Program Overview

Fashion BA (Hons)

Let your creativity take flight as you learn the essential creative design and practical skills of the global fashion industry.

Key Information

• Course duration: 3 or 4 year options
• Course options: Integrated Foundation Year, Diploma Year
• Typical offer: 104-120 UCAS Tariff Points
• Annual fees:
  • Home (full-time): £9,535
  • Overseas (full-time): £18,500
• UCAS code: W233 (3 Year), W230 (4 Year)
• Institution code: N39
• Course start: September 2025

Course Overview

This future-oriented course equips graduates with adaptable skills to navigate a changing industry and prioritise ethical responsibility and inclusive design, combining creative thinking and technical skills. Our BA (Hons) Fashion emphasises visual research, conceptual thinking, material exploration, commercial awareness and professional communication within a supportive fashion community.

Accreditation and Memberships

Our course benefits from close industry links and is a member of the British Fashion Colleges Council and the Graduate Fashion Foundation.

Why Study with Us

• Study a fast-paced and varied curriculum of fundamental fashion in which the individual student voice is developed through personal choice of research topics, client profiles and creative outcomes.
• Build an advanced technical skill base in pattern cutting, fabric development and manufacturing to create 3D garments.
• Explore professional ways of communicating ideas and essential digital skills and build a strong fashion industry awareness.
• Study core topics including contemporary narratives on craft practices and traditional skills, creative cut and digital fashion, as well as international relations, social, cultural and gender identities.
• Undertake projects that push you to take creative risks with both ideation and execution. You’ll also gain practical experience through industry-focused projects with brands like John Lewis, Superdry and Ralph Lauren.
• Live projects, competitions and industry placements help you engage in and build external networks and opportunities, preparing you to be industry-ready beyond graduation.

Course Details

Integrated Foundation Year (optional)

Our Integrated Foundation Year is designed to equip students with the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to thrive in their chosen degree subject. The course provides a comprehensive introduction to various disciplines, blending critical thinking and creative problem-solving with practical hands-on experience.

Year 1

• Core Units:
  • Creative Learning (40 credits)
  • Explore and Experiment (80 credits)
• Wayfinding Week
• Make it Manifest(o)
• Interchange Week

Year 2

• Core Units:
  • Global Contexts (80 credits)
  • Collaboration (40 credits)
• Wayfinding Week
• Make it Manifest(o)
• Interchange Week

Diploma Year (optional)

• Level 5 Diploma (120 credits)
• Students have the opportunity to spend a year after the second of their degree (or the third year if studying for a degree with an Integrated Foundation Year) enhancing their employability options through a Level 5 Diploma.

Final Year

• Core Units:
  • Research and Preparation (40 credits)
  • Resolution and Career Development (80 credits)
• Wayfinding Week
• Make it Manifest(o)
• Interchange Week

Learning and Teaching

This course is taught through a mixture of learning and teaching methods including:

• Group briefings
• Academic tutorials
• Group tutorials
• Workshops
• Critiques (crits)
• Seminars
• Lectures

Assessment

Assessment for this course is entirely coursework-based, meaning there are no exams. Your progress will be evaluated through the projects and assignments you complete for each unit.

Entry Requirements

• Home:
  • A/AS Levels (GCE): 3 A-level qualifications at grades BCC (104 UCAS Tariff points) or above.
  • BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF or RQF): Distinction, Merit, Merit in an art, design or media related subject.
  • T Levels: A T Level in any subject with overall grade A* to C (Pass).
  • UAL Extended Diploma: Merit.
  • UAL Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design: Pass.
  • UAL Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design: Pass.
  • Foundation Diploma in Art and Design: Pass.
  • Access to Higher Education Diploma (Art and Design): Pass.
  • International Baccalaureate Diploma: A minimum of 26 points.
• International:
  • We accept qualifications from all over the world.
  • English language qualifications: Most international students are required to hold an English language qualification. Applicants are required to have a minimum UKVI approved IELTS exam score of 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in each section.

Fees and Funding

• Home:
  • Tuition fees for the 2025/26 academic year: £9,535 per year.
  • Fees for subsequent years: Tuition fees may increase in subsequent years in line with inflation, subject to government regulations.
• International:
  • Tuition fees for the 2025/26 academic year: £18,500 per year.
  • Fees for subsequent years: For Overseas students starting in 2025 inflation will be applied to your fees in later years.

How to Apply

All applications for undergraduate courses will need to be made via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS).

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