Overview

In a Nutshell

The Fashion Design programme of the University of Salford builds on the success of the highly-rated BA (Hons) Fashion Design, which is recognised as a leading fashion education programme. It was listed by Business of Fashion in 2019 as one of the top 22 fashion design courses globally, and is ranked 11th in the UK in the Guardian League Tables (2019).

This course embraces a range of practices and aims to:

Enable you to develop an advanced understanding of research methods in the context of contemporary fashion practice and to understand how creative innovation is advanced through research.

Empower you to develop creative, critical, analytical and intellectual competencies appropriate to master’s level degree study.

Support you to develop, extend and apply complex strategies and approaches appropriate to professional studio practice, embedding the knowledge and skills required to establish you as a fashion design practitioner.

You will:

Develop a broad range of skills in scenic and set design

Learn to analyse and interpret scripts and generate and evaluate visual concepts

Gain the experience to produce three-dimensional scale models and props in order to test and communicate concepts.

Employment

Upon graduation students would typically apply for jobs within fashion design or mayset up their own brands/businesses or entrepreneurial ventures.

Graduates may also continue their research through a practice-based PhD.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Creative Research and Fashion Practice

Design Practice
Major Project

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 16 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-15 00:00:00

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More details

There’s no set deadline for UK students, but you should apply at least four weeks before the course starts. International Students: TBA.

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

79

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PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

6

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Salford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

Lower Second Class _{(recommended)}

English requirements

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79

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59

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IELTS

6

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Other requirements

General requirements

Relevant undergraduate degree, normally at 2:1 or above, and supporting portfolio of practice.

Applicants with an undergraduate degree of 2:2 will be considered where a high quality portfolio of practice is presented.

International applicants will be required to show a proficiency in English. An IELTS score of 6.5, with no element below 5.5, is proof of this.

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

20990 GBP / year

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Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

10350 GBP / year

≈ 10350 GBP / year

Living costs

Salford

United Kingdom

500 - 800 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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