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Fashion

  • BA (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • 22/09/2025
  • Undergraduate
University of Staffordshire (Stoke Campus)
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Course summary

If you have a real passion for fashion, this degree will give you the creative, technical, academic and professional skills needed to take the fashion world by storm.

Fashion is an ever-changing industry that needs professionals who can respond to its challenges. On our course, students develop their knowledge and skills in a broad range of subject areas, including the fundamentals of fashion business, creative design, communication and technical practices. Students then have the chance to specialise in an area of their choice that will inform their future career goals.

Placements, live projects and collaborations play a large part in the course, aiding our students to build their CV enough to gain employment after graduation.
We also ensure students are aware of the bigger picture within the fashion industry, so sustainability, ethics and diversity are explored in-depth in a module in first year then encouraged throughout the course.

This Fashion degree brings together creative, technical, academic and professional skills needed to sustain a career in the fashion industry.
To enhance your CV, You also have the option of choosing a one-year placement in industry (Sandwich).

  • 100% Coursework (No exams)

  • Small group sizes, ensuring you get enough contact hours with staff

  • Well equipped workshops with industry standard kit

  • Flexibility to negotiate modules to reflect your specialisms

  • Collaborative working with across other courses in the University

  • Expand your technical and creative skills to include digital fabric printing, laser cutting, wood, metal, ceramics, plaster and plastics

  • Access to the unique Betty Smithers Design Collection

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BA (Hons) Fashion

Modules

Year One Core: Fashion Hot Topics; Fashion in Context; History and Theory of Fashion; Technical Processes of Fashion
Year Two Core: Fashion Business; Fashion Industry Ready; Fashion Negotiated Study; Life After Staffs 1
Year Three Core: Fashion Fmp; Fashion Research and Analysis Report; Life After Staffs 2; Professional Fashion Practice

Assessment method

100% Course Work

Professional bodies

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

  • Textile Institute

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • University of Staffordshire (Stoke Campus)

Study options

  • BA (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • 22/09/2025

Apply by
29 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
W235
Institution code:
S72
Campus name:
University of Staffordshire (Stoke Campus)
Campus Code:
-
Points of Entry:
Year 1

University of Staffordshire has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

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How to apply

Apply by
29 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W235
Institution code:
S72
Campus name:
University of Staffordshire (Stoke Campus)
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

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Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff

112 - 120 points
We welcome a wide range of qualifications and qualification combinations. We assess each application individually, taking in to account any experience and skills you may have in your chosen field. Don't worry if you can't see your specific qualification listed, just contact our team of experts on 01782 294400 or email us at enquiries@staffs.ac.uk for further advice

A level

BBC
Other A Level combinations are possible to achieve 112 points

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DMM

Access to HE Diploma

Pass Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 80 UCAS points.

Scottish Higher

Achieve a minimum of 112 tariff points achieved from either five Highers or a combination of two Highers offered with two Advanced Highers. Where only Highers have been taken a minimum of (CCCCC) is required.

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

DMM

T Level

Pass (C and above)
Eligible T Level applications will be asked to achieve a minimum overall grade of P (A*-C) or Higher Pass as a condition of offer.

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio

Historical entry grades data BETA

This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted with (learn more). It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place. Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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We are unable to show previous accepted grades for this course. This could be because the course is new, it's a postgraduate course, there isn't enough historical data, or the provider has opted out of sharing their entry grades data for this course - learn more.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England£9535Year 1
Northern Ireland£9535Year 1
Scotland£9535Year 1
Wales£9535Year 1
Channel Islands£9535Year 1
EU£16750Year 1
International£16750Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

For further details of what is and is not included in your tuition fees please visit www.staffs.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees/

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