Fashion Business (Accelerated Degree)

Fashion Retail Academy
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 2 Years Business and management studiesEvents managementArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

A-Level Entry

See entry requirements

UCAS Points

104 - 120 points

About this course

The business of fashion is complex, and with our BA (Hons) Fashion Business degree you’ll learn the essential skills needed for a successful career in fashion retail. You’ll develop a comprehensive understanding of the fashion retail business landscape, learn how different departments collaborate to achieve business goals, and explore the commercial, ethical and financial factors that affect brands.

Through lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops and projects, you’ll develop the essential management, leadership, analytical and communication skills required to succeed in the fashion industry.

You will:

  • Learn the leadership qualities and entrepreneurial skills needed to start your own fashion business

  • Be assigned a personal industry mentor to work with throughout the course

  • Develop the technical, research, creative and analytical skills needed for a business-focused role in the fashion retail industry

  • Examine the rise of technology, sustainability and corporate social responsibility and how these affect the industry at all levels

  • Learn about the diversity and complexity of the international fashion business and how to use data analytics in decision-making

  • Understand how sustainability, corporate responsibility and technology affect the industry at a strategic and operational level

  • Work on live projects set by our brand partners and complete work placements with our industry partners

  • Complete a self-directed Personal Professional Project that allows you to demonstrate your skills and knowledge, and contextualise these in alignment with your career goals

    Industry Enrichment

    We work with over 140 brands at the FRA. Our courses include practical, industry-focused content taught by some of fashion’s biggest names to give you valuable skills and work experience.

    Industry enrichment opportunities include:

    Industry mentorship scheme: Work with your own dedicated industry mentor throughout your course. You’ll meet a minimum of once a term, and they’ll be there to support and guide you.

    Work placements: You’ll have a work placement with one of our brand partners each year. In the first year of your undergraduate degree, you’ll complete a three-week work placement. In your second year, your work placement will be either 3 weeks full time or two days a week over 3 months.

    Talks, masterclasses and live industry projects: Attend talks and masterclasses led by some of the top names in fashion and retail, and complete projects set by industry partners who will give you feedback and advice.

    • Entry Requirements

    A-Level Grades See entry requirements
    UCAS Tariff Points 104 - 120 points

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2431 Management consultants and business analysts
    1132 Marketing, sales and advertising directors
    1150 Managers and directors in retail and wholesale
    1139 Functional managers and directors
    2435 Professional/Chartered company secretaries
    2432 Marketing and commercial managers

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    Course Details

    Qualification
    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    2 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    London
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Business and management studies, Events management, Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design

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    Fashion Retail Academy

    London

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