BA (Hons) Fashion Design
Leeds Arts University
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Blenheim Walk

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Blenheim Walk

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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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 creatives. Together, you will explore and learn this multifaceted design discipline, its historical and contemporary context alongside broader factors that influence fashion design, ...Read more

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 creatives. Together, you will explore and learn this multifaceted design discipline, its historical and contemporary context 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 industry speakers, live projects and external 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 Councils ‘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 within our Mac suites from CAD 2D design software and Clo 3D design our staff support you to realise your designs. Our dedicated teaching team encourages practice-based skills from developing initial research into sketches, ideas and designs 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.

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CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
54th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
111th
Design Studies
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 89 = 11% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
11%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
88%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Design Studies graduate salary at this uni
£18,000
UK Design Studies graduate salary
£18,000
What students say
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Nita
18 Jun 24

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Ruby
21 Feb 24

Everyone is so friendly and there is so much student support. I went to them with a problem and they immediately sorted me long term help within the hour! The facilities are..Read more

Popular A-level subjects

Design Studies

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Art & Design
66%
English Literature
23%
Photography
19%
Fashion & Textiles
18%
Graphic Communication
18%
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£9,535 per year

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£18,000 per year

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£18,000 per year

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Nita
18 Jun 24
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Ruby
21 Feb 24
Everyone is so friendly and there is so much student support. I went to them with a problem and they immediately sorted me long term help within the hour! The facilities are...
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Leeds Arts University
Leeds Arts University , Leeds

With a history dating as far back as 1846, Leeds Arts University has been cultivating the next generation of creativity in students...

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CUG ranking
111th
Leeds Arts University
Woodhouse Lane Leeds West Yorkshire LS2 9AQ United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Leeds  0.6 miles away
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