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.
Explore our postgraduate subjects
Communication and Design
Our unique Communication and Design programmes are designed to help you build an exciting career in the communication, promotion and management of design, fashion, innovation and lifestyle brands.
Creative Environments
Explore our Creative Environments programmes, combining research-led teaching with expertise in sustainability, health, and wellbeing. Gain global experience, from Scotland to Dubai, through our design studio and contribute to real societal change.
Fashion and Textiles
Study Fashion and Textiles at Heriot-Watt University and gain industry-ready skills in design, innovation, and sustainability. Learn from experts and prepare for a global career in fashion.
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