Fashion Business Management with Professional Experience

Our Fashion Business Management with Professional Experience BA is designed to create future leaders in the fashion, business and retail industries. In our course, you will explore the roles and interrelationships between buying, merchandising, supply chain and marketing.

Using a combination of academic theory, creative skills, industry knowledge and direct business experience, our course is designed to develop your interpersonal, creative, commercial and technical skills while giving you an authentic grounding in strategic business management. We aim to provide the expertise and knowledge to help you progress quickly upon graduation to employment in the retail and fashion industries, gaining a breadth of cross-disciplinary skills.

Our four-year course includes a full-year industry placement and the opportunity to study abroad for one semester. You'll have the option to choose to develop your global business and cultural awareness by combining your year of placement with an international exchange programme, with one of our academic partners in America, Australia, Canada or Hong Kong.

The focus of our course is to reflect the nature of the diverse fashion and retail industries using inclusive teaching methods and a globally relevant curriculum.

We put a strong emphasis on real-world experience, and you'll benefit from an extensive and high-calibre programme of guest speakers, industry-driven projects and a tutor team with considerable industry experience. You'll also benefit from all of the resources that London has to offer, including retailers, suppliers and museums, as well as key shows, lectures and events, which you'll be encouraged to attend.