation to provide students the opportunity to realise their personal means of expression, and critically reflect upon their work to develop unique theoretical approaches towards establishing new and inclusive definitions of fashion. Enabling students to define and articulate their values and principles as designers, whilst they attain an empathic understanding of contemporary fashion in a broader socio-cultural, environmental, technological, and economic context. And nurture students to become highly skilled and competent professionals, who have the potential to be future leaders of their chosen industry.
Fashion Practice Characteristics:
This specialism addresses the role of design in a rapidly evolving fashion industry. Students will explore their values and personal means of expression, to develop a distinct design practice that considers contemporary fashion in a broader socio-cultural context. The Fashion Practice pathway supports students towards establishing a firm understanding of how to commercialise creativity whilst responding to the needs of the market and society. Exposing students to the latest professional and sustainable practices, the programme equips students with the necessary skills to become responsible, industry-ready professionals who have the potential to positively influence the future of the fashion industry.
Digital Fashion Innovation Characteristics:
This unique specialism is a response to the fashion industry’s digital transformation, where the rise of Web.3.0 and the Metaverse present immense opportunities to reimagine how fashion can be originated and experienced. The Digital Fashion Innovation pathway expands the scope of fashion beyond traditional design. Students will blend creativity with emerging technologies and gain hands-on experience with industry-relevant tools to explore the potential of digital fashion- from 3D design, digital prototyping, digital assets and NFTs to immersive digital environments and fashion presentations. This programme ensures that students are equipped with the necessary skills to thrive in virtual and hybrid fashion ecosystems and be at the helm of the new digital era.
Programme Structure
To respond to industry workforce demand and student needs, the new curriculum proposes the introduction of 2 study pathways: Fashion Practice and Digital Fashion Innovation. Students on each specialist pathway shall complete 4 common core subjects, Personal Project, as well as an elective that cover and explore the context of fashion which is inclusive of understanding the fashion industry in a broader socio-cultural context, establishing design identity, developing a creative practice, experimenting with interdisciplinary processes, originate effective ways to promote work, formulating research methodologies, adopting sustainable practices, how to leverage technology, and learning how to theoretically evaluate work.
Mode and normal duration of study for completion of a programme
The MA programme operates in a single mode. Students are required to participate in full-time study load by attending classes primarily during the daytime.
The academic year for MA comprises of three semesters:
Year 1, Semester 1 (13 weeks), Year 1 Semester 2 & 3 (25 weeks).
To enhance the learning experience, certain subjects may be taught in BLOCK MODE if requiring full-day attendance for several consecutive days or even over weekends. This is usually arranged to make full use of visits to organisations, or professional seminars.
Online learning for Digital Fashion Innovation pathway
For the Digital Fashion Innovation Pathway, three subjects: Studio 1-3D Fundamentals, Studio 2-Digital Visualisation, and Studio 3-Asset Optimisation, Utility & Presentation, shall be taught online where classes will be scheduled on weekday/weekend evenings due to lecturers/instructors being based overseas. Students must ensure they have the necessary software installed to participate in the online learning sessions.
Students are required to take all of the following subjects to graduate from the programme:
Common Core Subjects (12-credit)
- Personal Creative Identity
- Virtual Fashion Creation
- Design Practice & Ideation
- Contextual Thesis Report
For Fashion Practice pathway (9-credit)
- Professional Practice
- Creative Methodology
- Fashion Branding
For Digital Fashion Innovation pathway (9-credit)
- Studio 1: 3D Fundamentals
- Studio 2: Digital Visualisation
- Studio 3: Asset Optimisation, Utility & Presentation
Personal Major Project (9-credit)
Final Collection/Portfolio/Multimedia Lookbook/Presentation
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Programme Director
Mr Ryan HOULTON
BA, MA
Deputy Programme Director
Ms Uki LAU
BA, MA
For entry applying for Fashion Practice Pathway
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A Bachelor's degree in fashion, textiles, or design related discipline. Applicants who hold a Bachelor’s degree in another field of study who possess adequate practical skills and/or relevant experience in the field of fashion may be considered for admission.
For entry applying for Digital Fashion Innovation Pathway
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A Bachelor's degree in fashion, textiles, or design related discipline. Applicants who hold a Bachelor's degree in another field of study such as media, film, animation, games & digital art, who possess adequate digital skills and/or relevant experience working in the creative industry may be considered for admission.
If you are not a native speaker of English, and your Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is awarded by institutions where the medium of instruction is not English, you are expected to fulfil the University’s minimum English language requirement for admission purpose. Please refer to the "Admission Requirements" section for details.
For further information on academic matters, please contact:
Mr Ryan Houlton (tel: (852) 2766 4572; email: ryan-scott.houlton@polyu.edu.hk); or
Ms Uki Lau (tel: (852) 2766 6526; email: nam-kai-uki.lau@polyu.edu.hk); or
Ms Hilary Kan (tel: (852) 2766 6510; email: hilary.kan@polyu.edu.hk).
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Interviews will be held via MS Teams.
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Students will be expected to attend classes on a full-time basis.
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The Programme is taught in English. Potential candidates must have excellent English language proficiency.
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Non-local candidates admitted to the programme will need to make their own accommodation arrangements during the course of study.
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The School will consider individual cases on their merit. Applicants may be required to attend interviews or tests to further demonstrate their language proficiency.
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HK$7,200 per credit for local and non-local students
Required
Required
Please also provide the following documents:
Copy of English examination results such as IELTS or TOEFL (for applicants who graduated from universities where the medium of instruction is not English).
Postal address in Chinese (for applicants from the Chinese Mainland).
Selective design work# via online portfolio. Please indicate the URL of your personal website in the online application. The URL should enable reviewers to access and view your portfolio online without the need to download. (Please upload a PDF document with the above URL via “Others” under the “Additional Document” at eAdmission System.)
The maximum file size for ALL supporting documents (including academic parchment/transcript/English test proof, etc.) is 5MB.
Portfolio Requirements
Digital PDF: 20-50 pages (3-5 Projects)
Layout: 42cm x 29.7cm (A3 Landscape)
File Size: 10-25MB (Make sure you reduce the file size)
Image Quality: Ensure that all the images within your portfolio are not pixelated or blurred
Project Introduction: Each project needs a title and a brief description
# Samples of work in PDF format in your online portfolio should include design development, design presentation sheets, pages from sketchbooks and visuals of garments/products/textiles. Should a candidate be selected for interview, further guidelines on preparing the portfolio to be shown at the interview will be provided.
