International Fashion Business (one year top-up) BA (Hons)
- Level(s) of Study: Undergraduate
- UCAS Code(s): W232
- Start Date(s): September 2020
- Duration: One year full-time
- Study Mode(s): Full-time
- Campus: City Campus
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Entry Requirements:
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Introduction:
This one-year top-up degree is for those who have completed two years of a fashion-related degree course or equivalent qualification, such as a specialist diploma, Foundation degree, or HND.
Experience an international perspective on how the fashion industry works, investigating areas such as fashion buying, brand marketing and promotion, lifestyle and trend prediction.You’ll have the opportunity to investigate areas of personal interest like ethical and sustainable fashion, or entrepreneurship and setting up your own business.
You’ll also gain an understanding of events, management processes, and methods of visual and verbal communication.
The course content has been created to suit those who wish to pursue a career path with either a creative or business focus.
Key features
- We're delighted to be ranked as one of the top 10 universities in the UK for Fashion & Textiles (Guardian University League Tables 2020).
- Gain an understanding of events, management processes, and methods of visual and verbal communication.
- Work on a combination of creative and written projects. We’ll help you identify your strengths so you can tailor your work to your career aspirations.
- Investigate areas of personal interest, for example ethical and sustainable fashion, entrepreneurship or setting up your own business.
- Work on live projects and competitions in collaboration with brands such as Wedgewood, Next and Whistles.
- Go on optional international study visits such as Copenhagen Fashion Week.
- This course attracts students from around the world, offering you a dynamic experience reflective of the working environment.
- Benefit from the links we have with our sister course at the Hong Kong Design Institute, through teaching and learning experiences.
- 93% of students from this course are in employment or further study six months after graduating (DLHE 2016/17).
What you’ll study
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Careers and employability
This course has an excellent employment rate, with 93% of students in employment or further study six months after graduating (DLHE 2016/17).
Graduate roles include buying, merchandising, digital marketing, design, visual merchandising and account management. You may also wish to pursue further education or self-employment.
Recent graduate roles and destinations include:
- Arcadia Group, fashion designer
- Next, trainee buyer
- Adidas, visual merchandiser, Amsterdam
- Calvin Klein, brand coordinator, Hong Kong
- Eland Fashion, assistant buyer, Hong Kong
- YM INC, ecommerce coordinator, Canada.
YouFirst – working with our Employability team
Studying a creative degree in a large university has many benefits, none more so than having access to a large employability team.
Our friendly, experienced careers consultants will work closely with you at every stage of your career planning, providing personal support and advice you won't find in a book or on the internet. You can benefit from this at any time during your studies, and for up to three years after completing your course.
Connecting with industry
This course has developed strong collaborations with industry partners at local, national and international levels. Recent visitors have included:
- Carol Rose, an expert in sustainable fashion life cycle solutions
- Matthew Dixon, director of Hudson Walker International
- Food Futurologist Dr Morgaine Gaye
- Andrew and Iain Foxall from Foxall Studio
- Marketing Consultancy BDA London
- representatives from Wedgewood, Next, and Whistles
- visiting alumni who come to share their industry experience.
You’ll have the opportunity to work on live projects and competitions with brands and organisations within the fashion and related industries. This has recently included a fashion buying and range planning competition with Next, leading to a graduate intern position.
Campus and facilities
How to apply
Apply through UCAS.
All applicants will need to apply through UCAS and will be expected to present a portfolio if invited to attend an interview. Download our interview advice sheet.
Getting in touch
If you need any more help or information, please email our Admissions team or call +44 (0)115 848 4200.
Apply through UCAS (if applying to more than one university in the UK), or through our NTU applicant portal. If successful, you'll be invited to an interview where you'll need to bring with you your portfolio.
If you aren't resident in the UK we'll ask you to make to submit a digital portfolio.
Get some digital portfolio advice.
Keeping up to date
After you've applied, we'll be sending you important emails throughout the application process – so check your emails regularly, including your junk mail folder.
Please also take a look at our International students page and our application guide for international students, which are full of advice and information about the University.
If you need any more help or information, please contact our International team or call on +44 (0)115 848 4200. Alternatively, you can get in touch with our staff at the International Development Office, who are always happy to help. Or speak to one of our official NTU representatives for your country.