Fashion Design, BA (Hons)

Course summary

Our BA (Hons) Fashion Design course has an established reputation, with exceptional national and international links within the fashion Industry, as well as a recognised global presence.NTU fashion graduates are renowned within the industry for their creative, innovative and directional design skills, as well as a strong underlying awareness of commerciality, sustainability and technologies.Key features

• Get involved with competitions and live projects with companies like Oasis, Boohoo, Mulberry, ASOS, River Island and Burberry.

• Benefit from guest lecturers such as Giles Deacon, Christopher Raeburn, and internationally renowned Japanese pattern cutting expert Shingo Sato.

• Go on optional international study trips to events like Paris Fashion Week.

• Opportunity to apply for a European or international exchange to one of our partner institutions, including the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and more.

• Exhibit your work in our Showcase in your final year., with the opportunity to be selected for Graduate Fashion Week, London.

Career prospects Career destinations have included a range of fashion-related roles across the world such as designers, product developers, garment technologists, creative pattern cutters, digital designers, buyers, merchandisers and fashion stylists. Recent graduate destinations include: ASOS, Abercrombie & Fitch, Burberry, Coach, Mulberry, Vivienne Westwood, Next and Tom Ford. Your space to create at NTU We’re committed to helping you explore, expand and refine your craft, as you discover new creative horizons with some truly great tools, equipment and workspaces. Visit our facilities hub at www.ntu.ac.uk/artfacilities to find out more.Our students’ work – ‘We Are Creatives’ Explore our online showcase ‘We Are Creatives’ - celebrating the work of the School of Art & Design students. You will find a sneak peak of some of our students’ work and gain a real insight into what it’s like to be part of the NTU creative community at wearecreativesntu.art

Modules

[Year One]

• Curiosity: Creative Exploration and Research (40 credit points, full year)

• Curiosity: Creative Development and Application for Fashion Design (80 credit points, full year)

[Year Two]

• Directions: Industry and Context for Fashion Design (40 credit points, first half of the year)

• Directions: Innovation and Transition for Fashion Design (40 credit points, second half of the year)

• Co Lab: Research, Exploration and Risk-Taking (20 credit points, second half of the year)

• Optional module (20 credit points, first half of the year). Choose one optional module from:

• Slow Making and Craftmanship

• 3D Materials and Exploration

• Millinery : Object and Narrative

• Trend Forecasting

• Human Stories and Inclusive Design

• Made to Last: Clothing Longevity for Circularity

• Music Video

• Web3 & Creative Autonomy

[Year three]

• Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*

We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

• If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.

[Final year]

• Resolutions: Culture and Context (20 / 40 credit points, the full year)

- Resolutions: Practice and Context for Fashion Design (100 / 80 credit points, the full year)

Assessment method

Assessment is predominantly through coursework. You will receive feedback throughout each module and will be awarded a grade. Depending on the module, you may be assessed through 2D visual research and design development work; 3D development work and final product; portfolio work; evaluations; reports; essays; and a dissertation.People excel in different ways, and we want everybody to have the best possible chance of success. On this course you will be assessed on a range of individual and group presentations, and your final year project.Year 1 coursework (100%)Year 2 coursework (90%), practical exams (10%)Year 3 course work (100%)Your work in Year Two accounts for 20% of your final degree mark, and your work in your final year accounts for the other 80%

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[Year One]

• Curiosity: Creative Exploration and Research (40 credit points, full year)

• Curiosity: Creative Development and Application for Fashion Design (80 credit points, full year)

[Year Two]

• Directions: Industry and Context for Fashion Design (40 credit points, first half of the year)

• Directions: Innovation and Transition for Fashion Design (40 credit points, second half of the year)

• Co Lab: Research, Exploration and Risk-Taking (20 credit points, second half of the year)

• Optional module (20 credit points, first half of the year). Choose one optional module from:

• Slow Making and Craftmanship

• 3D Materials and Exploration

• Millinery : Object and Narrative

• Trend Forecasting

• Human Stories and Inclusive Design

• Made to Last: Clothing Longevity for Circularity

• Music Video

• Web3 & Creative Autonomy

[Year three]

• Optional Placement Year (Sandwich)*

We have an option for all of our students to undertake a placement year (Sandwich) and allow you to decide whether this is right for you once you have completed years 1 and 2 of your course. This time spent working in industry provides our students with crucial work experience, which is highly prized and much sought after by employers upon graduation. If you are successful in securing a placement you will have the chance to gain an additional Certificate or Diploma in Professional Practice, dependent on duration.

• If you choose to take the sandwich route option, you will still need to apply for this course with the full-time UCAS code.

[Final year]

• Resolutions: Culture and Context (20 / 40 credit points, the full year)

- Resolutions: Practice and Context for Fashion Design (100 / 80 credit points, the full year)