Kickstart your career in fashion with an accelerated two-year undergraduate or one-year postgraduate degree at the Fashion Retail Academy.
Our courses are developed alongside our retail partners to make sure our graduates have the skills and knowledge they need for a successful career in fashion. As a Fashion Retail Academy student, you'll also benefit from unrivalled industry access, which may include up to 3 months of work placements, personal mentors and projects set by brands.
Studying on one of our accelerated undergraduate courses will save you time and money compared to a traditional degree format, without compromising on your education, while studying our masters degree will give you the edge in an increasingly competitive market.
THE FRA & FALMOUTH PARTNERSHIP
At the FRA, all our degrees have been exclusively developed in partnership with Falmouth University. Our team of dedicated academics and industry professionals teach the course entirely at the FRA in London. As well as being a student of the FRA, you’ll also benefit from having joint studentship with Falmouth University. This gives you access to Falmouth University’s extensive online library collection and resources. You’ll also become a member of the FXU Students’ Union!
Our Courses
Accelerated, two-year undergraduate degrees and traditional three-year degrees for school leavers aged 18+, and one-year postgraduate degrees for those wishing to deepen their expertise.
BA (Hons) Fashion Business
BA (Hons) Fashion Business will teach you the different ways of doing business within the fashion industry. You’ll learn about the financial, commercial and ethical factors that impact brands, combined with all skills you need to start and manage a successful business.
BA (Hons) Marketing & Communications for Fashion
BA (Hons) Marketing & Communications for Fashion will teach you the skills you need to design effective marketing campaigns. We’ll teach you to combine your creative and analytical expertise to identify new opportunities for brands to communicate with their audiences.
BA (Hons) Buying & Merchandising
Studying BA (Hons) Buying & Merchandising, you’ll discover how to plan and trade a fashion season from concept to customer; and how trends, consumer profiling and consumer behaviour inform your business decisions.
BA (Hons) Fashion Communications & Styling
By studying our BA (Hons) Fashion Communications & Styling degree course you will discover the different ways that visuals and communications impact a business and the effect they can have. You’ll be able to create effective communications strategies, as well as develop the technical and analytical skills you’ll need for industry.
BA (Hons) Sustainability in Fashion
Our Sustainability in Fashion undergraduate course explores the pressing sustainability issues facing the industry today and how businesses can overcome them. You’ll look at the social responsibility of the fashion industry and the role of the retail sector from an ethical perspective, and learn how to make the industry more sustainable and ethical while still making businesses profitable.
BA (Hons) User Experience Design for Retail
By choosing to study BA (Hons) User Experience Design for Retail, you’ll develop the essential technology and creative skills to create user experiences needed that are intuitive, engaging and cultivate brand loyalty. Learn the difference between User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) design and understand how both areas relate and work together to create vital user experiences. Develop your creative research skills and learn how to use essential UX/UI software.
BA (Hons) Art Direction for Fashion
Combine creative and technical skills to create captivating fashion imagery for brands through fashion photography, film, illustration and visual communications and media with our new undergraduate degree, BA (Hons) Art Direction for Fashion. This brand new course will teach you the skills required for an exciting and successful career in fashion art direction by developing your creativity and technical knowledge of digital image making techniques.
BSc (Hons) Data Analytics for Retail
By choosing to study BSc (Hons) Data Analytics for Retail, you’ll learn the essential data gathering, analysis and management skills needed to effectively interpret data and create innovative solutions to business problems. Learn to identify, understand, and solve problems facing brands, understand how to interpret trends and how to analyse your findings to highlight new opportunities for a business in any area of industry.
MA International Fashion Marketing & Communications
On our brand new postgraduate course, you'll refine your skills in marketing, communications and advertising, and specialise in global and international marketing and strategy. This course will allow you to explore creativity and theory in areas around fashion marketing practice and the global marketing industry, investigate creative ideas and develop practical solutions to complex industry-related challenges.
Getting to the Fashion retail academy
Our central London location means we have excellent transport links, and it's very easy to get to us even if you don't live in London.
I have learnt so much since starting at the Fashion Retail Academy. My skills, knowledge and confidence in all areas of fashion have advanced, and I have gained lifelong friendships along the way. The experiences and opportunities made available to me through connections to the industry have been so valuable to my career progression!
Silva
BA (Hons) Marketing & Communication for Fashion
The Fashion Retail Academy has helped me focus on the things I value. By identifying what I want from my career, I have started work with a business whose values align with my own!
Ezra
BA (Hons) Fashion Business
My time at the Fashion Retail Academy gave me a great deal of personal and professional growth. Resilience, subject knowledge and learning that I am more capable than I believed has helped me land my dream role!
Annabel
BA (Hons) Buying & Merchandising alumni and MAA at John Lewis
I have loved doing my degree at the Fashion Retail Academy; it’s been challenging and inspiring. The great work experience opportunities have helped me get a job in industry before I even graduate!
Izzy
BA (Hons) Buying & Merchandising
