Fashion Design (with placement year) BA (Hons)

Discover your own design aesthetic and create a fashion collection and portfolio that showcases your individual energy and talents. This practice-based degree course embraces the diversity of fashion design in the 21st century. Join a community of passionate students, all focussed on becoming informed fashion-design creatives.<br/><br/>You will explore and learn this multifaceted design discipline and its historical and contemporary context, alongside broader factors that influence fashion design, including global fashion narratives, gender, sustainable practice, and ethics.<br/><br/>As a result of our connections with the fashion industry you will benefit from inspirational speakers, live projects and external visits. Access to these activities demonstrates the esteem in which this course is held and our ability to produce ‘industry-ready’ graduates.<br/><br/>Working with partners which have included the British Fashion Council’s ‘Colleges Council’ and Graduate Fashion Week we offer opportunities to enter competitions, attend insightful seminars and presentations, and showcase your work on a variety of external industry platforms.<br/><br/>Using the latest technologies within our Mac suites including CAD 2D and 3D design software, our staff will support you to realise your designs. Our dedicated teaching team encourage practice-based skills from developing initial research into sketches, ideas and designs into patterns, which are realised into garments using industry standard equipment. We help you cultivate the attitude and skills needed to succeed as a professional fashion practitioner.<br/><br/>*The placement year is subject to approval.

It's time to unleash your creativity at Leeds Arts University. <br/><br/>Think expert tutors, specialist resources and freedom to experiment. Leeds Arts isn't just a university, it's a place where your creative visions come to life. <br/><br/>Each undergraduate course offers unique opportunities for you to grow, collaborate and innovate. Fashion designers have access to state-of-the-art cutting, printing, pressing and dyeing facilities, as well as the chance to exhibit their work on the runway. Cinematographers and filmmakers can capture their ideas on 4k cameras, industry-standard sound kits and green screens. And musicians can find their voice in the 24-track analogue/digital recording studio, sound-proofed instrumental rooms, high-tech computer suites and more.<br/><br/>Whatever your creative disciplines, you'll have access to the latest technologies along with comprehensive careers advice and guidance. Leeds Arts offer professional development modules on undergraduate courses to give you a taster of working life. You'll get the chance to network, learn and build an impressive CV. Apply today!