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Fashion Design, BA (Hons), Leeds Arts University

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Leeds Arts University

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BA (Hons)Full-time3 yearsSeptemberGBP 9535 per yearGBP 18000 per year
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About Fashion Design, BA (Hons) - at Leeds Arts University

Discover your own design aesthetic and create a fashion collection and portfolio that showcases your individual energy and talents. This practice-based degree course embraces the diversity of fashion design in the 21st century.

Join a community of passionate students, all focussed on becoming informed fashion-design thinkers. You will explore the context of historical and contemporary fashion alongside broader factors that influence fashion design, including global fashion narratives, gender, sustainable practice, and ethics.

As a result of our connections with the fashion industry, you will benefit from inspirational visiting speakers, live projects and industry visits. Access to these exclusive activities demonstrates the esteem in which this course is held and our ability to produce ‘industry-ready’ graduates.

These established relationships enhance your portfolio and increase your awareness of the expectations of potential employers. Working with partners such as the British Fashion Council’s ‘Colleges Council’ and Graduate Fashion Week we offer opportunities to enter competitions, attend insightful seminars and presentations, and showcase your work on a variety of external industry platforms.

Using the latest technologies, from Mac suites to CAD and Adobe software, our staff support you to realise your designs. Our dedicated teaching team encourages practice-based skills from developing initial sketches and ideas into patterns then being realised into garments using industry standard equipment in our studios. We help you cultivate the attitude and skills needed to succeed as a professional fashion practitioner.

Our established relationships with the fashion industry offer you the opportunity to enhance your portfolio and increase your awareness of the professional attitudes expected by potential employers. Working with partners we offer opportunities to enter high profile competitions, attend seminars/presentations and showcase your work on a variety of platforms. In the past our students have benefited from opportunities such as the British Fashion Council’s ‘Colleges Council’ and Graduate Fashion Week.

Entry requirements

At enrolment, you should normally have achieved one of the following:

  • A-levels: 104-120 UCAS points including an art/design-related subject

  • European Baccalaureate: 70%

  • International Baccalaureate Diploma: Successful completion of the IB Diploma Programme with a minimum of 26 points or the equivalent of 104-120 UCAS tariff points, including an art/design-related subject

  • BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM

  • BTEC Diploma: DD

  • UAL Extended Diploma: Merit

  • UAL Foundation Diploma: Distinction

  • An international qualification equivalent to the above – please check how your qualifications match our entry requirements. Please visit our website for more information.

We will consider students who do not have art/design as part of their main study but have a portfolio that demonstrates their potential to succeed.

You will also need:

  • Evidence of your English Language ability equivalent to IELTS 5.5 with no component less than 5.5. Please see the English Language Requirements section below for details of accepted qualifications

  • A short portfolio (examples of work)

  • One reference to support your application from an academic teacher, tutor or counsellor

Examples of work

As part of the application process you are required to submit examples of work. The files should be no larger than 30MB in total. Guidance on what to include in your examples of work can be found on our website at www.leeds-art.ac.uk/ug-entry-requirements.

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