Bachelor of Arts - Fashion Communication and Styling (Honours)

Highly creative and practical, this degree will teach students how to think like a fashion stylist and communicator within the fast-moving and dynamic world of fashion.

As part of the global fashion industry, the fashion stylist and communicator creates visual stories, employs technologies and exploits promotional platforms. Students will learn how to engage with audiences and tell ‘style stories’ to transform fashion products from just objects into modern must-have trends.

Students will become proficient in visual research, illustration and storyboarding, and project management. They'll work collaboratively with peers and industry experts and foster a network of future career contacts and opportunities.

Key features

• DMU is ranked in the Top 10 for Fashion and Textiles in the UK, according to The Guardian University Guide 2020
• Learn about the technical elements of successful event styling and production – including the creation of image, film and graphics.
• Gain the skills and confidence needed to act as a consultant to industry partners.
• Study a wide and practical range of topics including computer-aided design (CAD), pattern cutting and garment manufacture, and fashion illustration.
• Cover areas including visual research, illustration, storyboarding, audience analysis, styling, photography, fashion graphics and film, editorial development, event styling and production, freelance/self-employment skills and project management.
• Take part in national and international competitions to gain experience of working to a client brief and benefit from raising your profile within the industry.
• Graduates can expect to flourish in careers within the fashion styling and communication industries as journalist contributors, media commentators, promoters, editors or stylists, and with big fashion brands and media groups.
• The award-winning Vijay Patel Building provides both the space and the facilities to foster creative thinking, where ideas can develop and flourish for our art and design course students.

• Minimum Level of Education Required: 1-Year Post-Secondary Certificate
• Min GPA: 60.0%
• English Proficiency Requirements:
  For direct admission, applicant must be from an English speaking country or meet either of the following English test scores:
  • Min TOEFL iBT: 60 (Min Listening: 7.0, Min Reading: 8.0, Min Speaking: 16.0, Min Writing: 18.0)
  • Min IELTS overall: 6 (Min Listening: 5.5, Min Reading: 5.5, Min Speaking: 5.5, Min Writing: 5.5)
  • Min PTE overall: 50
  Applicants interested in applying for direct admission, but are yet to complete an acceptable language test, can do so, but must provide valid results before receiving a final offer letter.
  For conditional admission, you are required to provide English proficiency scores:
  • Min TOEFL iBT: 32 (Min Listening: 2, Min Reading: 2, Min Speaking: 11, Min Writing: 11)
  • Min IELTS overall: 4.5 (Min Listening: 4, Min Reading: 4, Min Speaking: 4, Min Writing: 4)
  • Min PTE overall: 29