学院积极支持以实践为基础的MPhil和PhD，这是工作中的设计师可以通过严格的研究发展自己的创意，技术和方法的途径。我们欢迎适合该学院研究主题的应用程序：档案，色彩科学与技术，设计创新，绘图，教育创新，时装，针织设计与制造，纺织品设计与服装制造，纺织品科学与技术。通过实践获得研究学位是艺术和设计领域的一种常见研究模式，并且在过去十年中取得了巨大发展。这涉及通过实践工作和相关文本探索探究主题。这些元素的相对权重因每个项目而异。“相关”一词可以用多种方式来解释，但是必须在项目的两个方面之间建立清晰的结构和知识
The School actively supports practice-based MPhil and PhDs as a route whereby working designers can develop their own creative visions, techniques and methods through rigorous research.<br><br>We welcome applications that fit into the School's research themes:<br><br>Archive<br>Colour Science and Technology<br>Design Innovation<br>Drawing<br>Educational Innovation<br>Fashion<br>Knit Design and Manufacture<br>Textile Design and Clothing Manufacture<br>Textile Science And Technology<br><br>The research degree by practice is a common mode of research in the area of art and design and has grown enormously over the past decade. This involves the exploration of a subject of enquiry through practical work accompanied by a related text. The relative weight of these elements varies for each project. The word 'related' may be interpreted in various ways, but a clear structural and Intellectual link must be established between the two aspects of the project.