Our Fashion Design BA has an exceptional reputation for being aligned with the international fashion industry and enabling you to have outstanding opportunities to engage with the industry throughout your course.
We specialise in helping you to become a highly original and individual creative designer, capable of working at the highest levels of the international fashion industry. We were the first undergraduate course to show at London Fashion Week, and able to show in February 2020, prior to the national lockdown. In 2021, when unable to have a live show, we collaborated with SHOWstudio to present graduate work using fashion film and a documentary, before returning to a live catwalk show in 2022 to close London Fashion Week.
In 2023, we opened London Fashion Week with our catwalk show. The 2024 catwalk show attracted a capacity crowd and generated a large amount of global press and social media reach.
Throughout our course, the emphasis is on the development of your personal design philosophy with an understanding of the changing context of fashion due to climate and societal changes. We are committed to sustainability and diversity and place this at the core of our teaching. The course offers a comprehensive design education for dedicated and ambitious individuals looking for a specialist career in the international fashion industry. You'll also gain the transferable and cognitive skills necessary for lifelong personal and professional development alongside up-to-date digital skills for fashion design.
Our students gain an enormous amount of specific and transferable knowledge from working within the fashion industry, whether these are in the context of ‘live’ design projects at university or out on extended periods of work placement.
Internships on both the three-year and with Professional Experience course take place with leading international fashion companies and have previously included Acne, Adidas, Alexander McQueen, Anya Hindmarch, Balenciaga, Balmain, Burberry, Celine, Charles Jeffrey Loverboy, Dior, Dunhill, Ferragamo, Fred Perry, Gucci, Gym shark, H&M, J.W. Anderson, Jacquemus, Kenzo, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Maison Margiela, Marc Jacobs, Martine Rose, MaxMara, Norse Projects, Paul Smith, Phoebe Philo, Preen, Pull & Bear, Rapha, Rick Owens, Thom Browne, Tiger, Tom Ford, Versace, Vivienne Westwood, Wales Bonner, Walter Van Beirendonck, Wood Wood and Zara.
Opportunities to engage with the international fashion industry through set live briefs with companies have previously included FENTY, The Gap, CLOSED denim, Epson, Topshop, H&M, ISKO Denim, Max Mara, Abercrombie and ASOS.
Course graduates include London Fashion Week designers Steven Stokey Daley (2022 LVMH Prize winner), Paolo Carzana (2024 LVMH Prize Shortlist), Roberta Einer, Ashley Williams, as well as Stuart Vevers, Creative Director of Coach, Christopher Bailey and Katie Hillier.
Our previous Fashion Design BA graduates have gained employment at companies including Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Burberry, Dunhill, Ferragamo, H&M, Loewe, Louis Vuitton, Maison Margiela, Paul Smith, Phoebe Philo, Vivienne Westwood and Zara.
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.
This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.
University of Westminster, London has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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The following entry points are available for this course:
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Course optionsA levels – we do not accept A Levels (without and additional Art & Design Foundation year) or country specific equivalent awards such Abitur, French Baccalaureat, Scottish and Irish Highers or High School Diplomas.
Recommended qualification: Level 3 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design portfolio review or First year of a university degree in an art and design subject
In addition to one of the above, you should have:
GCSE English Language grade 4/C – IB grade 4 Higher level, GCSE Maths pass – IB pass
If your first language is not English, you will need an IELTS of 6.0 overall with 6.0 writing and speaking.
Selected applicants will be invited to present a portfolio of their work. We do not consider applications for year 2 or above. We do not offer deferred entry.
Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.
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| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | 6.0 overall with a minimum of 6.0 writing and speaking |
University of Westminster English Language Requirementshttps://www.westminster.ac.uk/international/full-degree-study/english-language-requirements
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Phone:0800 027 9777
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