Fashion Design with Digital Technology requires a creative eye, a talent for design, plus the practical skills and technical ability to master this exciting course.

On this course we’ll -

• Give you the chance to design and make fashion garments, whilst also getting a feel for production methods such as computerised pattern cutting, grading and mass production.
• Get technical with your creative skills. You’re going to need the technical know-how so, as well as exploring creative design, fashion illustration, and range building, we’ll focus on garment technology, using our specialist software. From industry-standard garment production machinery and pattern-cutting equipment, to state-of-the-art software for computer-aided design and manufacture, you’ll be able to choose the equipment you need to develop your own individual style, fully supported in your work by a team of skilled technical staff.
• Offer the opportunity for you to get a real feel for the fashion industry by taking an optional placement year during the course. You'll get hands-on experience with a high street name or in a small design house, working in the UK or overseas.

Fashion Design with Digital Technology is one of our newer courses. We’ll focus on fashion design but this course adds the specialty of digital technology for fashion, making this course stand out from its sister routes - Fashion Design with Marketing and Fashion Design with Textiles. All students on this suite of courses study fashion design together, then split off for a time every week to specialise in the given aspect they choose.

Placements

The course offers an optional one-year (36 weeks minimum) work placement after the second year, in the UK or abroad. This will give you the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience, insight into your chosen career and open up your graduate employment prospects. Our Placement Unit and academic staff have excellent industry links and can support you in applying for and finding your placement(s), as well as during your placement year. Students from our suite of Fashion courses have previously taken up placement opportunities with companies including: Urban Outfitters - London, ITV’s This Morning –London; Haddow Group – Bradford; Ted Baker – Leeds and Alexander McQueen – London; Matthew Williamson - London; Vivienne Westwood - London; Stella McCartney - London; Me and Thee - Huddersfield; Jo-Y-Jo - Manchester; Christy Group - Barnsley; Temperley - London; Oasis Stores- London; Faustine Steinmetz - London.

Alternatively, if you are a student from within the UK or the EU, you could consider starting your own small business by applying for the Enterprise Placement Year in conjunction with the University's Enterprise Team. You'll have the opportunity to benefit from business advice, mentoring and networking sessions. You can find out more information on the Enterprise Placement Year here.

Your Career

This course aims to help you to develop the skills needed for roles such as merchandising, design, styling, buying, seletion, marketing and management. 

Some of our students have recently undertaken placements in roles as garment production intern, design assistant, product development intern,or studio intern, with companies such as Alexander McQueen, River Island, Tog 24, Urban Outfitters, Temperley (London), Julien Macdonald, Oxfam, Jolaby, and AX Paris.