Fashion, BA (Hons)

The Fashion BA (Hons) programme allows you to specialise in either Fashion Design or Fashion Communication, giving you the flexibility to develop your creative strengths while building a broad understanding of the global fashion industry. Throughout the course, you explore key areas including fashion design, branding, marketing, promotion, image creation, styling, and visual communication, while gaining the practical and entrepreneurial skills needed to build a successful career or establish your own fashion business.

Creativity sits at the centre of your learning experience. You are encouraged to develop your own design identity and creative voice while receiving guidance from experienced academics and industry professionals. The curriculum also addresses the evolving nature of fashion, exploring digital design technologies, sustainable practices, and innovative production methods that are shaping the future of the industry. Through internships, live industry projects, collaborative assignments, and professional placements, you gain valuable real-world experience and strengthen your portfolio with commercially relevant work.

Students benefit from access to industry-standard sewing studios, print rooms, digital design facilities, and technical workshops, enabling them to develop both traditional craftsmanship and advanced 2D and 3D digital fashion skills. As an Adobe Creative Campus, Apple-accredited university, and Wacom Experience School, Teesside University provides access to professional creative technologies that support innovation throughout your studies. The programme concludes with a graduate showcase and fashion show, where you present your final collection or creative portfolio to industry professionals, employers, and invited guests.

Supported by strong industry partnerships, students have opportunities to connect with leading fashion brands, participate in international collaborations, and gain valuable work experience through the university's extensive professional network. Membership of Creative UK further enhances your career prospects by providing access to networking events, industry workshops, mentoring opportunities, and professional development resources. Graduates leave with a distinctive creative portfolio, commercial awareness, and the practical skills required to succeed in fashion design, fashion communication, brand management, styling, entrepreneurship, and the wider creative industries.

Course Duration

The standard duration of this programme is 3 years, with flexible study options available depending on your chosen pathway:

• 3 years – Standard degree.
• 4 years – Degree with a work placement (sandwich year).
• 4 years – Degree with a foundation year.
• 5 years – Degree with both a foundation year and a work placement.

Placement Year Fee (2026/2027 Entry): Students undertaking a work placement year as part of their programme will be charged a placement year tuition fee of £1,350.

Teesside University offers a range of scholarships for eligible international students in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and leadership potential. These awards are designed to support high-performing applicants by reducing tuition fees during their studies.

The Global Excellence Scholarship provides a £2,000 tuition fee waiver for the first full academic year and is available to eligible students enrolling on foundation, undergraduate, and postgraduate programmes.

The University also offers a prestigious Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship, awarding a one-time £7,000 tuition fee waiver to exceptional international applicants who demonstrate outstanding academic ability, leadership qualities, and the potential to make a positive global impact. Please note that applications for the September 2026 intake are now closed.

All scholarship awards are applied directly as tuition fee waivers, helping to reduce the overall cost of studying at Teesside University.