Welcome to your course
Welcome to Westminster School of Arts and congratulations on your place on the Menswear with Professional Experience MFA.
This is your time to develop who you are as menswear designers in a global design context. The MFA represents a time for you to explore, discover and learn. We look forward to helping you set about doing this during your time on the course.
This is a safe environment for you to begin this journey, to make mistakes and to discover who you are as a designer. There will be an emphasis on process development throughout your time with us. It is your process that will help you to learn who you are. Through self-directed and set projects you will generate original and contextualised ideas, techniques and process that establishes you as an informed and influential design professional capable of working at the highest levels of the international menswear and design-related industry.
You will need to refer to your handbook during your studies in conjunction with the Programme Specification, Essential Westminster, and the guidance available on the University website.
Please familiarise yourself with the University procedure and the Blackboard site (BB), which will be the place where you can find the module handbook, course materials and the place where you will submit your work.
This course is delivered by the most inspiring and informed menswear design professionals. We are here to help you anytime and we are very excited to see the work that you will produce over the coming one or two years.
Welcome to Westminster School of Arts
We are delighted that you are joining our vibrant and exciting community where we aim to support you in achieving your creative and academic potential. We are committed to your development, and we have a team of permanent teaching staff, leading practitioners, technical support staff and industry partners who you will work with in a variety of ways through your journey at Westminster.
Based on our Harrow Campus, the School of Arts benefits from generous spaces for students to undertake their creative practice, join community events and a full suite of some of the most advanced technical and digital workshops.
During Welcome Week, we have planned a programme of activities for you, to help you navigate your way around the campuses, understand how to engage with your course team and space to get to know one another. Please do attend these events.
We look forward to meeting you in Welcome Week and seeing you and your creative work flourish at Westminster.
With every best wish
Virginia Grose
Head of Westminster School of Arts
Collecting your ID card and completing enrolment
As part of your induction and to complete your enrolment, you'll need to collect your student ID card.
Your time slot for collection is:
2pm, Thursday 17 September 2026
Marylebone Campus
For more information about enrolment, including related FAQs, visit our Enrolment for new students page.
Course induction schedule
Your course induction events may take place online or on campus – check the details for each event below.
The timing and venue for events may change, so double check this page closer to the date.
Course Leader welcome and introduction to the course
10am–12pm
Rooms A4.01, A block, Harrow Campus
Briefing group assignment and Q&A session
1–3pm
Room A6.01, A block, Harrow Campus
Students' Union Marylebone Welcome Fair (Optional)
10am–4pm, Ambika P3, Marylebone Campus
The fair will provide you with the opportunity to see what the Students' Union and University have to offer outside of your studies.
Please visit the UWSU Welcome website for full details.
Introduction to specialist machines in studios - in groups
10am–2pm
Room A6.04, A block, Harrow Campus
Students' Union Marylebone Welcome Fair (Optional)
10am–4pm, Ambika P3, Marylebone Campus
The fair will provide you with the opportunity to see what the Students' Union and University have to offer outside of your studies.
Please visit the UWSU Welcome website for full details.
Outdoor Film Screening (Optional)
6.30–9.30pm
All new students are invited to an outdoor cinema event at Harrow Campus. The college will be providing one free drink and a choice of snack for the first 500 attendees, as well as a paid bar during the screening.
Collecting your ID card and completing enrolment
Introduction to specialist machines in studios - in groups (continued)
10am–5pm
Room A6.04, A block, Harrow Campus
Students' Union Harrow Welcome Fair (Optional)
10am–4pm, The Den, Harrow Campus
Your one stop shop to finding out about your Students' Union and everything that we have to offer to make your time at Westminster as enjoyable as possible.
Please visit the UWSU Welcome website for full details.
Welcome Festival (Optional)
11am–5pm, Harrow Field, Harrow Campus
Food, drinks, entertainment, and music for students – registration required.
Please visit the UWSU Welcome website for tickets and full details.
Key contacts
Course leader
Eugene Reeder
E: [email protected]
Year one leader
Dominic-Afsheen Akhavan-Moossavi
E: [email protected]
Course resources
Blackboard
Blackboard is our online learning platform, which you'll be able to log in to after you've set up your University email address and password.
Teaching timetables
Teaching starts in the week commencing Monday 21 September and you can check your teaching timetable to see when and where your classes are being held.
Course handbook
Full details on the course structure, modules and course team are included in the course handbook, which can be found on Blackboard.
Reading list
Your reading list can be found in the course handbook on Blackboard.
Support and services
Welcome to Westminster
Visit our Welcome to Westminster page for everything you need to get started at Westminster.
Student Centre
If you need help with enrolment or have any questions, please use the live chat.
Academic English
If you'd like to hone your academic English skills, watch our Academic English for Disciplinary Study Module video for starters and consider joining one of our Academic English Modules. If you have any questions, get in touch with the Academic English team at [email protected].