Having a creative eye and a talent for fashion design is only half the story. If you’re going to make it in the fashion industry you also need to have the practical skills and technical ability to succeed. This course aims to give you a great head start in this exciting sector.

On this course we’ll:

• Give you the chance to focus on designing and making fashion garments, whilst also studying the marketing side of things, including how to create a brand and how to promote your products.
• Develop your technical skills to prepare you for your career in the dynamic fashion industry. On your course, you’ll be able to use a range of techniques to bring your ideas to life, including industry-standard sewing machines, pattern cutting equipment, and software that will enable you to produce professional marketing material.
• Offer you the opportunity to get a feel for the fashion industry by taking an optional placement year during the course. You could get hands-on experience with a high street name or in a small design house, working in the UK or overseas.

Our Fashion Design with Marketing BA(Hons) course focuses on fashion design but adds the specialty of fashion marketing, making this course stand out from its sister routes, Fashion Design with Digital Technology and Fashion Design with Textiles.

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.

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 in designing, styling, merchandising, buying, range selection, management, marketing and promotion, fashion journalism, product development and manufacturing. Our graduates have gone on to varying careers with companies Some of our students have recently undertaken placements in PR and marketing, design assistant, wardrobe assistant and product development roles, with companies such as Urban Outfitters, Temperley (London), Julien Macdonald, Oxfam, Jolaby, River Island, and AX Paris.**