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Fashion Buying with Design

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-Time
  • September 2027
  • Undergraduate
Leicester Campus
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Course summary

On this course you will gain a comprehensive understanding of trend analysis, design, retail management, and supply chain logistics in the dynamic fashion industry. Through a varied range of modules, you will have the chance to collaborate with industry professionals, visit fashion companies, and engage in real-world buying experiences that will prepare you for a successful career in this exciting field.

You will learn how to develop your design ability, create garments and communicate your design vision through patternmaking, sewing workshops and 3D digital design.

  • You will have the opportunity to complete an optional placement year, with the support and guidance of our award-winning careers team. Previous students have worked with both high-street and high-end brands, including Boohoo, ASOS, Urban Outfitters, Hunkemöller, George at Asda, Ralph Lauren and Timberland.

  • Our graduates are working in a range of roles for companies such as Monsoon, Fashion UK and Next. Other students have buying roles at companies such as Reiss, Primark, Urban Outfitters and George.

  • We are members of the UK Fashion and Textiles Association which ensures our teaching stays up to date with the latest developments in the sector and provides valuable industry links that enhance our courses*.*

Modules

Course Modules

First year
Block 1: Fashion Consumer and Marketplace
Block 2: Design and Development
Block 3: Fashion Lifecycle
Block 4: Sustainable Futures

Second year
Block 1: Buying and Professional Practice
Block 2: Design Innovation and Sustainable Futures
Block 3: Fashion Buying Professional Practice
Block 4: Fashion Design Practice

Third year
Block 1 and 2: Sustainable Sourcing and Supply Management and Collaboration with Industry
Block 3 and 4: Major Design Project OR Major Research Project

https://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/undergraduate-courses/fashion-buying-with-design-ba-degree/fashion-buying-with-design-ba-degree.aspx#what-you-will-study

Assessment method

Structure
This includes design studio practice, formal lectures, group seminars, tutorials, lab work and practical workshops. There are regular tutorials and reviews which allow you to reflect and develop your work ready for your final presentation at the end of the year.

Contact hours
You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, group work and self-directed study. Assessment is through coursework (presentations, phase-tests, essays and reports). Your precise timetable will depend on the optional modules you choose to take, however, in your first year you will normally attend around 15 hours of timetabled taught sessions (lectures and tutorials) each week, and we expect you to undertake at least 25 further hours of independent study to complete project work and research.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Leicester Campus

Study options

  • Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • September 2027

Apply by
13 January 2027

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:
W224
Institution code:
D26
Campus name:
Leicester Campus
Points of Entry:
Year 1, 2

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How to apply

Apply by
13 January 2027

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:
W224
Institution code:
D26
Campus name:
Leicester Campus

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2

Entry requirements

Typical qualification requirements

A level
BBC

T Level
M

UCAS Tariff
Offer: 112

From a minimum of 2 A-Levels or equivalent

Access to HE Diploma
Merit: 30

Pass QAA Access to Higher Education course with at least 30 level 3 credits at Merit. We will normally require students have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Offer: 26

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

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Here at DMU we welcome all applications, no matter what your background. To make sure you get fair and equal access to higher education, when looking at your application we consider more than just your grades–we take into account any challenges that you may have faced in your education. Contextual Offers will be offered to candidates who are in receipt of Free School Meals, who are Care Experienced or who are deemed to live in areas of low HE participation neighbourhoods (POLAR Quintiles 1 & 2).

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland£10050
EU & International£16800*

* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

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

Please note, this fee is subject to parliamentary procedure and will also be subject to a compounded annual inflationary increase.

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