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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Fashion Communication
Arts University Bournemouth
Entry requirements
Here's what you will need to get a place on the Fashion Communication course at Arts University Bournemouth.
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A level
B,B,B
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Tuition fees
| Location | Fees |
|---|---|
| England | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| Scotland | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| Wales | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| Northern Ireland | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| Channel Islands | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| Republic of Ireland | £9,250 per year (provisional) |
| EU | £19,950 per year |
| International | £19,950 per year |
Course summary
What this course is about
UCAS code: W111
Here's what Arts University Bournemouth says about its Fashion Communication course.
Behind every great fashion house is a team of top communicators. Marketing, PR, styling and trend prediction fuels the £26 billion British fashion industry. Our BA (Hons) Fashion Communication course will help you become a part of it. On this course, you’ll gain practical skills and explore the thinking behind fashion communication. You’ll create photography and film, and develop visual identities using the latest creative software. We’ll also teach you the theory behind everything from building campaigns for brands to freelancing. The course focuses on contemporary and future-thinking media practice, digital technology, and developing conceptual strategies when answering a brief. We’ll encourage you to develop your own personal brand identity within your work, encouraging a ‘self as brand’ philosophy, whilst at the same time speaking directly to the fast-paced, diverse world of branding and communication for fashion and related industries.
What you will learn BA (Hons) Fashion Communication recognises the uniqueness of the individual whilst embedding the collaborative aspects of academic engagement and creative risk taking in the fashion branding and communication arena. Through the journey of the course you will experience challenges and new possibilities whilst seeking innovative solutions to concept origination, application and final outcomes. A guiding principle of the course is for you to initially develop key skillsets which will underpin and inform your professional growth and develop your sense of place in the industry. You will be studying in an environment that will prepare you to manage the diverse requirements of the fashion branding and communication sector. Following this, you will be encouraged to make conscientious choices that question existing practices whilst embracing the importance of being informed, empowered and creatively diverse.
The course will deliver a challenging curriculum that embeds theory with practice and is rooted in professional contexts. It challenges you and should exceed your educational expectations whilst clarifying your industry relevance when progressing to alumni. The BA (Hons) Fashion Communication course will encourage academic and creative diversity through the energetic delivery of content that has global and sustainable currency. You will have the ability to assess, question, analyse, conceptualise, translate and deliver enabling you to meet a breadth of challenges and opportunities offered by the global creative industries.
By the end of the course you will be able to...
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Relate specialist knowledge and skills developed within fashion branding and communication to contemporary practice and to emerging trends at the forefront of the global industry.
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Adapt to and engage with a breadth of challenges that exist in a fast moving, professional environment aligned with new fashion platforms of communication and omni channel engagement across fashion branding and communication supported by research and creativity.
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Demonstrate an ability to contribute to and collaborate with companies and brands at both commercial and diverse levels of the branding and communication sector.
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Demonstrate an awareness of creative branding and communication practice and application.
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Build on networks of professional contacts to open up new opportunities for engagement in professional projects.
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Apply transferable skills, exercising initiative and personal responsibility.
Assessment method Coursework and Practical work
Course details
Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Department
Art, Design and Architecture
Location
Main Site - Arts University Bournemouth | Poole
Duration
3 Years
Study mode
Full-time
Subjects
• Fashion design
Start date
September 29, 2025
Application deadline
January 29, 2025
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National Student Survey (NSS) scores
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from Arts University Bournemouth students who took the Fashion Communication course - or another course in the same subject area.
Select an option to see a detailed breakdown
Teaching on my course
88%
med
Teaching on my course
88%
med
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
88%
med
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
93%
med
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
89%
med
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
81%
med
Learning opportunities
85%
med
Learning opportunities
85%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
84%
med
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
83%
med
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
85%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
92%
med
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
81%
med
Assessment and feedback
85%
med
Assessment and feedback
85%
med
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
87%
med
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
82%
med
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
83%
med
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
91%
med
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
82%
med
Academic support
89%
med
Academic support
89%
med
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
90%
med
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
89%
med
Organisation and management
75%
med
Organisation and management
75%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
76%
med
How well organised is your course?
74%
med
Learning resources
91%
high
Learning resources
91%
high
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
89%
high
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
93%
med
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
91%
high
Student voice
80%
med
Student voice
80%
med
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
72%
med
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
83%
med
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
86%
med
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
79%
med
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
87%
low
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
79%
med
Student information
See who's studying at Arts University Bournemouth. These students are taking Fashion Communication or another course from the same subject area.
| Most popular A-levels studied | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grade | |||||
| Textiles | B | |||||
| Fine Art | B | |||||
| Psychology | C | |||||
| English Literature | B | |||||
| Craft and Design | A | |||||
Graduate prospects
What graduates do next
We have no information about graduates who took Fashion Communication at Arts University Bournemouth.
Earnings after graduation
Earnings from Arts University Bournemouth graduates who took Fashion Communication - or another course in the same subject area.
Earnings
£18.6k
First year after graduation
£22.6k
Third year after graduation
£25.7k
Fifth year after graduation
Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Fashion Communication.
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree
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We're Arts University Bournemouth (AUB). A place to shape and build your work; to learn, share, provoke and collaborate. We’ve remained a creative specialist institution since our foundation in 1883.
We offer courses from Foundation to Postgraduate Research Degrees, and everything in between. We have over 20 creative undergraduate degrees in art, design, media and performance.
We champion the individual and celebrate those that want to take risks and innovate. But don't just take our word for it. The Sunday Times Good University guide thinks so too – we've been ranked the UK’s top specialist art and design university.
Our built environment is outstanding, demonstrating our belief that. Education is better delivered in a purpose-built, design-led environment.
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