Kickstart your career in fashion with an undergraduate degree at the Fashion Retail Academy.
Here at the home of fashion's next generation, 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 enrichment including up to 3 months of work placements*, personal mentors* and projects set by brands.
Studying on one of our 2-year accelerated courses will save you time and money compared to a traditional degree format, without compromising on your education.
Our Courses
Browse our undergraduate degrees for school leavers aged 18+:
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 & Communication 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 Communication & 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) 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.
ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES
We work with over 250 brands at the Fashion Retail Academy. Each of our degree courses includes practical, industry-focused content, such as masterclasses, live projects and talks, taught by some of fashion’s biggest names to give you valuable skills and work experience.
On our HE programmes, you'll have the chance to work with an industry mentor* and complete work placements* with our brand partners each year. You'll also complete unique assessment centre bootcamps designed to give you experience of industry interviews and assessment days.
*Eligibility criteria for HE Work Placements and HE Mentorship Programme:
- Over 75% attendance (discounting authorised absence and sickness)
- Submission of a completed Student Profile form for each programme.
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
