Fashion, Textiles & Footwear

Why choose this course?

This exciting and creative fashion degree in will enable you to explore a range of industry relevant topics, allowing you to specialise in Fashion, Footwear or Textiles.

Our Fashion, Textiles & Footwear degree provides rigorous depth of knowledge and industry-relevant skills at each level of the programme, enabling you to explore and advance both your theoretical understanding of fashion design and technical skills to support realisation. With access to specialist workshops, supported by expert academic and technical staff you will develop skills in both traditional and digital technologies making you prepared for the industry of the future.

The range of facilities will support you to learn the process of design from concept development, through to materiality and 3D visualisation within your chosen specialism.

Live projects, national and international competitions provide real-world industry experience for a range of careers for the fashion, textile and footwear industry, freelance work or preparation for further study at master’s level.

By studying at the University of Northampton, you can be sure that:

• Our expert academics teach in small groups supported with one-to-one assistance. Our academics and students form a tight bond, providing individualised support and guidance whilst challenging students academically.

• Whatever your ambitions, we’re here to help you to achieve them. We’ll support you to identify the skills you’re learning during your course, find your strengths and secure practical experience so that when it comes to applying for jobs or further study, you’ll feel confident in standing out from the crowd.

• At UON we guarantee a room in our Halls of Residence for all new full-time, first year students who apply and accept their room offer by June 2026 - and we won't ask for a deposit for September 2026**.

• Students enrolling on this course at Northampton will be provided with their own brand-new laptop*** to keep at no additional cost. All sports clubs and societies are free to join at Northampton and every essential course textbook is available via the library, meaning you won’t have to purchase copies. For more information on this visit our website (northampton.ac.uk/benefits).

• You will experience student life at the University’s £330 million Waterside Campus. Come along to an Open Day and find out more.

The Northampton Employment Promise

• In fact, we’re so confident in our careers and employability support that If you achieve at least a 2:2 degree and complete either our Employability Plus Gold programme or achieve a Changemaker Gold Certificate during your time studying with us, but still haven’t secured full-time employment 12 months after graduating, we will secure a three – six month paid internship for you or support you into postgraduate study.

✱✱ eligibility criteria apply. See northampton.ac.uk/student-life/accommodation/ for more information
✱✱✱ eligibility criteria and terms and conditions apply. See northampton.ac.uk/benefits for more information

STAGE 1:
• Creative Skills for Fashion (Compulsory)
• Exploring Creativity (Compulsory)
• Fashion Branding and Communication (Compulsory)

STAGE 2:
• Developing Future Specialisms (Compulsory)
• Changemaker Mindsets (Compulsory)
• Defining Specialisms: Fashion, Textiles or Creative Communications (Compulsory)
• Materials (Compulsory)

OPTIONAL PLACEMENT YEAR
• The Placement Year Experience: Organisations in Context (Compulsory)

STAGE 3:
• Final Creative Collection (Compulsory)
• Digital Positioning (Compulsory)
• Creative Futures: Planning, Practice and Positioning (Compulsory)

Module information is quoted for 26/27 entry. Please note that modules run subject to student numbers and staff availability, any changes will be communicated to applicants accordingly. 27/28 entry modules will be released in June 2027.

The course is assessed in a number of ways:

• Essay writing

• Assignments

• Dissertation

• Presentations

• Exhibitions.