Fashion Branding & Communication (with Integrated Foundation & Professional Practice Years)

Our BA (Hons) Fashion Branding and Communication (with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year) course is a five year degree programme, including a foundation year to help develop your creativity before you embark on year one of a degree. Your fourth academic year would then include a year in industry placement.

Fashion isn't always about the catwalk - there's a whole world of promotions, public relations, and branding behind it. On our BA (Hons) Fashion Branding & Communications degree course, we'll help you become the best in the business.

As well as the fundamentals of business, this course will develop your knowledge of the fashion industry to expert level – and particularly how brands communicate and operate through business and innovative thinking. You’ll use what you learn to develop ways to communicate your own creative ideas to consumers.

You’ll have the chance to push your skills into a specific area of interest within the creative industries – cosmetics and beauty, fashion, games, lifestyle and music. And in your second year you’ll be able to pick from range of exciting elective units to broaden – and deepen - your knowledge.

By the time you graduate, you’ll be an expert in building lasting relationships and positive reputations through communication, self-promotion, networking and technology throughout the global fashion industry.

And we’re confident you’ll follow in the footsteps of our many successful graduates, who have gone on to work for the likes of ASOS, Celine, L’Oreal, Paul Smith, Farfetch, Burberry and Chanel.

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UCA’s Integrated Foundation Year is designed to give you the skills you’ll need to start your degree in the best possible way – with confidence, solid knowledge of creative practice, study skills and more.

You’ll explore a range of creative techniques and develop your portfolio, with your chosen subject in mind. We’ll work with you throughout the year to ensure you’re on the right track and give you the tools to achieve your highest potential on your degree.

If you opt to complete a professional practice year, this will take place in year three. You will undertake a placement within the creative industries to further develop your skills and CV

While on your Professional Practice Year, you will be required to pay a reduced tuition fee for that year. This fee will be determined using government funding regulations. Based on current regulations, we expect this to be a maximum of 20% of the tuition fee rate that you are charged for your second year of study. You will also incur additional travel and accommodation costs during this year. The University will provide you with further advice and guidance about this as you approach your Professional Practice Year.