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Creative Direction for Fashion (Taught)
- MA
- 1 Years
- Full-time
- 14/09/2026
- Postgraduate
- Epsom
Course summary
Creative Directors are visionaries who navigate within disciplines of fashion image making, publication, advertising and editorial, brand visualisation, fashion event, fashion film and experiential activations. With our MA Creative Direction for Fashion course, you will gain all the knowledge and tools you need to take your place in the industry.
Taught at UCA Epsom, this is an industry-led course, which will expand your existing knowledge in fashion image making, enhancing your skillset (brand identity, team working, leadership, visual language, client pitching). You will combine your creative thinking and leadership skills to develop contemporary currency in directing ambitious and innovative projects.
You will work closely with brand, trend and creative directors to gain vital insight, and explore current issues within the fashion industry, proposing solutions through innovative concepts that push the boundaries.
You'll combine your creative thinking and image-making skills to build a portfolio that is contemporary, diverse and inclusive.
Entry requirements
A good honours degree or equivalent qualification in a related discipline. Relevant work experience, demonstrating your ability to study at postgraduate level.
For this course we will need to see a online portfolio for review.
Further information will be provided once you have applied. Consideration will also be given to applicants who can make a strong case for admission in relation to a particular project and can demonstrate their potential to satisfactorily complete the course.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5 |
We require evidence of your English language ability to meet the requirements for your course.
If you're a Home student and studied in the UK, we require GCSE English at a minimum grade C/4 (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2).
If you’re an EU student and studied a European qualification, we may accept the English Language score from your main qualification - please review your country from the list on our website to see whether we will accept it: https://www.uca.ac.uk/international-study/equivalent-qualifications/ If your qualification is not on this list, we accept the following English language qualifications: IELTS (overall score 6.0), TOEFL ibt (overall score 88), PEARSON PTE Academic (overall 55), Cambridge Proficiency Exam (overall score 169), Cambridge Advanced Exam (overall score 169).
If you need a Tier 4 student visa to study in the UK, you will need to take an IELTS test, and achieve an overall score of 6.0 and a minimum score of 5.5 for each element (Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing).
For more information on English Language Requirements, please visit our website: https://www.uca.ac.uk/International-study/language-requirements-support/
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
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
Postgraduate Fees for 26/27 are still to be confirmed. Details will appear here shortly.
For prior fees, please refer to https://www.uca.ac.uk/study-at-uca/fees-finance/postgraduate/
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