Fashion, Marketing and Communication | University of Derby

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Course summary

Get ready to make your mark on the world with this unique degree. Fashion, Marketing and Communication will nurture your creative and technical fashion design skills while teaching you essential marketing know-how.

WHY CHOOSE THIS COURSE?
Fashion, Marketing and Communication gives you a valuable insight into the commercial aspects of fashion, including emerging trends and marketing concepts. At Derby School of Arts, we encourage you to take risks, be bold, imaginative and embrace the different. We also expect you to fail so that you learn and grow. This is a safe place to fail – we encourage, support and protect each other.

IS THIS COURSE FOR YOU?
If you want to learn about the business of fashion but also want to design and make, this is your course.
If you are brave, if you are inventive, if you love creative – you belong at Derby School of Arts.

HOW YOU WILL LEARN
In a professional fashion design studio environment supported by the latest online learning facilities. You’ll undertake live projects for real clients and go on placements – all of which build valuable experience. There will also be national and international study trips.

OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCES
We guarantee your work will be showcased and celebrated: we enter students into high-profile young designer competitions like Clothes Show Live and they regularly scoop awards at these.

CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY
Marketing is crucial to the fashion industry and there’s a growing number of career opportunities in fashion marketing. This degree will provide the ideal foundation for these roles, which might include marketing assistant/manager, market research analyst and sales manager.

How to apply

Application codes

Course code:: W223
Institution code:: D39

Open days

University of Derby Experience Day
28 Mar 2026, 09:30
Derby
University of Derby Open Day
19 Jun 2026, 08:30
Derby
University of Derby Open Day
20 Jun 2026, 08:30
Derby

Historical entry grades data BETA

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Data from:
This course and 6 other design studies courses: Date range:
2022-2024

Offer rate for UK school & college leavers

98% Students aged 17/18 who applied to this course were offered a place.

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Student Outcomes

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75 Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)

90 Go onto work and study

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