About BA (hons) Fashion Marketing And Branding in Nottingham Trent University
This course focuses on marketing and brand strategy in the fashion and lifestyle industry. Explore how brands become distinctive and desirable, discovering how they identify their unique selling points to position themselves in the market. You’ll then look at how brands communicate with consumers through innovative ideas, strategic delivery and visual communication.
You’ll gain a solid grounding in marketing and branding theory, and you’ll have the opportunity to put this into practice. Learn to use software such as Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, so you can develop your creative ideas to communicate with and influence consumers.
This course is ideal if you want a career in the global fashion industry, working in a business position rather than a design role.You’ll need to be a strategic thinker, but also be able to demonstrate a creative flair.
You don’t need to have a background in art, design or fashion, or have a creative portfolio to apply for this course.
Key features
- This course has an excellent employability rate, with 94% of students going on to employment or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE survey 2016/17).
- Learn how to create effective marketing strategies as well as communicate those strategies to consumers.
- Work on live projects with brands such as Asics, Ben Sherman, Gym Shark, Sunspel, Boots No7 and Lacoste.
- Complete an optional nine-week work experience placement in Year Two, often leading to offers of employment.
- Attend guest lectures from industry experts.
- Learn skills in software like Adobe InDesign and Photoshop.
- Enter high-profile competitions with major brands, professional bodies and industry leaders.
- Go on optional study trips to international fashion capitals such as New York, Milan, Paris, and Tokyo.
- Visit brand headquarters, exhibitions and trade fairs in the UK and Europe to learn about industry practice.
- Opportunity to apply for a European or international exchange to one of our partner institutions, such as the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
- Choose your final year project and tailor it to your own career aspirations.
- Showcase your work at our Degree Show, Nottingham, with the chance to be selected for exhibiting at Graduate Fashion Week, London.
- We are proud to be in the top ten in England and Wales for Art and Design (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020).
Entry requirements
Higher Secondary Certificate (XIIth)
Grade average of 65% made from four relevant subjects (native language excluded)
English language requirements
IELTS : 6.5
- With a minimum of 5.5 in each component
PTE : 62
- With no less than 51 in any component
Nottingham Trent University Highlights
University Type |
Public University |
Campus Setting |
Urban |
Establishment Year |
1843 |
Graduate Job Rate |
97% |
Endowment |
£7.4 million |
Applications Accepted |
Online |
Work-Study |
Available |
Intake Month |
January (UG); Rolling for PG |
Mode of Program |
Full time and online |
Nottingham Trent University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses
The cost of attendance is governed by factors like the tuition fee and the cost of living.
UG tuition fee |
£13,900 |
PG taught tuition fee |
£13,500- £14,500 |
Management tuition fee |
15,500-£17,500 |
M.Phil./PhD tuition fee |
£13,900 |
Living cost |
£10,200 |
Nottingham Trent University Admission Procedure
- Application: The UG applications are accepted through ‘Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)’ and PG applications through the ‘NTU applicant portal’.
- Application fee: One needs to pay £13 for 1 UG course and £24 for multiple UG courses.
- Application deadlines: For UG students the last date to apply is June 30, 2019. The PG programs don’t have any official deadline, however, it is better to apply one month prior to course start date.
- General requirements: Completed application form, academic transcripts, and English proficiency tests.
- Additional requirements: Birth certificate, passport copy, LOR.
English Proficiency Test: Majority of the courses require IELTS score ranging between 6.0 and 6.0 for entry. However, other equivalent English test scores are also acceptable.
English Test |
Scores equivalent to IELTS 6.0 |
Scores equivalent to IELTS 6.5 |
TOEFL iBT |
76 |
83 |
PTE (Academic) |
54 |
62 |
CPE/CAE |
C1; scores more than 169 |
C1; scores more than 172 |
Trinity College ISE |
- |
Level 3 & 4 |