About this course
Our BA (Hons) International Fashion Business course offers a transformative learning experience for aspiring global fashion professionals. Designed as a one-year top-up programme, this course builds on your prior knowledge and experience, equipping you with the skills and industry insights needed to thrive in the ever-evolving global fashion industry. With a strong emphasis on sustainability and innovation, this course fosters a global outlook, encouraging students to push boundaries and shape the future of fashion.
You'll benefit from a highly personalised learning experience tailored to your unique aspirations, supported by expert staff and a diverse, international cohort. Collaborate with peers from across the globe, engage in live industry projects, and prepare to stand out in roles such as buying, merchandising, branding, and digital marketing.
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Tailored Learning: Customise your degree to align with your career aspirations, supported by a highly personalised student experience. -
Global Network: Connect with a diverse international cohort, building relationships that enrich learning and foster global opportunities. -
Industry Expertise: Learn from expert teaching staff with extensive industry experience and valuable professional contacts. -
Sustainability and Innovation: Develop a global outlook, challenging conventions and shaping the future of fashion through sustainable and innovative practices.
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What you’ll study
Throughout the course, you'll explore the key areas shaping the global fashion industry, including sustainability, innovation, and consumer engagement. You'll learn about ethical business practices, how to analyse trends, and the future of fashion, developing your ability to create fresh, creative solutions. This course also focuses on product management and marketing, teaching you how brands design, develop, and promote their ranges to connect with customers. With hands-on opportunities like live projects and competitions with a diverse range of fashion brands, you'll gain practical experience and insights to help you succeed in your future career.
Global Fashion Responsibility
(20 Credit Points)
On this module, you'll critically examine the concept of global fashion responsibility, addressing the urgent need to rethink traditional fashion business models in response to environmental and social challenges. You will explore topics such as supply chain management, responsible sourcing, and sustainable production practices, gaining a comprehensive understanding of how these elements contribute to a more transparent and accountable industry.
Through research and practical application, you’ll investigate self-regulating business strategies that promote sustainable growth, including the principles of circular product economies and strategies for minimising waste and environmental impact. You'll also study the role of transparency, traceability, and accountability in fostering trust with consumers and stakeholders.
By integrating these principles into real-world scenarios, this module provides the tools and insights needed to transform the fashion industry, empowering you to champion ethical practices and innovate for a more sustainable and equitable future.
The Future of Fashion
(60 Credit Points)
Explore the future of the fashion industry by analysing global macro and micro trends, consumer behaviours, and the impacts of economic, technological, and environmental changes. Develop a deep understanding of these shifts to identify a specialisation for your personalised project, where you'll craft innovative and creative solutions to real-world industry challenges.
Reflect on your research and findings to refine your professional growth and aspirations, paving the way for your career in the fashion world. In the second half of the year, focus your insights into a personalised project, showcasing your ability to merge strategic thinking with creativity to shape the future of fashion.
Fashion Product Management & Marketing
(40 Credit Points)
Gain a comprehensive understanding of how the fashion industry operates, from identifying target consumers and analysing market levels to navigating the complexities of the retail landscape. Delve into the process of developing and creating product ranges, exploring how brands design, and bring products to market.
Examine the strategies brands use to engage with their audiences, leveraging innovative and effective marketing techniques to build strong consumer connections. Through practical insights and case studies, you'll develop the knowledge and skills needed to understand the entire lifecycle of fashion products and the dynamics of consumer-brand relationships within the global market.
We regularly review and update our course content based on student and employer feedback, ensuring that all of our courses remain current and relevant. This may result in changes to module content or module availability in future years.
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How you're taught
Teaching and learning experiences will include:
- lectures
- seminars
- tutorials
- workshops
- personal development plan
- visits to industry head offices and retail stores
- creative IT skills workshops
- fashion trade exhibitions.
Optional trips and study visits
There may also be an opportunity to take part in optional field trip to a European destination that will be tailored to suit your course.
Showcase
You will be given the opportunity to exhibit your work during your time at NTU to members of the creative industries. Visit our ‘We Are Creatives’ showcase to take a look at the work of this year's graduating students’.
How you're assessed
Depending on the module, you may be assessed through:
- Reports
- Presentations
- Written assignments
- Visually led projects
- Creative outputs
- Portfolio
- Essays
The majority of assessments are for you to complete on your own. There are two group projects where you will receive ongoing feedback to help you identify ways of improvement. Assessment tasks are designed to challenge you over the year to increasingly demonstrate your own creativity, reflect your own interests, and include independent research.
Careers and employability
Graduate roles include buying, merchandising, digital marketing, design, visual merchandising and account management. You may also wish to pursue further education or self-employment.
Recent graduate roles and destinations include:
- Next, trainee buyer
- Adidas, visual merchandiser, Amsterdam
- Calvin Klein, brand coordinator, Hong Kong
- Eland Fashion, assistant buyer, Hong Kong
- YM INC, ecommerce coordinator, Canada.
YouFirst – working with our Employability team
Studying a creative degree in a large university has many benefits, none more so than having access to a large employability team.
Our friendly, experienced careers consultants will work closely with you at every stage of your career planning, providing personal support and advice you won't find in a book or on the internet. You can benefit from this at any time during your studies, and for up to three years after completing your course.
Connecting with industry
This course has developed strong collaborations with industry partners at local, national and international levels. Recent visitors have included:
- Carol Rose, an expert in sustainable fashion life cycle solutions
- Matthew Dixon, director of Hudson Walker International
- Food Futurologist Dr Morgaine Gaye
- Andrew and Iain Foxall from Foxall Studio
- Marketing Consultancy BDA London
- representatives from Wedgewood, Next, and Whistles
- visiting alumni who come to share their industry experience.
You’ll have the opportunity to work on live projects and competitions with brands and organisations within the fashion and related industries. This has recently included a fashion buying and range planning competition with Next, leading to a graduate intern position.
Creative Industries Federation
We are members of the Creative Industries Federation (CIF), which means students in the Nottingham School of Art & Design have the opportunity to sign up to free student membership. Creative Industries Federation are an organisation that represents, champions and supports the UK’s creative industries and membership grants students exclusive access to their selection of resources and events to help advance your career and connect with industry.
What our students are doing now
The NTU alum with a passion for sustainable fashion
Meet the NTU International Fashion and Business alum on a mission to change the way we consume fashion and reduce its impact on the environment.
Fashion students attend design brief workshop with iconic Nottingham designer
NTU alumnae becomes first UK winner of Cannes Young PR Lions competition
Campus and facilities
You will be based in the Barnes Wallis building at the heart of the City Campus, with its modern teaching rooms, collaborative working spaces and Mac suite. View our Nottingham School of Art & Design Facilities Hub here.
These facilities are dedicated to students studying:
- BA (Hons) Fashion Communication and Promotion
- BA (Hons) Fashion Management
- BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Branding
- BA (Hons) International Fashion Business (1 year top up).
Our Masters students are also based in Barnes Wallis, providing opportunities for mentoring our undergraduate students.
Entry requirements
UK students
- completion of Year Two of a Fashion or Textiles-related degree course; or
- completion of a HND course in Fashion or Textiles; or
- completion of a Foundation degree in a related Fashion or Textiles discipline.
- a personal statement along with a sample of creative and written academic work.
To find out what qualifications have tariff points, please use our tariff calculator.
Additional requirements for UK students
Contextual offers
If you don’t quite meet our entry requirements, we might be able to make you a lower offer based on a range of factors, including your background (such as where you live and the school or college you attended), your experiences and your individual circumstances (you may have been in care, for example). This is called a contextual offer, and we get data from UCAS to help make these decisions. We do this because we believe everyone with the potential to succeed at NTU should have the opportunity to do so, no matter what barriers you may face.
Other qualifications and experience
NTU welcomes applications from students with non-standard qualifications and learning backgrounds, either for year one entry or for advanced standing beyond the start of a course into year 2 or beyond.
We consider study and/or credit achieved from a similar course at another institution (otherwise known as credit transfer), vocational and professional qualifications, and broader work or life experience.
Our Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer Policy outlines the process and options available for this route. If you wish to apply via Recognition of Prior Learning, please contact the central Admissions and Enquiries Team who will be able to support you through the process.
Getting in touch
If you need more help or information, get in touch through our enquiry form.
International students
We accept equivalent qualifications from all over the world. Please check your international entry requirements by country.
English language requirements: See our English language requirements page for requirements for your subject and information on alternative tests and Pre-sessional English.
Additional requirements for international students
English language requirements
View our English language requirements for all courses, including alternative English language tests and country qualifications accepted by the University.
If you need help achieving the language requirements, we offer a Pre-Sessional English for Academic Purposes course on our City campus which is an intensive preparation course for academic study at NTU.
Other qualifications and experience
If you have the right level of qualifications, you may be able to start your Bachelors degree at NTU in year 2 or year 3. This is called ‘advanced standing’ entry and is decided on a case-by case basis after our assessment of your qualifications and experience.
You can view our Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer Policy which outlines the process and options available, such as recognising experiential learning and credit transfer.
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Getting in touch
If you need advice about studying at NTU as an international student or how to apply, our international webpages are a great place to start. If you have any questions about your study options, your international qualifications, experience, grades or other results, please get in touch through our enquiry form. Our international teams are highly experienced in answering queries from students all over the world.
Policies
We strive to make our admissions procedures as fair and clear as possible. To find out more about how we make offers, visit our admissions policies page.
