BA Costume for Theatre and Screen at Wimbledon College of Arts introduces you to professional costume for theatre, film, television and live performance. The course offers 2 specialist disciplines costume design and costume interpretation.
Costume Interpretation is the process of making costumes from a visual reference or from designer’s ideas developing technical skills to a very high level.
It requires imagination, sensitivity, an understanding of context, and excellent interpersonal skills.
We use historical and traditional construction processes and skills. This provides the foundation for contemporary approaches to costume realisation.
You'll have the opportunity to learn specialist traditional skills. These include corsetry and stay-making, tailoring, tutu construction and millinery.
You may go on to make contemporary work and explore techniques such as moulding, casting, textile experimentation, metal and leatherwork.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
September 2026
Wimbledon College of Arts Campus
Merton Hall Road,
London,
SW19 3QA, Southern England, United Kingdom
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
September 2027
Wimbledon College of Arts Campus
Merton Hall Road,
London,
SW19 3QA, Southern England, United Kingdom
The standard entry requirements for this course are:
112 UCAS tariff points, which can be made up of one or a combination of the following accepted full Level 3 qualifications:
112 UCAS tariff points from 2 or more A Levels.
Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma.
Merit at UAL Extended Diploma.
Distinction at Foundation Diploma in Art and Design.
Access Diploma or 112 tariff new UCAS points from the Access to HE Diploma.
112 UCAS tariff points from an equivalent full Level 3 qualification.
Or equivalent EU/International qualifications, such as International Baccalaureate Diploma at 25 points minimum.
And three GCSE passes at grade 4 or above (grade A*-C).
APEL - Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning
Applicants who do not meet these course entry requirements may still be considered in exceptional cases. The course team will consider each application that demonstrates additional strengths and alternative evidence. This might, for example, be demonstrated by:
Related academic or work experience
The quality of the personal statement
A strong academic or other professional reference
A combination of these factors
Each application will be considered on its own merit but we cannot guarantee an offer in each case.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
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