BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development (with Placement Year in Industry)

Rethink current industry practices through innovation, technology and future-thinking whilst developing creative practical and strategic skills and responsible design approaches.
BA (Hons) Fashion Design and Development supports the student’s personal creative development and their ability to create fashion products through the application of informed fashion systems-thinking, industry analysis and responsible design approaches.
We recognise the challenges facing the global fashion industry and encourage our students to re-think current industry practices through innovation, technology and future-thinking. Students learn to develop their own individualised practice-led approaches that engage directly with real-world issues; designing solutions and product with empathy, critical thinking, and sustainable methodologies.
Through collaboration and discussion, our students gain wider perspectives and deeper insights into the fashion industry in relation to diverse cultures, societies, environments and business practices. Through creative design and industry opportunities, our students engage with industry analysis, research methods, design and manufacturing processes that centre around aesthetics, craftsmanship, diversity, inclusivity and function.
The course provides our students with specific and transferable creative, practical and strategic skills, enabling them to become confident, successful designers and product developers, preparing them for a career within the fashion industry.

The standard minimum entry requirements for this course are:

One or a combination of the following accepted full level 3 qualifications.

112 UCAS tariff points from two or more A Levels (preferred subjects include English, Maths, Art, Design, Textiles and Science);

Distinction Foundation Diploma in Art and Design;

Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma in Art & Design;

Merit at UAL Extended Diploma;

Access Diploma or 112 new UCAS tariff points from the Access to HE Diploma;

112 new UCAS tariff points from a combination of the above qualifications or an equivalent full Level 3 qualification;

or equivalent EU or non-EU qualifications such as International Baccalaureate Diploma at 25 points minimum;

and three GCSE passes at grade A*-C or grade 9-4.

Entry to this course will also be determined by assessment of your portfolio.

APEL (Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning)

Applicants who do not meet these course entry requirements may still be considered in exceptional cases. The course team will consider each application that demonstrates additional strengths and alternative evidence. This might, for example, be demonstrated by:

Related academic or work experience

The quality of the personal statement

A strong academic or other professional reference

OR a combination of these factors

Each application will be considered on its own merit but we cannot guarantee an offer in each case.