This one-year top-up degree is for those who have completed two years of a fashion-related degree course or equivalent qualification, such as a specialist diploma, Foundation degree, or HND.

Experience an international perspective on how the fashion industry works, investigating areas such as fashion buying, brand marketing and promotion, lifestyle and trend prediction. You’ll have the opportunity to investigate areas of personal interest like ethical and sustainable fashion, or entrepreneurship and setting up your own business.

You’ll also gain an understanding of events, management processes, and methods of visual and verbal communication.

Key features

• Gain an understanding of events, management processes, and methods of visual and verbal communication.
• Work on a combination of creative and written projects. We’ll help you identify your strengths so you can tailor your work to your career aspirations.
• Investigate areas of personal interest, for example ethical and sustainable fashion, entrepreneurship or setting up your own business.
• Work on live projects and competitions in collaboration with brands such as Wedgewood, Next and Whistles.
• Go on optional international study visits such as Copenhagen Fashion Week.
• This course attracts students from around the world, offering you a dynamic experience reflective of the working environment.
• Benefit from the links we have with our sister course at the Hong Kong Design Institute, through teaching and learning experiences.
• During your time here, you will be given the opportunity to showcase your work to members of the creative industries. 
• We are proud to be in the top ten in England and Wales for Art and Design (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020).
• NTU are ranked 16th in the UK for Fashion and Textiles. (The Guardian University Guide 2021).

Graduate roles include buying, merchandising, digital marketing, design, visual merchandising and account management. You may also wish to pursue further education or self-employment.

Recent graduate roles and destinations include:

• Next, trainee buyer
• Adidas, visual merchandiser, Amsterdam
• Calvin Klein, brand coordinator, Hong Kong
• Eland Fashion, assistant buyer, Hong Kong

YM INC, ecommerce coordinator, Canada