Costume Design BA (Hons)
University of Salford
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Peel Park Campus

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Costume Design plays an essential role in the realisation of various creative industries from Theatre, Film, TV to events, festivals, Performance and Dance. Well prepare you to enter the costume industry as an experienced designer and maker through our BA Hons Costume Design Course at the University of Salford.Youll learn from industry specialists within fully equipped studios and workshops. Youll have the support of a staff team with expertise in designing and creating for Theatre, Film, TV ...Read more

Costume Design plays an essential role in the realisation of various creative industries from Theatre, Film, TV to events, festivals, Performance and Dance. We'll prepare you to enter the costume industry as an experienced designer and maker through our BA Hons Costume Design Course at the University of Salford.You'll learn from industry specialists within fully equipped studios and workshops. You'll have the support of a staff team with expertise in designing and creating for Theatre, Film, TV and events from the world of costume and whose own work includes the Star Wars trilogy, Dangerous Liaisons, Coronation Street, and Peaky Blinders.Studying with us in Greater Manchester means that you'll be surrounded by Theatres, TV and Film production studios, including the BBC and Channel 4 – both located at the world-famous MediaCityUK. The region also provides a wide array of Music and Events venues and organisations. Our university includes the New Adelphi theatre and state-of-the-art performance spaces that allow you to collaborate with students from our courses in Dance and Performance.From the first year of this Costume Design degree course, you'll learn how costume designers deliver briefs by mirroring industry practice. You'll analyse, interpret, and learn how to apply research skills to generate creative concepts for characters and develop creative ideas from production scripts used for on-screen and live productions. Our students have previously worked on live briefs with the Sun and Moon Theatre Company in Shanghai, China; Flux Moving Science; and Bolton Little Theatre.In the second year of the Costume Design course, we support you to engage with Work placements to gain essential experience of live events and media productions. In your final year, you’ll have developed the skills and knowledge to enable you the potential to move successfully into professional environments such as live theatre, film/ television, festivals, dance, and light entertainment.Our current students have worked on Sky Atlantic's Intergalactic series, Andy and the Band for BBC's CBBs, and the production of Gypsy at Manchester's prestigious Royal Exchange Theatre.


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- Develop the skills you need to work in costume and wardrobe supervision, music video design and styling, and museums and heritage events.- Learn how to analyse and interpret scripts to design costumes that align with characters and their stories.- Learn practical skills in costume design, as well as get to grips with the history and culture surrounding this craft.


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WUSCA ranking:
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12/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
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42nd
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
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73rd
Drama
Drop-out rate
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Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 91 = 9% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
9%
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85%
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Drama graduate salary at this uni
£17,000
UK Drama graduate salary
£18,000
What students say
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Eloise
11 Nov 23

Great learning facilities, especially in New Adelphi! Events such as careers fairs are helpful for my future prospects whilst events such as the book and record stalls that have..Read more

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Scottish Higher:

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UCAS Tariff:

104 - 112 Grades / Points required

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International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

30 - 31 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DMM Grades / Points required

T Level:

M Grades / Points required

104 - 112 UCAS Points with a B/C grade in an Art & Design / Design & Technology based subject.General Studies accepted.

104 - 112 UCAS Points in an Art & Design / Design & Technology based subject.

including an Art and Design / Design & Technology related subject

104 - 112 UCAS Points in an Art & Design / Design & Technology based subject.

including Art & Design / Design & Technology subject

104 - 112 UCAS Points including Art & Design / Design & Technology subject

including an Art and Design / Design & Technology related subject

including Art & Design / Design & Technology subject

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Drama

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Drama
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English Literature
38%
Media Studies
27%
History
13%
English Language
13%
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