Study Research

Textile Science and Technology

The course

Course type
Research
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.

Research

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

Fees for this course can be found on the tuition fees page.

Scholarships and bursaries

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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