Fashion Design BA (Hons)

If youre looking to explore your creativity establish your own unique style and take contemporary fashion design by storm our course has the dedicated facilities and equipment track record and industry links to get your designs on the domestic and international catwalks.

Both our course and highly experienced academic team encourage you to experiment with designs materials and garment-making while giving you the practical tools and wider experience you need to develop your individual creative approach.

Based at Alexon House previously home to one of the UK's leading fashion houses the course offers industry-standard manufacturing facilities and the latest textile processes with access to high-spec technology including digital textile printing and pattern cutting; computer-aided design; and 3D printing.

As part of our industry speaker series you meet designers artist editors curators and recruiters on a weekly basis while also getting the opportunity to join international trips to visit trade fairs and galleries.

You graduate ready for industry with a professional portfolio following in the footsteps of previous graduates who have gone on to work with Alexander McQueen Mary Katranzou Lulu Liu Sopie Webster Amanda Wakeley Zandra Rhodes Love Magazine and Denza International. Some of our graduates have started their own label such as Aaugust who won Young Designer of the Year at Africa Fashion Week London.

Why choose this course?

• You learn the specialised design and craft skills you need to make your mark in the domestic and international fashion industry
• You study in a dedicated stimulating and lively studio environment with a sewing machine for every student
• Our close links with the industry and leading fashion designers mean you work on real briefs and live projects; youre also encouraged to enter competitions and awards
• Your personal creative development is underpinned by a sound knowledge the history of fashion design; contemporary debates in fashion; multicultural and international contexts; and understanding of the wider visual world
• At Alexon House you are part of a community spanning the art design and creative industries and can explore related disciplines such as digital photography screen-printing and illustration
• You can challenge established designers when you prepare a garment collection and showcase your work on the runway at our Graduate Fashion Show
• Theres the option to take the course over four years and benefit from a fee-free work placement (see below) which will widen your experience add to your CV and offer the opportunity to make useful contacts for the future
• If you have completed an appropriate foundation degree or HND you can join this course at stage three

To apply for a place on an undergraduate course (BA/BSc) you need to have completed your high school education (12 years) and have a pass equivalent to two UK A level passes and have the required English language qualification.

When you submit an application form you must remember to include photocopies of the following supporting documents. We do not need to see your original qualifications and certificates.

• A completed application form signed by you (an electronic signature is fine)
• Copies of your official academic qualifications and certificates including proof of your level of English Language (where relevant)
• A one-page personal statement. This should tell us why you want to study your chosen course.
• A copy of your current valid passport details
• Please submit copies of any UK Visa that you have held and any documentation relating to previous visa refusals from any country