Program Overview

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Fashion Design and Technology BA (Hons) degree

The Fashion Design and Technology BA (Hons) degree is a 4-year full-time course with a placement year or a 3-year full-time course. The typical offer for this course is ABB Entry requirements.

Fees for 2026 entry

• UK: £9,535 per academic year
• International: £24,700 per academic year

UCAS codes

• 4 years full-time with placement year: W236
• 3 years full-time: W230

Start date

• October 2026

Institute code

• L79

Subject area

• Creative Arts

Placement year available

• Opportunity to study abroad

Overview

The Fashion Design and Technology BA (Hons) degree explores the fashion and apparel industry, advancing rapidly and embracing new styles, applications, tools, and technologies to bring about cutting-edge trends and innovations. This course sets out to develop students' creative and design methodologies to enable them to formulate trailblazing silhouettes, concepts, and manufacturing processes while evolving sustainable and ethical design strategies.

Why you should choose us

• 4th in the UK for Art and Design (The Complete University Guide 2026)
• 39th in the world for Art and Design (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025)
• 100% of research impact in Art and Design rated 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' (REF 2021)
• 1st in the UK for Fashion and Textiles (The Guardian University Guide 2025)
• 3rd in the UK for Art and Design (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025)

What you'll study

The course is divided into three years, with the following modules:

Year 1

• Semester 1:
  • Compulsory modules:
    • Creative Production
    • Art and Design Research Writing
    • Fashion Design Principles
    • Garment Construction
• Semester 2:
  • Compulsory modules:
    • Writing for Practice
    • 3D Manipulation
    • Fashion Futures
    • Applied Storytelling for Sustainability

Year 2

• Semester 1:
  • Compulsory modules:
    • Professional and Business Practice
    • Contextualising Fashion
    • Advanced Digital Design Processes
    • Sustainable Design Systems
• Semester 2:
  • Compulsory modules:
    • Apparel Innovations: Components and Materials
    • Research and Design Methods
    • Speculative Futures for Fashion & Textiles
  • Optional modules:
    • Arts Management
    • Responsible Practice: Making your Manifesto
    • Creative Dissent: Protest, Activism and Art
    • Creative Placemaking
    • Drawing Characters: Representation and Identity
    • Story Design for Creative Industries
    • Fashion to Function: Designing Clothing and Wearable Products
    • The Ethics and Aesthetics of Generative AI in Design
    • Phantom Threads: Fashion, Costume and Culture in Film

Final year

• Semester 1:
  • Compulsory modules:
    • Pre-collection: Prototyping and Conceptual Development
  • Optional modules:
    • Dissertation
    • Industrial Report
• Semester 2:
  • Compulsory modules:
    • Final Major Project: Advanced Fashion Concepts

How you'll study

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Tutorials
• Independent study
• Supervision
• Workshops
• Practical sessions

How you'll be assessed

Modules on this course are assessed through coursework, using a range of methods, including:

• Practical projects
• Industrial and self-generated project work
• Technical knowledge and training
• Development drawing
• Visual research skills
• Essays and reflective work
• Seminar participation
• Visual and verbal presentations
• Contextual research projects
• Workbooks and logbooks
• Technical files
• An industrial placement report and research report

Placement year

The course comes with the option to undertake a professional placement for a year, at the end of which you will gain a Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS). This is an additional award to the final qualification you will receive once you have successfully completed this course.

Study abroad

If you are interested in traveling while you study, there are options to study overseas with our partner universities. By choosing this course, you'll have the option to take advantage of this exciting opportunity, giving you the chance to not only experience new cultures and visit exciting destinations but also to expand your learning experience.

Entry requirements

To learn more about the qualifications we typically accept, please select your country from the drop-down menu below.

General entry requirements

The entry requirements for each course should be read alongside the University’s general entry requirements, which give further details on acceptable subjects, alternative UK and international qualifications, and minimum English language requirements.

Contextual admissions

The University’s admissions process uses contextual information to provide insights into the context in which your academic qualifications have been achieved. This may influence the typical offers listed below.

Country-specific requirements

Please see the country-specific requirements below:

• Australia: Typical offers for students from Australia are based on the Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR). Typically, we would require a score between 85.00 and 94.00.
• Austria: For students taking the Austrian Reifeprüfung (Matura), we typically require an average score between 2.2 and 1.2 from 6 written or spoken exams.
• Bahrain: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah/Thanawiya amma (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Bangladesh: Students taking the Higher Secondary Certificate will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Belgium: The Certificat d’Enseignement Secondaire Supérieur (CESS) and Diploma van Secundair Onderwijs (DSO) are both acceptable qualifications for direct entry into first-year undergraduate courses.
• Brazil: Students taking the Brazilian High School Certificate will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Brunei: Students with A Level or IB qualifications will be considered for direct entry to undergraduate degree courses.
• Bulgaria: For students taking the Diploma za Sredno Obrazovanie, we would typically ask for an overall score ranging from 5.3 to 6.0 overall with specific subject marks required for some courses.
• Canada: Typical offers for students from Canada are based on having completed Grade 12.
• China: Students taking the Senior Middle Examinations will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Croatia: For students taking the Croatian Matura (Svjedodžba o Maturi), we typically require an average score between 4.0 and 5.0.
• Cyprus: The Apolytirion is not accepted for direct entry to the University when studied on its own.
• Czech Republic: For students taking the Maturita (Vysvědčení o Maturitní Zkoušce), we typically require an overall score ranging from 2.00 to 1.00 from best 4 subjects with specific subject marks required for some courses.
• Denmark: For students taking the Bevis for Studentereksamen (STX), typical offers range from 8.0 to 10.5 in the weighted average mark from the STX.
• Egypt: Students who have studied the Thanaweya A’ama (Certificate of General Secondary Education) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Estonia: For students taking the Gümnaasiumi lõputunnistus with the Riigieksamitunnistus, we typically require a high average grade between 4.3 and 4.8 as well as an average percentage between 77% and 90% from best 4 state exams.
• European Baccalaureate: For students taking the European Baccalaureate, we typically require an overall average mark between 78% and 88% with specific subject marks required for some courses.
• Faroe Islands: Students taking the Studentsprógv would normally be required to achieve a score between 8.0 and 10.5 with specific subject marks required for some courses.
• Finland: For students taking the Ylioppilastutkinto / Studentexamen, typical offer requirements would normally be based on achievement in best 4 subjects.
• France: For students taking the new French Baccalauréat Général (assessed from 2021 onwards), we typically require an overall result between 13.0 and 15.5 with results of 14-15 in two speciality subjects.
• Germany: Students taking the typically require an overall score ranging from 1.3 to 2.0 with specific subject marks required for some courses.
• Ghana: Students taking the WASSCE will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Greece: Students taking the Greek Apolyterion are normally required to also take the Panhellenic Exams.
• Hong Kong: Typical offers for students taking the vary by course and range from ‘5, 4, 4’ to ‘5*, 5, 5’ from best 3 subjects.
• Hungary: For students taking the Hungarian Matura (Érettségi Bizonyítvány), we typically require an average ranging from 70% to 83% from best 5 subjects which must include at least 2 higher level exams.
• Iceland: For students taking the Stúdentspróf, we typically require an overall grade between 8.0 and 9.3 with specific subject marks required for some courses.
• India: Typical offers are based on the Standard XII school leaving qualifications.
• Indonesia: Students who have studied the Ijazah: Sekolah Menengah Atas/Madrasah Aliyah (SMA/MA) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Ireland: Students who have taken the Leaving Certificate under the new grading system (post 2016) would normally be required to achieve 5 higher level passes with grades ranging from H2 H2 H3 H3 H3 to H1 H1 H2 H2 H2.
• Israel: For students taking the Bagrut, we would require students to have studied at least 21 study units.
• Italy: For students taking the Diploma di Esamo di Stato, we typically require an overall score ranging from 85% to 98% overall.
• Japan: Students taking the Kotogakko Sotsugyo Shomeisho (Upper Secondary School Leaving Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Jordan: Students taking the Tawjihi (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Kazakhstan: Typical offers for students from Kazakhstan are based on the Nazarbayev Intellectual Schools (NIS) Grade 12 Certificate.
• Kenya: Students taking the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Kuwait: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah/Thanawiya amma (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Latvia: For students taking the Atestāts par Vispārējo Vidējo Izglītību, we typically require a high average grade between 9.2 and 10.0 as well as an average between 87% and 95% from best 4 state exams.
• Lebanon: Students taking the Baccalauréat Général will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Lithuania: For students taking the Brandos Atestatas, typical offers generally range from 9.0 to 10.0 overall.
• Malaysia: For students taking either the Matrikulasi (Matriculation Certificate) or the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysian (STPM), we would typically require grades ranging from AAA-BBB from best 3 (core) subjects excluding general studies.
• Malta: For students taking the Advanced Matriculation Exam, typical offers would normally be based on achievement in 2 advanced level subjects (typically between BB and AA) and 3 intermediate level subjects excluding Systems of Knowledge (typically between BCC and AAA).
• Netherlands: For students taking the Voorbereidend Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (VWO), typical offers range from 6.6 to 7.4 average from the VWO with specific subject marks required for some courses.
• New Zealand: For students taking the National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3, typical offers will be based on overall achievement in the NCEA plus a required number of credits achieved at the next level up.
• Nigeria: Students taking the WASSCE will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Norway: For students taking the Vitnemål for Videregående Opplæring, typical offers range from 4.00 to 5.25 average of all Final Assessment Grades.
• Oman: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah/Thanawiya amma (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Pakistan: Students taking the Intermediate/Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSSC) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Poland: For students taking the new Matura, typical offers are based on average achievement from 3 extended level exams and offers normally range from 75% to 85% overall.
• Portugal: Students taking the Diploma de Ensino Secundário would normally be required to achieve a score between 16 and 18 with specific subject marks required for some courses.
• Qatar: Students taking the Shahadat Al-Thanawaya Al-Aama (Senior School Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Romania: For students taking the Diploma de Bacalaureat, typical offers range from 8.6 to 9.4 overall.
• Russia: Students taking the Certificate of Unified State Examination will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Saudi Arabia: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Singapore: For students with Singapore A Levels, typical offers normally range from BBC to AAA from three H2 Level subjects and offers are typically one grade lower than the typical A Level requirement as stated in the undergraduate prospectus.
• Slovakia: For students taking the Slovakian Matura (Vysvedčenie o maturitnej skúške), typical offers range from 2.00 to 1.00 average from best 4 subjects with specific subject marks required for some courses.
• Slovenia: For students taking the Maturitetno Spričevalo, we typically require an overall total score of between 22 and 30 out of 34.
• South Africa: For students taking the National Senior Certificate (NSC), typical offers range from 6,6,6,6,6 to 7,7,7,7,7 from the best 5 subjects, excluding Life Orientation.
• South Korea: Students taking the High School Diploma will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Spain: For students taking the Titulo de Bachillerato, we typically require an overall score of 7.50 to 9.50.
• Sri Lanka: Students with A Level or IB qualifications will be considered for direct entry to undergraduate degree courses.
• Sweden: For students taking the Avgångsbetyg / Slutbetyg från Gymnasieskola, typical offers are normally based on an average score from 2500 credits with an ‘A’ counting as 20 points, a ‘B’ counting as 17.5 points, a ‘C’ counting as 15 points etc.
• Switzerland: Students taking the following qualifications would be considered for direct entry to undergraduate courses: Certificat de Maturité, Attestato di Maturità.
• Taiwan: Students taking the Senior High School Diploma will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Tanzania: The Advanced Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (ACSEE) is acceptable for entry into the first year of undergraduate courses.
• Thailand: Students taking the Certificate of Secondary Education/Maw 6 will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• The Caribbean: For students taking the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), we typically require a range from ‘2, 2, 2’ to ‘1, 1, 1’ achieved from three 2-unit exams with specific subject marks required by some courses.
• The Gulf: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah/Thanawiya amma (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Turkey: For students taking the Anadolu Lisesi (Anatolian High School Diploma) or Fen Lisesi (Science High School Diploma), will typically require a pass mark of higher than 80%.
• Uganda: Students with A Level or IB qualifications will be considered for direct entry to undergraduate degree courses.
• Ukraine: Students taking the Atestat pro Povnu Zagal'nu Sersdniu Osvitu/Certificate of Complete General Secondary Education will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• United Arab Emirates: Students who have studied the Tawjihiyah/Thanawiya amma (General Secondary Education Certificate) will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• United States of America: For students studying in the USA, typical offers for entry onto undergraduate level courses are based on obtaining 3.2/4.0 GPA in the High School Graduation Diploma, in addition to a combination of any three of the following: Advanced Placement (AP) Exam, IB Higher Levels, College level class credit, Honors classes.
• Vietnam: Students who have studied the Bằng Tốt Nghiệp Phổ Thông Trung Học will need to complete an appropriate Foundation Year.
• Zambia: Students who have studied the General Certificate of Education will need to complete a suitable Foundation Year.
• Zimbabwe: Students with A Level or IB qualifications will be considered for direct entry to undergraduate degree courses.

Tuition fees for 2026 entry

UK fees

• Full-time course per annum: £9,535
• Placement year: Approx. 20% of the full-time fee

International fees

• Full-time course per annum: £24,700
• Placement year: Approx. 20% of the full-time fee

Your future career

To bolster the curriculum's learning objectives, students can undertake projects, competitions, and collaborations with industry – particularly during the final year.

Through participating in these external activities, students can boost their employability and promote their work to major employers. In the past, students from similar courses in the department have collaborated on projects with employers including Milliken, Alexander McQueen, and H&M.

Career support services

Your time at Loughborough University will form a launchpad from which you can build an exciting career. With so many opportunities available, you’ll never be short of ways to improve your employability.

Our award-winning Careers Network team is here to help and support you, offering everything from CV workshops, one-to-one advice sessions, and mock interview practice sessions to high-profile employer events. We’ve got everything you need for a really successful future.