Turn heads and change minds as you steer the industry toward a more sustainable future.
With a pressing need to reduce its environmental impact, the fashion industry is calling for designers who place sustainability and circularity at the forefront. This is your chance to help shape fashion’s future. You’ll explore the environmental, ethical and moral contexts of fashion design as you tackle real- world challenges, learning how to embed responsible practice throughout the process of garment concept and creation – from pattern cutting and construction to curating fashionable, functional and highly original collections that don’t cost the earth.
You will:
Learn design skills needed to make positive change at the forefront of the creative industries
Explore the environmental, ethical and moral challenges of our time in relation to the fashion design sector
Have access to resources ranging from specialist industrial sewing and knit machines and ultrasonic welding equipment to screen printing and a natural dye garden
Discover the sustainable ways of working in both traditional and digital pattern cutting – including CLO3D
Collaborate with likeminded students, expert staff and industry specialists to unlock new ideas, opportunities and networks
Tackle live briefs from leading brands with a focus on global sustainability
Investigate brands and business models to develop professional practice skills
Have the opportunity to explore all realms of fashion design, including streetwear, sportswear and functional clothing concepts
Graduate as a confident, innovative and responsible fashion designer, with a career-launching portfolio, look book and final collection
Throughout this Fashion Design degree, you’ll learn to create original and inspiring fashion proposals underpinned by a specialist knowledge of sustainable fashion practices. While developing an understanding of your responsibility as a fashion designer, you’ll gain advanced skills in research, analysis, translation, drawing, pattern cutting and construction. Working with professional facilities, you’ll also be encouraged to take risks as you experiment with new and emerging technologies and processes.
Year one
Through design and practical projects, you’ll build an awareness of the fashion industry’s social and environmental impact and seek innovative and sustainable solutions. Through tutorials and workshops, you’ll develop core skills in research, design development, drawing, pattern cutting and construction – utilising professionally equipped studios to create original works.
Modules
Cut and Construct
Redesign 2D 3D
Histories
Colour and shape
Year two
The second year focuses on industry knowledge, responding to global challenges and exploring how digital and traditional fashion practices can invoke positive change. By investigating brands and sustainable business models, you’ll continue to build on your creative design skills and start to align with sustainable practices.
Modules
Industry Practice
Core skills: Digital
Core skills: Stretch
Collaboration
Innovation
Theories
Year three
In the final year of your Fashion Design degree, you'll develop a graduate collection by intensively researching, developing and exploring 2D and 3D concepts. Your collection will be underpinned by a consideration of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and supported by a dissertation.
With sights set firmly on launching your career, you’ll also produce a professional portfolio and lookbook and have the opportunity to participate in live competition briefs set by professional fashion organisations, such as the British Fashion Council and the Graduate Fashion Foundation.
Modules
Pre-Collection
Investigations
Collection
Professional Strategies
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100% of your assessment will be coursework.
Assessment methods
Studio-based projects, including portfolio and garments, and written assignments
Final year dissertation, collections & portfolio
This course is available in Clearing. If you have submitted an application, you can add this course. If you haven’t sent us an application yet, you can do this until 24th September 2026.
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If English is not your first language, you will need to demonstrate English language skills that are sufficiently developed for successful completion of your studies. We accept a range of recognised English language qualifications that are equivalent to the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic minimum score of 6.0 overall, with a minimum of 5.5 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening. Through the award of international scholarships, we aim to support academic enrichment by encouraging diversity and excellence at Falmouth. For details of our international scholarships, and how to apply for them, please visit our website at www.falmouth.ac.uk
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