Fashion Design BA (Hons)

Our BA (Hons) Fashion Design course has an established reputation, with exceptional national and international links within the fashion Industry, as well as a recognised global presence.<br/><br/>NTU fashion graduates are renowned within the industry for their creative, innovative and directional design skills, as well as a strong underlying awareness of commerciality, sustainability and technologies.<br/><br/><strong>Key features</strong><br/><br/><br/>• Gain hands-on industry experience: You’ll have the opportunity to complete a work experience placement of up to a year in length. Dependent on the duration of your placement, you could gain an additional Diploma or Certificate in Professional Practice.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Take part in global opportunities: Go on optional international study trips to events like Paris Fashion Week. You can also apply for a European or international exchange to partner institutions, including the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Learn from visiting experts: Benefit from guest lecturers such as Giles Deacon, Christopher Raeburn, and internationally renowned Japanese pattern cutting expert Shingo Sato.<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Work on live briefs with leading brands: Get involved with competitions and live projects with companies like Paul Smith, Sunspel, AllSaints, Universal Works, Priya Ahluwalia, Burberry, and Phoebe English.<br/><br/><br/><br/><strong>Employability</strong> <br/><br/>Our graduates go into a range of fashion-related roles across the world such as designers, product developers and buyers. Recent graduate destinations include:<br/><br/><br/>• ASOS<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Abercrombie & Fitch<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Burberry<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Coach<br/><br/><br/><br/>• George<br/><br/><br/><br/>• H&M<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Mulberry<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Next<br/><br/><br/><br/>• River Island<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Roksanda<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Tom Ford<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Victoria Beckham<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Vivienne Westwood<br/><br/><br/><br/>• Yohji Yamamoto.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Our students have also had success at: The Young Ideas 50 Years in Fashion Illustration Competition, the Young Creators to the World contest at Lima Fashion Week in Peru and the Hong Kong Young Fashion Designers’ Contest (YDC). <br/><br/><strong>Your space to create at NTU</strong> <br/><br/>Our Fashion Design studios are lively, highly creative environments based in the Bonington building, a dedicated art and design hub.