Fashion, Textiles & Footwear BA (Hons)

---

This exciting and creative fashion degree in will enable you to explore a range of industry relevant topics, allowing you to specialise in Fashion, Footwear or Textiles.

Our Fashion, Textiles & Footwear degree provides rigorous depth of knowledge and industry-relevant skills at each level of the programme, enabling you to explore and advance both your theoretical understanding of fashion design and technical skills to support realisation. With access to specialist workshops, supported by expert academic and technical staff you will develop skills in both traditional and digital technologies making you prepared for the industry of the future.

The range of facilities will support you to learn the process of design from concept development, through to materiality and 3D visualisation within your chosen specialism.

Live projects, national and international competitions provide real-world industry experience for a range of careers for the fashion, textile and footwear industry, freelance work or preparation for further study at master’s level.

Entry Requirements

---

• We welcome applications from students with a mix of A levels and BTEC/Cambridge Technical qualifications.

  For more more information on how to make an application, please visit our How to Apply page.

  If you are an International student and would like information on making an application, please see our How to Apply page.

• Admission to this foundation course is normally:

  • DEE at A Level or,
  • MPP at BTEC or,
  • Pass (D or E) at T Level

  However, we would also like to hear from you if you have professional or industry experience instead, a range of other qualifications or self-developed subject knowledge that relates to the course you wish to study.

• Once your application has been reviewed, you may be invited to attend an interview with us.

  Your interview for Fashion, Textiles, Footwear & Accessories could be held either on campus or online, and both interview styles would require you to show us some portfolio work, either physically or digitally.

  For your portfolio we’d like to see 3 examples of your best work. This should include one piece which shows us your drawings, and two pieces that demonstrates your design development.

  Your interview will be with a member of the programme team and you’ll go over your portfolio with them. They’ll ask you some questions around your work and your interest in the course. This is also a great opportunity for you to ask them any questions you may have about the course.

  Your interview will last around 30 minutes, and if you’re coming onto to campus you’ll get a tour of the Fashion studios.

• All International and EU students applying for a course with us must meet the following minimum English language requirements:

  • IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent) with a minimum of 5.5 in all bands
    for study at undergraduate level

  For information regarding English language requirements at the University, please see our IELTS page.