Creative Industries Management in Fashion (top-up)

Become the business behind the brand. One year to think strategically and lead creatively.

Fashion doesn't just need designers and craftspeople – it needs the people who know how to build, position, and sustain the brands behind them. This one-year top-up is for students with a foundation degree or equivalent, who are ready to develop the kind of strategic thinking, research capability, and professional identity that the fashion industry needs.

You'll study within a specialist school where fashion, business, media, and branding sit side by side. The course sharpens your ability to analyse the creative industries within a global context – exploring innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability, and emerging technologies – then channels that thinking into a major project aligned to your career ambitions.

Whether your direction is buying, management, marketing, or launching something of your own, you'll graduate with the critical insight and commercial confidence to make it happen.

If you prefer a closer, more community feel, UCA’s creative campuses in Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, and Maidstone could be for you. Each campus is home to a vibrant community of like-minded creatives, with supportive and passionate academic staff to help you bring your ideas to life.

As a UCA student, you’ll have access to their specialist creative facilities, from VR studios and digital editing suites to traditional craft workshops and your own dedicated art space. Here you can experiment, find inspiration, and get all the support you need.

UCA know you're more than just grades – that's why they’ll look beyond your certificates to get an understanding of your passions, personality, and portfolio.

Applying through Clearing could lead to a degree you’ll love. Join UCA’s creative community this September.