Textile Science and Technology
The course
- Course type
- Taught
- Location
- Scottish Borders
- Entry date
- September
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Overview
Research in textile science and technology has developed to reflect the expansion of the technical textiles discipline, while still maintaining activity in important traditional textiles. The establishment of the TechniTex Faraday Partnership represents a major achievement and has attracted significant financial support. Technical textiles encompass a wide variety of functional products, and a key area is their application in medical and health care products.
Recently the Biomedical Textiles Research Centre (BTRC) was established within the School. Its research programmes include treatment of fibres for improved biocompatibility in medical and dental applications and the construction of textile-based membranes for cell culture.
Course content
Research projects
There is a specific focus on high performance synthetic fibres. As an example, the study of fibres using high-level instrumental techniques is leading to the development of sensitive non-destructive methods for forensic analysis. Other projects include the use of experimental design techniques to optimise non-woven products for recovery of oil spillage, and the incorporation of liquid crystal polymers into polypropylene for enhanced performance.
Research on traditional fibres is focused on topics vital to the international competitiveness of the high quality, high value sector of the UK textile industry. These include understanding the thermomechanical properties of wool fibres and fabrics, and image analysis to detect specific animal fibre types in blends, of particular importance for monitoring potential fraud in the description of imported fibre batches.
Entry requirements
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Fees
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Footnotes
- Your residency 'status' is usually defined as the country where you have been ordinarily resident for the three years before the start of your course. Find out more about tuition fees.
- Overseas includes applications from European Union countries who do not hold Pre-Settled or Settled status in the UK. Read more about the application process for EU nationals.
Additional scholarship information
We aim to encourage well-qualified, ambitious students to study with us and we offer a wide variety of scholarships and bursaries to achieve this. Over £6 million worth of opportunities are available in fee and stipend scholarships, and more than 400 students benefit from this support.
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