If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall with 6.0 writing and speaking.
Our Fashion Design BA has an exceptional reputation for being aligned with the international fashion industry and enabling you to have outstanding opportunities to engage with the industry throughout your course.
We specialise in enabling you to become a highly original and individual creative designer, capable of working at the highest levels of the international fashion industry. Our Fashion Design BA Honours course is currently the only undergraduate course that shows on the official London Fashion Week schedule (Source: London Fashion Week, site accessed in March 2020).
Throughout our course, the emphasis is on the development of your personal design philosophy. Our course offers a comprehensive design education for dedicated and ambitious individuals looking for a specialist career in the international fashion industry. You'll also gain the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development.
Our students gain an enormous amount of specific and transferable knowledge from working within the fashion industry, whether these are in the context of ‘live’ design projects at university or out on extended periods of work placement.
Internships on both the three-year and sandwich course take place in partnership with leading international fashion companies, and have previously included: A Cold Wall, Alexander McQueen, Ashley Williams, Balmain, Burberry, Chalayan, Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, Charlotte Knowles, Christopher Kane, Cottweiller, Craig Green, Eckhaus Latta, Erdem, Eudon Choi, Gareth Pugh, Givenchy, Haider Ackermann, Halpern, JW Anderson, Kenzo, Kilgour, Lanvin, Louis Vuitton, Maison Margiela, Marine Serre, Marques Almeida, Molly Goddard, Nazir Nasar, Norse Projects, Peter Pilotto, Phoebe English, Preen, Raf Simons, Richard Quinn, Roksanda, Self Portrait, Simone Rocha, Stefan Cooke, Supriya Lele, Thom Browne, Underage, Viktor & Rolf, and Walter van Bierendonck.
Embedded into the course structure are several opportunities to engage with the international fashion industry through set live briefs with companies. Previous companies have included FENTY, The Gap, CLOSED denim, Epson, Topshop, H&M, ISKO Denim, Max Mara, Abercrombie and ASOS.
Course graduates include London Fashion Week designers Katie Ann McGuigan, Roberta Einer, Liam Hodges and Ashley Williams, as well as Jutta Kraus, Creative Director of Bernhard Willhelm; Stuart Vevers, Creative Director of Coach; Christopher Bailey; and Katie Hillier.
Our previous Fashion Design BA graduates have gained employment at companies including Versace, Rick Owens, Celine, Loewe, Alexander McQueen, Maison Margiela, Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Carven, Tom Ford, Gucci, Versace, Ferragamo, Kenzo, H&M, Preen, MaxMara, Anya Hindmarch, Burberry, J.W. Anderson, Norse Projects, Acne, Jacquemus, Paul Smith and adidas.
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Year 1
Subjects of study include:
Design Project 1: Skills
Design Project 2: Sportswear
Design Project 3: Outerwear
Design Project 4: Modernity
Credit Level 4
Year 2
Subjects of study include:
Collection 1: Cutting
Collection 2: Surface
Collection 3: Internship
Collection 4: Portfolio
Collection 5: Historical
Credit Level 5
Year 3
Subjects of study include:
Final Collection 1
Final Collection 2
Portfolio
Thesis
Credit Level 6
Graduate employment
Graduates from the past 3 years are working as designers at companies including:
Alexander McQueen
Anya Hindmarch
ASOS
Balmain
Burberry
Calvin Klein
Carven
Celine
Cherevichkiotvichki
Emma Wickstead
H&M
Lanvin
Louis Vuitton
Margiela
MaxMara
McQ
North Sea Clothing
Paul Smith
Roksanda
Smythson
Stone Island
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
