About BA (hons) Fashion Management in Nottingham Trent University

Combine your interest in fashion with business management skills. This course focuses on the management of the entire fashion chain – from design development and product sourcing, to buying and merchandising, sales and marketing, and promotion to the consumer.

With links to an impressive network of international fashion and textile organisations, you’ll learn about all the processes and elements of the fashion industry needed to inform and shape your future career in fashion management.

Key features

• 94% of students from the sandwich degree would recommend studying at NTU. (National Student Survey 2020).
• Gain a sound understanding of fibres, yarns, fabrics, the garment manufacturing processes and the whole supply chain through to the consumer.
• Complete an optional year-long work placement, in the UK or abroad, gaining a certificate or diploma in professional practice.
• Work on live projects with brands such as John Lewis, Next, Wrangler and Tommy Hilfiger.
• Have guest lectures with professionals from brands such as Boohoo, River Island, Urban Outfitters and #brillthings.
• Opportunity to apply for a European or international exchange to places like the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Amsterdam Fashion Institute and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
• Go on optional study trips to places like the Louis Vuitton head office in New York, Première Vision in Paris and Pitti Filati in Florence.
• Showcase your work at our Degree Show in Nottingham, with the opportunity to take part in Graduate Fashion Week and the ASBCI National Dissertation and Innovation Awards.
• This course attracts students from around the world, offering you a dynamic experience reflective of the working environment.
• We are proud to be in the top ten in England and Wales for Art and Design (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020).

Careers and employability

Employability for this course is excellent, with 96% of students who took a year-long work placement going on to employment or further study within six months of graduating (DLHE survey 2016/17). Graduates from this course go into a range of fields, such as buying and merchandising, marketing and PR, e-commerce and supply chain management, global sourcing, product development, garment and fabric technology roles.

Recent graduate destinations and roles include:

• ASOS, buyer’s administrative assistant, merchandiser, garment technologist assistant
• Burberry, product developer
• Boots, category assistant, buying administrative assistant
• Cotton On, global fashion buyer
• Dr. Martens, category assistant
• Dunelm, commercial leadership graduate
• F&F Clothing, assistant merchandiser
• Hunters Boots Ltd, product development coordinator
• Cath Kidston, buyer’s administrative assistant
• Debenhams, trainee assistant buyer, assistant merchandiser
• Joules, buyer’s assistant
• Mulberry, digital marketing executive
• Marks & Spencer, buying graduate
• Primark, trainee technologist
• River Island, assistant buyer
• Style Council, fashion editor and community manager
• Superdry, sourcing coordinator
• Ted Baker, marketing executive
• Topshop, footwear technologist.

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

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.

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.