BA (Hons) Fashion Communication at Northumbria offers you the opportunity to explore the communication of fashion through images, experiences, film and the written word..

Addressing the visual, practical, intellectual and cultural demands of an ever-changing society and dynamic fashion audience, you’ll work on real-life creative briefs, giving you practical experience within an industry context.

Options for year-long work placements and study abroad, together with the opportunity to set up a live business will build your professional and entrepreneurial skills. Previous students have won prestigious national and international design and enterprise awards.

You will gain a broad range of skills to prepare you for a career in the dynamic industries that promote fashion from a course that boasts an impressive graduate recruitment rate.

Throughout your course you will gain experience of working on real-life creative projects, some set by industry collaborators, giving you the confidence to handle professional practice in the creative industries.

Through the Creative and Professional Practice module you’ll develop your own practice and get the chance to engage in competition briefs. You’ll build a professional portfolio of your own work and a CV to help you prepare for interviews and explore career options.

As part of your final year, you will set up a live business with students from other faculties and disciplines, building real-life entrepreneurial skills and engaging with the Young Enterprise national competition.

You have the option of a one-year placement within the fashion industry or studying abroad at a partner institution for a semester. There’s usually an optional trip, generally to New York, to experience fashion communication in an international setting.  

Throughout your course you will gain experience of working on real-life creative projects, some set by industry collaborators, giving you the confidence to handle professional practice in the creative industries.

Through the Creative and Professional Practice module you’ll develop your own practice and get the chance to engage in competition briefs. You’ll build a professional portfolio of your own work and a CV to help you prepare for interviews and explore career options.

As part of your final year, you will set up a live business with students from other faculties and disciplines, building real-life entrepreneurial skills and engaging with the Young Enterprise national competition.

You have the option of a one-year placement within the fashion industry or studying abroad at a partner institution for a semester. There’s usually an optional trip, generally to New York, to experience fashion communication in an international setting.  

You will graduate with a wide range of specialist skills, professional qualities, cultural and ethical awareness and commercial understanding that prepare you for a future career in the world of fashion communication.

By working on real-life projects, engaging in industry placement and establishing your own creative portfolio you’ll be well placed to enter a successful career within the fashion industry.

As a graduate, you’ll be able to demonstrate your ability to conceive concepts, design innovative experiences, write editorial, promotional and creative copy, produce beautifully styled and photographed images and present professional campaigns and strategy. This broad range of multi-disciplinary skills is routinely praised by employers and the course boasts an impressive recruitment rate.