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International Fashion Branding

Course details
  • BA (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time
  • 7 September 2026
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Main Site

Course summary

Pursue a career as a Retail Buyer, Visual Merchandiser or Stylist if you have a creative business mind or an interest in fashion. Study the fashion industry, brand development and management, promotion and communication, marketing and fashion buying.

Fashion is an international industry, influencing a growing number of products and services. This distinctive course helps you to develop both traditional and digital skills and expertise in fashion brand development and communication, preparing you for success in this exciting and dynamic industry.

The course explores the key aspects of international fashion branding through both traditional and digital practices. You'll gain a thorough understanding of areas such as brand management and marketing, fashion brand development and promotion, fashion buying and visual merchandising in retail, and sustainable fashion. In Year 4, you'll gain a strategic view of the fashion industry, with a focus on internationalisation strategy within the context of communication and branding.

We'll support you as you discover and develop your digital skills in an increasingly popular and important part of fashion brand development in the industry, with fashion creation software such as Adobe Creative Suite and Lectra. This provides you with relevant industry skills and allows you to develop a portfolio of creative work across all four years of study.

We work hard to organise guest lectures from fashion practitioners and industry leaders to talk to students, giving you an invaluable insight into the connection between theory and practice. We have strong links with a wide range of major fashion companies, including Cruise, USC, House of Fraser, Reiss, John Lewis, Schuh, Johnstones of Elgin, Eleganza Sposa, Strathberry, M&Co, 18 Montrose, Next, GANT and Cortefiel.

How to apply

This course has limited vacancies, and is no longer accepting applications from some students. See the list below for where you normally live, to check if you're eligible to apply.
  • EU has vacancies
  • Wales has vacancies
  • England has vacancies
  • International has vacancies
  • Scotland does not have vacancies
  • Northern Ireland has vacancies
  • Republic of Ireland has vacancies

Apply by
14 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:
W2N5
Institution code:
G42
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2
  • Year 3

Open days

Entry requirements

A level
BCC

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

Access to HE Diploma

Applications are considered from applicants with a relevant Access course.

Scottish Higher
BBBBB

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
26 points

IB Diploma 26 points

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H2, H2, H3, H3, H3

Scottish HNC
Pass

Level 2 Entry:
SQA 15 Credit: HNC Fashion Business with B in the graded unit

Scottish HND
Pass

Level 3 Entry:
SQA HND Fashion Business/HND Marketing/HND Advertising and PR/HND Retail Management/HND Fashion Design and Production with Retail/HND Business with Marketing (must say “with Marketing” on certificate)/HND Fashion Communications with graded units AB/BA.

T Level
D

T Level in Digital Business Support Services or Management and Admin with Distinction.

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Scottish Higher BCCC

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6Overall score of 6.0 with the minimum of 5.5 in each element

Historical entry grades data

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear

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

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Additional costs may apply to students on this programme. Please check the fees and funding section of the programme page on the GCU website for specific details.

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