Fashion

Available for September or January intakes.

Course overview
Do you aspire to launch your own fashion brand and see people wearing your designs globally? Are you interested in creating visuals and campaigns that shape top fashion brands and influence global trends? Are you excited to use 3D technology to bring your fashion ideas to life and push creative boundaries?

You develop your portfolio in in Fashion Design or Fashion Communication, giving you the flexibility to focus on your creative passion. You learn about the fashion business with a focus on design, marketing, promotion, image creation and styling skills. You will gain the opportunity to engage directly with the industry through internships, live projects, and collaborations and develop the skills to launch your own business, learning skills in fashion entrepreneurship.

Fashion is a rapidly changing global industry with new digital tools transforming design and making processes and addressing issues of sustainability. This course prepares you for a versatile career in fashion. Your own creativity, ideas and self-expression is placed at the heart of your learning and our team help nurture and guide your interests so that you graduate with a distinctive creative style and voice.

Your degree concludes with a showcase event and fashion show, where you present your creative work to industry, highlighting the skills and expertise you've developed throughout the course.

Top reasons to study this course

• Nationally recognised: Fashion is ranked 1st in the UK three years running as part of our Graphic Design subject area ranking. (Guardian University Guide 2026, 2025 and 2024, tees.ac.uk/source).

• Industry-standard facilities: immerse yourself in our sewing studios, print rooms and technical workshops, where you develop your craft and digital technical skills (2D and 3D), enabling you to create innovative physical and digital garments.

• Get creative: our course and campus are powered by Adobe, Apple and Wacom. We’re Europe’s first Adobe Creative Campus , the only Apple-accredited University and a Wacom Experience School, equipping you with the digital tools and resources to hone your creative skills.

• Industry connections: network with and learn from experienced fashion professionals who contribute to our course, working for brands such as Berghaus, Barbour and Speedo. Gain international experience and broaden your creative horizons visiting or studying abroad with our international partner institutions.

• Work experience: you gain specialised training to thrive in the fashion industry and connect with our extensive network for valuable work experience, employment opportunities, and the development of essential enterprise skills to succeed in your career or launch your own fashion startup.

• Creative UK: take advantage of our Creative UK membership and help futureproof your career, with networking events, a resource hub to support professional development, and bespoke workshops in partnership with industry leaders and mentors. Sign up for free student membership to get opportunities, events and newsletters sent directly to your inbox.

Employability
Many of our graduates go on to work with companies including NET-A-PORTER, YOOX, The Princes Trust, Margaret Howell, Chanel and Pentland, others have gone to set up their own businesses with support from our start-up incubator Launchpad.

Course Modules

Access course information through Teesside University’s website using the course page link provided (or visit www.tees.ac.uk).