Fashion Branding & Communication BA (Hons)

If you opt to complete a professional practice year, this will take place in year three. You will undertake a placement within the creative industries to further develop your skills and CV.

While on the Professional Practice Year, you will be required to pay a reduced tuition fee for that year. This fee will be determined using government funding regulations. Based on current regulations, we expect this to be a maximum of 20% of the tuition fee rate that you are charged for your second year of study. You will also incur additional travel and accommodation costs during this year. The University will provide you with further advice and guidance about this as you approach your Professional Practice Year.

Your final year is the culmination of your studies. You'll undertake these core units:

• Concept Development
• Final Major Projects

And complete either your Dissertation or a combined Dissertation and Critical Reflection.

This course offers the opportunity to study abroad for part of your second year. To find out more about studying abroad as part of your course please see the Study Abroad section:

• Study abroad information

Tuition fees
The course fees per year for 2021 entry are:

• UK students - £9,250 
• EU students - £9,250 (see fee discount information)
• International students - £16,950 (standard fee)
• International students - £16,270 (full early payment fee)

If you opt to study the Professional Practice Year, you will be required to pay a reduced tuition fee for that year. This fee will be determined using government funding regulations. Based on current regulations, we expect this to be a maximum of 20% of the tuition fee rate that you are charged for your second year of study. You will also incur additional travel and accommodation costs during this year. The University will provide you with further advice and guidance about this as you approach your Professional Practice Year.

The course fees for 2022 entry will be available here shortly.

Additional course costs
In addition to the tuition fees please see the additional course costs for 2021 entry. The details for 2022 entry will be available here in due course.

Further information
Find out more about our course fees and any financial support you may be entitled to:

• UK course fees
• International & EU course fees
• General additional costs for students

These fees are correct for the stated academic year only. Costs may increase each year during a student’s period of continued registration on course in line with inflation (subject to any maximum regulated tuition fee limit). Any adjustment for continuing students will be at or below the RPI-X forecast rate.

This course is highly regarded in the fashion world, and we have forged many strong industry connections, including:

• Nike
• Swarovski
• CROWTHER/PLANT
• Good Ordering
• Lazy Oaf
• Patternity
• K-Swiss
• LSN Global
• BERTHOLD
• The Future Laboratory
• BBH
• WGSN
• A.P
• Paul Smith.

Visiting professionals

We host a number of visiting lecturers, including:

• Laura Vent – art director
• Susannah Jones - PR expert
• Nick Maroudias - photographer
• Cian McConn – artist
• Mark Wells – designer
• Louise Naunton Morgan – artist
• Mark Thomson – art director
• Chris Colville-Walker – art director
• Jason Hughes – fashion editor
• Anna Lomax - set designer
• Sophie Stephens - illustrator
• Willem Jaspert – photographer
• Carolina Daher – art director
• Jacqui Ma – trends researcher
• Ruth Marshall-Johnson – trends researcher
• Simone Konu – stylist
• Katja Mayer - photographer
• Ivana Bobic – director
• Greta Ilieva – photographer.

Our graduates have secured many rewarding career positions throughout the fashion industry, for example as:

• Fashion editor
• Showroom manager
• Art director
• PA to artistic director
• Press officer
• Set designer
• Artist
• Editorial assistant
• Trend researcher
• Producer
• Prop assistant
• Researcher
• Illustrator
• Filmmaker
• Film editor
• Graphic designer

Our graduates have progressed these roles at the following companies, to name but a few:

• ASOS
• Celine
• Paul Smith
• GQ Style
• Margaret Howell
• L’Oreal
• Benefit
• Asprey
• Aromatherapy Associates
• Farfetch
• Porter
• Oki-Ni
• Burberry
• Chanel
• Dazed & Confused
• Artistry
• A.P
• Alexander McQueen
• Fashion East
• Juergen Teller
• Katie Shillingford
• Benjamin Bruno
• Storm Models
• The British Fashion Council.

Your training on this course will prepare you for a wide range of postgraduate courses. We offer postgraduate opportunities in our Business School and we will help you find the correct course for you and support you in your application should further study be for you.

Find out more about UCA's Business School

The standard entry requirements* for this course are:

One of the following:

• 112 new UCAS tariff points, see accepted qualifications
• Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4)
• Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma / BTEC National Extended Diploma
• Merit at UAL Extended Diploma
• 112 new UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in appropriate subject
• 27-30 total points in the International Baccalaureate Diploma with at least 15 IB points at Higher level, see more information about IB entry requirements.

And four GCSE passes at grade A*-C and/or grade 4-9 including English (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2).

Other relevant and equivalent Level 3 UK and international qualifications are considered on an individual basis, and we encourage students from diverse educational backgrounds to apply.

*We occasionally make offers which are lower than the standard entry criteria, to students who have faced difficulties that have affected their performance and who were expected to achieve higher results. We consider the strength of our applicants’ portfolios, as well as their grades -  in these cases, a strong portfolio is especially important.

To view the equivalent entry requirements for your country please select it in the list below.

• Non-UK equivalent qualifications
• English language requirements

This course doesn’t require a portfolio. If you receive an offer, you’ll be invited to attend an Offer Holder Webinar where you can meet the course team and learn more about the course. We welcome students with a broad range of A-level subjects, as well as students with appropriate Art & Design Foundations or BTEC/UALAB diplomas which allow you to demonstrate your ability to research, evaluate and produce creative solutions.