Fashion Management

Combine your interest in fashion with business management skills. This course focuses on the management of the entire fashion chain with our unique emphasis on fashion product – from design development and sourcing, to buying and merchandising, sales and marketing, and promotion to the consumer.

With links to an impressive network of international fashion and textile organisations, you’ll learn about all the processes and elements of the fashion industry needed to inform and shape your future career in fashion management.

You have the option of a year-long work placement in your Third Year, allowing you to gain invaluable industry experience and confidence. This course will provide you with the skills required for making business decisions combined with effective communication skills required in the global fashion industry.

Key features

• Gain a sound understanding of fibres, yarns, fabrics, product construction, planning, manufacturing and distribution of a consumer-focused range, with an understanding of commercial strategies.

• Complete an optional year-long work placement, in the UK or abroad, gaining a certificate or diploma in professional practice.

• Work on live projects with brands such as John Lewis, Next, Boden and ASOS.

• Have guest lectures with professionals from brands such as Boohoo, River Island, Urban Outfitters and #brillthings.

• Opportunity to apply for a European or international exchange to places like the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Amsterdam Fashion Institute and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

• Go on optional study trips to places such as Tokyo, New York, Première Vision in Paris and Pitti Filati in Florence.

• Exhibit your work at our Showcase, with the opportunity to take part in Graduate Fashion Week and the ASBCI National Dissertation and Innovation Awards. .

• This course attracts students from around the world, offering you a dynamic experience reflective of the working environment.

Employability

Graduates from this course go into a range of fields, such as buying and merchandising, marketing and PR, e-commerce and supply chain management, global sourcing, product development, garment and fabric technology roles. Recent graduate destinations and roles include:

• ASOS, buyer’s administrative assistant, merchandiser, garment technologist assistant

• Burberry, product developer

• Boots, category assistant, buying administrative assistant

• Cotton On, global fashion buyer

• Dr. Martens, category assistant

• Dunelm, commercial leadership graduate

• F&F Clothing, assistant merchandiser

• Hunters Boots Ltd, product development coordinator

Your space to create at NTU

We’re committed to helping you explore, expand and refine your craft, as you discover new creative horizons with some truly great tools, equipment and workspaces. Visit our facilities hub at www.ntu.ac.uk/artfacilities to find out more.

Our students’ work – ‘We Are Creatives’

Explore our online showcase ‘We Are Creatives’ - celebrating the work of the School of Art & Design students. You will find a sneak peak of some of our students’ work and gain a real insight into what it’s like to be part of the NTU creative community at wearecreativesntu.art

[Year One]

• Global Fashion Business (40 credit points, full year)
• Product Development (60 credit points, full year)
• Marketing Brand Me (20 credit points, full year)

[Year Two]

• Buying, Merchandising and Product Management (40 credit points, first half of the year)
• Global Sourcing and Sustainability (40 credit points, second half of the year)
• Co Lab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking (20 credit points, second half of the year)
• Optional module: You will also choose one 20-credit module from:
• Ethical Design (online and in person)
• Digital Marketing and Communication
• Responding to the Visual World
• Creative Entrepreneurship
• Introduction to 3D Virtual Clothing & Product Design
• Creative Live Event Production
• Web3 & Creative Autonomy
• Beauty Industry: Innovation to Impact

[Final year]

• Professional Development (20 credit points, full year)
• Fashion Business and Entrepreneurship (100 credit points, full year)

Year 1 coursework (52%), practical Assessments (48%).
Year 2 coursework (93%), practical Assessments (7%).
Year 3 optional placement year.
Year 4 coursework (83%), practical assessment (17%).
People excel in different ways, and we want everybody to have the best possible chance of success. On this course you will be assessed on a range of individual and group presentations, and your final year project.

Your work in Year Two accounts for 20% of your final degree mark, and your work in your final year accounts for the other 80%.