Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts
Branding & Creative Communication MA
Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts

Key Course Facts

Course Description

MA Fashion: Branding & Creative Communication is a contemporary studio-based programme designed to build creative and professional skills. With unique industry opportunities including internships with our partner Hearst Magazines UK, it aims to produce the next generation of fashion communicators, with the innovation, strategic thinking and creative vision necessary for careers in the fast-moving industry of visual branding and fashion media and communications. Throughout the 12-month programme in our central Cambridge studios, you will find new sources of inspiration and explore exciting new directions for your image-making practice, experimenting across illustration and graphic media, art direction, editorial (print and digital), corporate branding, styling, photography and moving image to develop your unique signature and approach to the contemporary branding of fashion. You will build a specialist theoretical and practical knowledge of branding and promotional strategies, and apply it to campaigns that communicate with different fashion audiences in a variety of contemporary spaces, real and digital experiences and live platforms. At the start, a series of set projects will refine essential design and image production skills. These practical projects will build confidence in both traditional and digital skills at the same time as developing an informed awareness of the new technologies, experiential platforms and evolving spaces in which images are used to create and communicate contemporary fashion and its brand identities. These practical projects are supported by lectures and seminars that build core knowledge of the key principles and contemporary strategies of visual branding, marketing and promotion as well as trend prediction and analysis, social media and digital influencers.

This course is awarded by Falmouth University

Entry Requirements / Admissions

Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Branding & Creative Communication, MA, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

Successfully completed an Undergraduate Degree in fashion, design, media or communications or a closely related subject.

CSVPA recognises a wide variety of qualifications and/or relevant experience and encourages applications from all people, with a demonstrable interest and experience in their subject. Applications without the qualifications or disciplinary background identified above but who demonstrate relevant experience, necessary skills and intellectual achievement needed to succeed on the course will be considered. Equivalent experience must be evidenced through the additional submission of a professional CV.

In some cases students may be required to complete a Graduate Diploma.

English Level

IELTS 65 (no element under 5.5)

Portfolio & Personal Statement

A portfolio demonstrating appropriate skills, research and prior experience of the subject.

A Personal Statement that tells us about you, your approach to practice, and your ambitions and aspirations for the future.

Costs

Average student cost of living in the UK

Rent £518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) £50
Supermarket shopping £81
Clothing £35
Eating out £33
Alcohol £27
Takeaways / food deliveries £30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) £24
Holidays and weekend trips £78
Transport within city £17
Self-care / sports £20
Stationary / books £13
Mobile phone / internet £13
Cable TV / streaming £7
Insurance £51
Other £95
  
Average student cost of living £1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

About Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts

Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts (CSVPA) is a dedicated arts and performance school in the centre of Cambridge. This school offers Diploma, Foundation, Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses across Art & Design, Fashion, Music, and Performing Arts. The city of Cambridge is one of the best places in the UK to be a student, and the campus is located right in the middle of the action. There is a vibrant music scene around the city, with abundant restaurants and shopping centres to complement it.

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Student composition of Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts

Total number of students enrolled at Cambridge School of Visual & Performing Arts by level Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
undergraduates:
100
postgraduates:
15
Total:
115
  • Jaz, MA Fashion Branding Creative Communication
  • Pradyna, MA Visual Communications
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  • My Experience #2 | MA Art & Design CSVPA

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