Course summary
The business of fashion is complex, and with our BA (Hons) Fashion Business degree you’ll learn the essential skills needed for a successful career in fashion retail. You’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of the fashion retail business landscape, learn how different departments collaborate to achieve business goals, and explore the commercial, ethical and financial factors that affect brands. Through lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops and projects, you’ll develop the essential management, leadership, analytical and communication skills required to succeed in the fashion industry. You will:
- Learn the leadership qualities and entrepreneurial skills needed to start your own fashion business
- Be assigned a personal industry mentor to work with throughout the course
- Develop the technical, research, creative and analytical skills needed for a business-focused role in the fashion retail industry
- Examine the rise of technology, sustainability and corporate social responsibility and how these affect the industry at all levels
- Learn about the diversity and complexity of the international fashion business and how to use data analytics in decision-making
- Understand how sustainability, corporate responsibility and technology affect the industry at a strategic and operational level
- Work on live projects set by our brand partners and complete work placements with our industry partners
- Complete a self-directed Personal Professional Project that allows you to demonstrate your skills and knowledge, and contextualise these in alignment with your career goals
Modules
Throughout the course you’ll develop the technical, analytical and creative skills needed for a career in fashion retail. You’ll learn through a mix of classes and lectures, individual study, creative projects and industry enrichment that is integrated throughout the course in the form of masterclasses, live projects, mentorship schemes and work placements. Year One The first year of study is focused on developing your understanding of the fashion business environment, leadership and management skills, such as analytical thinking, communication and effective research and data analysis. You’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of financial, social and environmental conditions in which businesses function, and explore product strategy and the fashion cycle. Modules:
- Fashion Business Fundamentals – 40 Credits
- Leadership & Management – 40 Credits
- Product Strategy & Development – 40 Credits
- Study & Research Skills – 20 Credits
- The Fashion Industry – 20 Credits
- Consumer & Data Insights – 20 Credits
- Strategic Business Planning & Finance – 40 Credits
- Personal Professional Project – 40 Credits
- Live Project & Industry Experience: Brand Development & Communication – 40 Credits
- Consumer Behaviour – 20 Credits
- Global Markets – 20 Credits
- Entrepreneurial Practice – 20 Credits
How to apply
29Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- FAM1
- Institution code:
- F70
- Campus name:
- Fashion Retail Academy
- Campus code:
- F
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
International applicants
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept applications from international (non-EU) applicants who require a Tier 4 Student Visa.
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 104 - 120 points
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Access to HE Diploma
Scottish Higher
AS
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
Scottish Advanced Higher
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (last awarded Summer 2024)
Extended Project
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Leaving Certificate - Ordinary Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
If you are able to demonstrate relevant, current, equivalent experience instead of formal qualifications, we encourage you to apply
English language requirements
If English isn't your first language, we'll need to see academic proof of your level of written and spoken English. We require a minimum International English language testing system (IELTS) score of 6.0 (or recognised equivalent*). This test must have been taken no earlier than two years before you start at the Fashion Retail Academy. *Recognised equivalents include: Trinity (taken in the UK) - 111, Cambridge ESOL Exams - CAE or FCE, Cambridge English - scale 176, or Common European Framework - C1 or C2
Student Outcomes
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There is no data available for this course. For further information visit the Discover Uni website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £11100 | Year 1 |
| England | £11100 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £11100 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £11100 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £11100 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £11100 | Year 1 |
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Each academic year, you might need to pay one-off costs between £50 and £200 for day trips, final portfolios or shows etc. You might also need to pay up to £300 a year for optional study trips and placements. (Costs are approximate)
Provider information
Fashion Retail Academy
15 Gresse Street
London
W1T 1QL