7Dec
Undergraduate This course is subject to validation. You can still apply for this course while it is being approved.
Arts University Bournemouth has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
The BSc in Fashion Management and Strategy focuses on developing leadership and innovation skills for fashion and lifestyle businesses. Students will learn about the global fashion system, data and digital strategy, consumer behaviour, finance for business, sustainable fashion management, and more. By the end of the course, students will have the skills to strategically lead and manage fashion businesses. The course is structured over three or four years (with an optional placement year in industry) and focuses on critical thinking, problem-solving, and practical projects applied to the fashion industry in its broadest sense, which includes garment, beauty and lifestyle businesses. This course offers the opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills in developing strategy for and managing fashion business with a values-based approach. This means considering the impact on people, animals, and the environment alongside understanding what it takes for a business to be creatively and financially successful. The course also focuses on developing students competency in collaboration, effective communication, as well as their business acumen, making graduates highly employable in leadership and innovator roles within the fashion industry. Students on this course will study core units in The Fashion System, Data and Digital Strategy, Consumer Insights, Business Finance, Sustainable Fashion Management, Fashion Merchandising, Career Planning, and the course will culminate in each student undertaking major research project. By the end of this course, graduates will be able to strategically plan for and manage fashion businesses with a values-based, ethical approach. They will have developed skills in collaboration, effective communication, digital strategy, data management, financial and product management. Additionally, they will be equipped to apply their learning through the development undertaken whilst working on live industry briefs, work placements, and their major project, preparing them for careers in leadership and innovation roles within the fashion industry.
Assessment method
Coursework and practical work
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:
- W112
- Institution code:
- A66
- Campus name:
- Main Site - Arts University Bournemouth
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 - 120 points
A level - BBC - BBB
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Scottish Higher - CCCCCD
T Level - M
Please see AUB's website for a full list of our entry requirements, including tariff points where applicable. We are happy to accept a wide range of qualifications, including but not limited to: A Levels, BTEC Extended Diploma, OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma, BTEC Subsidiary Diploma(s), Access to HE courses, Scottish Highers, IB Diploma Programme, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design. We can also accept many EU and International qualifications. See website for details. Email Admissions ([email protected]) with any queries about entry requirements. We welcome applicants who are currently studying or who have gained a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design and this qualification meets our level three entry requirements. This is a recommended qualification for many of our courses but it is not a compulsory qualification. Other relevant and equivalent Level 3 qualifications are considered on an individual basis and we are happy to accept applicants with a combination of Level 3 qualifications. Please check your qualifications using UCAS Tariff calculator and remember we are looking for the equivalent of 3 A levels if you are combining Level 3 qualifications. AUB tailors its offers to the qualifications an applicant is studying and looks for applicant to be studying a relevant creative subject. AUB makes offers based on up to three A Levels or equivalent Level 3 qualifications with the most UCAS Tariff points attached to them to give applicants the best chance possible at achieving our required tariff (120 UCAS Tariff points in most cases).
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | Academic IELTS or UKVI IELTS with 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component (reading, writing, speaking and listening) |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 80 | With 80 overall and a minimum score of 18 in writing, listening, and reading and 19 in speaking. Please note the home version of this test is not accepted. |
| Cambridge English Advanced | C | Minimum grade C |
| PTE Academic | 64 | With 64 overall and a minimum of 59 in each component |
| Cambridge English Proficiency | C | Cambridge C2 Proficiency English exam with a minimum grade of C. |
| Trinity ISE | Pass | Level III or level IV with a pass. |
English language requirements
https://aub.ac.uk/international/english-language/english-language-requirements
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| EU | £17950 | Year 1 |
| International | £17950 | 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
Please note that subject to the relevant legislation being passed in parliament, the UK Government have proposed tuition fees for the 2025/26 academic year of £9535 per annum.
Please see our website for more information https://aub.ac.uk/fees/undergraduate
All undergraduate courses at AUB offer an optional placement year, to be taken between your second and third years of study.
If you’re unsure about this optional placement, you don’t need to decide now. Once you’re here and studying with us, the course team will discuss the placement options with you, so when the time comes, you can make a decision that’s right for you.
Provider information
Arts University Bournemouth
Wallisdown
Poole
BH12 5HH