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Fashion Media & Marketing at Arts University Plymouth - UCAS

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Course summary

Delve into the dynamic realm of fashion communication, where social media campaigns and fashion shoots intertwine with discussions on evolving technology and evolving consumer behaviour. This hands-on degree fosters creativity and innovation in all aspects of fashion communication and promotion. Why Choose this Course? BA (Hons) Fashion Media & Marketing empowers you to strategically engage with the dynamic world of fashion, emphasising experiential and digital futures. Your learning environment will be enriched with an enviable programme of client briefs, competitions, work placements and guest speakers. Cultivate strong conceptual, visual, and written communication skills, master techniques such as photography, moving image, analytics, market research, art direction, styling, social media, and advertising, this energetic program prepares you for success in the evolving landscape of fashion communication and promotion. Gather intelligence and insight from the cultural landscape, turning it into exciting multimedia communications for print, digital, and campaign design. With support from experienced industry professionals and expert technicians, you will transform contextual sources into broadcast media, observing themes such as culture and appropriation, customer behaviour, commodity and business strategies. Expand your critical approach with reflective, analytical writing, and research enabling you to build strong conceptual, visual, and communication skills. From the exploration of fashion history and culture to contemporary contexts and future-forecasting, you will be encouraged to interrogate fashion media and marketing's role in society. Professional software inductions, such as Adobe Suite, will empower you to convey your message in innovative formats. Benefit from extensive access to on-site photographic studios and labs, craft mood boards, conduct model castings and select garments, through to post-production, conceptualise creative strategies that propel products into national and global target markets. Benefit from Industry Links and Exposure We enrich our learning environment with an aspirational programme of live industry projects, guest speakers, and internships. Recent course contributors have included Vogue, ID Magazine, Dazed Digital, It’s Nice That, Dior Homme, GQ, Size?, Converse, Pro Direct, Amazon, Urban Outfitters, Topshop, Ellesse, and Finisterre. Alongside attending key fashion events including Milan and Paris Fashion Week, our students also investigate current trends and market insights, enjoying access to global forecasting tools like WGSN and The Future Laboratory to enable real-time rolling analysis of industry activity. Professional Practice, Career Opportunities, and Skills Development During your studies, you'll develop key professional, transferable skills for employability in creative industries, fostering partnerships locally, regionally, nationally, or internationally. In close consultation with Industry Liaison Groups, informing the development of our higher education curriculum, real-world experience is at the core of our BA (Hons) Fashion Media & Marketing course. Collaborating with industry professionals, you'll craft visual branding, professional lookbooks, and moving image projects. This hands-on approach enhances your online marketing skills, fostering an original approach to fashion communication. Recent collaborators were; Dean Huse, The Protagonist, Magazine Editor, Ram Shirgill, Vogue, Photographer, Kylie Griffiths, Vice, Stylist, Liam Fuller, Fashion Photographer & Retoucher, Amy Gwatkin, Fashion Filmmaker and more. Graduates can become; creative directors, art directors, fashion filmmakers, fashion photographers, journalists, stylists, content producers, social media managers, visual merchandisers, trend forecasters, buyers, PR and marketing coordinators, brand managers and event managers.

Modules

Arts University Plymouth offers a year long sandwich year option. Framed within the institution’s innovative Common Unit Framework, the sandwich year experience is offered as a unit that contributes to your BA (Hons) Degree. The sandwich year can take the form of an internship or work placement, and can take place in the UK or abroad. It is intended to give you the possibility of gaining experience in art and design practice in a ‘real life’ industry setting, before you return to complete the final year of your degree. You will be able to build your CV and, if you choose to take on your sandwich year outside of the UK, enhance your experience of international creative practice. Sandwich year placements will be selected by each student who wishes to take one, assisted by Course staff within AUP. Opportunities may also come through corporate approaches to AUP or through links built by your course tutors. Each placement opportunity will be reviewed by the University before being approved to ensure its suitability to be part of your course. During the Sandwich Year you remain enrolled at AUP with access to IT and your email accounts, online library and learning support. Once approved, the sandwich year will count towards your overall degree and completion of it will be acknowledged on your degree certificate.


How to apply

This course is not open to application until the 13th May 2025.

Application codes

Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

International applicants

Plymouth is the largest city in the county of Devon, and the safest big city in south-west England, listed in the top ten safest cities in the UK. The city has excellent travel links via car, train and ferry, with direct train services to London Paddington and the rest of the country and easy access to three nearby airports (Bristol, Newquay and Exeter). Plymouth is the gateway to the South West of England and is approximately 3 hours from London by train. The best airport to fly into is London Heathrow, which has a direct rail line to Paddington station. Our dedicated international team will be able to support you throughout your application and enrolment with us, giving you expert advice and guidance on everything you need, from accommodation to what to do once you arrive in the UK.

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Your application will tell us about your qualifications and previous experience, but studying the arts is about more than can be captured on forms. We encourage you to visit the university, so that you can see our facilities, meet our teaching and technical staff, and discuss any other queries you may have; however we appreciate this may not be possible, and are happy to talk to you via an online platform (such as Google Meet or similar). We accept a range of international qualifications and will look at each application individually.

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.aup.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/how-to-apply

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio

If your application meets our entry requirements, we’ll invite you to submit your portfolio, so that we can review your work and find out more about your creative potential. You will have the opportunity to submit your portfolio digitally, or in person at one of our Applicant Experience Days. At an Applicant Experience Day, you'll also get the chance to discuss your portfolio with a member of our academic team.


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6IELTS (Level B2):overall score of 6.0 with minimum scores Listening: 5.5, Speaking: 5.5, Reading: 5.5, Writing: 5.5
Trinity ISEPassIntegrated Skills in English II (Level B2), minimum grades required: Reading: Pass Listening: Pass
PTE Academic50PTE Academic (Level B2), minimum grade required: Listening: 50, Reading: 50, Writing: 50, Speaking: 50

Click here to find out the most up-to-date information on our English Language requirements

https://www.aup.ac.uk/international/language-requirements


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Republic of Ireland £9535 Year 1
EU £17250 Year 1
Channel Islands £9535 Year 1
England £9535 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9535 Year 1
Scotland £9535 Year 1
Wales £9535 Year 1
International £17250 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

During the year, you will remain an enrolled student and have access to university resources (library, student support etc). The reduced fee level for the sandwich year will be up to £1,250.
Fashion Media & Marketing at Arts University Plymouth - UCAS