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Fashion Design with Business

Course details
  • BA (Hons)
  • 4 Years
  • Full-time
  • 07/09/2026
  • Undergraduate
Course location
Main Site

Course summary

Through a dynamic combination of creative design and practical business, this inventive course develops innovative and entrepreneurial graduates ready to succeed in the fashion industry.

You'll be equipped with a deep understanding of the global fashion space, exploring marketing and business modules. You'll learn the sustainability of the fashion industry in depth, gaining insights into how to be a responsible leader in the sector. You'll build a wide range of technical and practical skills, including pattern cutting, garment construction and computer-aided fashion design software.

Much of the practical work is carried out in our Fashion Factory, our industry-standard Design and Cutting Studio. We have a purpose-built Design and Cutting Studio designed to replicate an industrial environment which provides a central hub for Fashion Design with Business students. This facilitates an authentic practitioner experience from the design process through to the production of garments.

This course has strong links with industry. We regularly invite guest speakers into the classroom to give you an up-to-date employer and industry perspective.

You'll have the opportunity to gain first-hand experience through 'live' case study challenges and field trips giving you an insight into the workings of some of the most successful fashion companies. This unique course will position you with the business and fashion skills that will allow you to enter a wide range of careers in the industry or even start your own business.

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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:
8U9N
Institution code:
G42
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 3

Open days

Entry requirements

Standard Qualification requirements

A level - BCC

including Art or Textiles

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

Plus GCSE Art & Design or Textiles at C/4

Scottish Higher - BBBBB

Including Higher Art and Design, Higher Fashion and Textile Technology, Higher Photography or Higher Graphic Communication

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 26 points

IB Diploma 26 points inducing HL Visual Art at 4

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

including Higher Level Art

Scottish HND - Pass

Level 3 Entry: SQA HND Fashion: Design and Production with Retail/HND Fashion Design and Manufacture/HND Fashion Communications or HND Costume for Stage and Screen with Graded Unit AB

Foundation Apprenticeship (SCQF Level 6) - Pass

Accepted as equivalent to one Higher at grade B as part of the overall grade profile of Highers required for entry. Any essential subjects at Higher should still be achieved in addition to the Foundation Apprenticeship.

T Level - D

T Level Digital Business Support Services or Management and Admin with Distinction plus GCSE Art & Design/Textiles at C/4

Minimum Qualification Requirements

Scottish Higher - BCCC

Including Art & Design

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6Academic IELTS (overall) 6.0 with 5.5 in each element

https://www.gcu.ac.uk/study/internationalstudents/howtoapply/englishlanguagerequirements/ https://www.gcu.ac.uk/study/internationalstudents/howtoapply/englishlanguagerequirements/

Historical entry grades data BETA

This section shows the range of grades students (with UK A-Levels or Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diplomas) who received offers were previously accepted with (learn more). It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place. Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Student Outcomes

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75 Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)

80 Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

LocationFeeYear
England£9790Year 1
Northern Ireland£9790Year 1
Wales£9790Year 1
Channel Islands£9790Year 1
Republic of Ireland£9790Year 1
Scotland£1820Year 1
EU£15700Year 1
International£15700Year 1

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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