Bachelor of Arts - Footwear Design (Honours)

Program Description

Footwear Design at DMU covers the unique and complex shoe design process, and will enable students to acquire the knowledge and skills that set them apart from others in the fashion sector.

Throughout the course students' shoe design and technical making skills will be developed, emphasising the crucial relationship between design and manufacture and the needs of the footwear industry.

Students will develop their design, research, drawing and illustration skills, and the ability to present and communicate ideas and concepts to a high professional standard. This includes a series of shoe design projects focusing on a comprehensive range of footwear styles. Students will learn technical modern shoemaking skills and make a range of prototype shoes of their own using excellent specialist studio facilities including 3D design equipment.

DMU has a unique series of guest speaker events which take place throughout the year and have included Guy West and Liam Fahy; these events give students the chance to network with industry.

Reasons to study Footwear Design BA (Hons) at DMU:

• DMU is ranked in the Top 10 for Fashion and Textiles in the UK according to The Guardian University Guide 2020
• A unique Footwear Design BA (Hons) degree with modules designed to build practical application, research, design and development, biomechanics, bespoke and model prototyping skills.
• Dedicated studio and workshop facilities housed within the award winning Vijay Patel Building - find out more
• Work on live industry projects with high street and major branded houses encompassing the multiple categories of men’s, women’s, children’s and athletic footwear.
• 100% of Footwear Design graduates from summer 2017 are in work or further study after graduating, according to the Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education (DLHE) 2016-17 report
• Access to advanced 3D CAD facilities for last and upper design, complemented with pattern engineering.
• High level of global employment opportunities with previous graduates have worked as designers, technical, buyers or agents