Fashion Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

The Fashion programme at Edinburgh College of Art is renowned for its cutting-edge approach to fashion education, emphasising personal creative freedom, design innovation, and individual student identities.

Our programme allows you to explore unique and innovative design methods, ensuring you are well-prepared for employment and career growth.

We firmly believe that fostering individuality is key to developing future fashion innovators. By nurturing expressive and diverse design identities, our programme empowers you to become an independent thinker and designer with a deep understanding of the global fashion industry.

By integrating technical, artistic, and practical design projects with contextual and theoretical studies, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of contemporary fashion design.

The programme delivers a broad range of key design and professional skills vital to becoming a future designer in the field, and allows our students to become skilled makers across a range of garment types. The skills you will develop include:

* research methods

* sketch and digital design skills

* portfolio building

* creative and advanced pattern-cutting methods

The curriculum emphasises the importance of designing for equality and diversity, encouraging you to celebrate all people, backgrounds, and abilities through your research and design work.

We also advocate for sustainable and environmentally responsible design, production and materials.

We frequently collaborate with industry, offering a range of industry-connected projects that provide you with real-world insights into designing for clients. Additionally, you may have opportunities to showcase your work at live events, including exhibitions and fashion shows.

Programme benefits

* The programme allows you to define your own design identity, supporting you to develop a unique and personal artistic vision.

* Learn a broad range of creative, technical, and professional skills, applicable to a wide range of contexts upon graduation.

* Engage with a diverse array of academics and experts from various fashion fields, deeply enhancing your learning experience with a range of unique and important perspectives.

* Benefit from unique and tailored approaches to developing a personalised fashion portfolio.

* Our programme places emphasis on designing for inclusion and sustainability, reflecting contemporary industry values and positioning our graduates as future positive changemakers.