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Graduate Diploma Fashion Management

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College
London College of Fashion
Start date
September 2024
Course length
1 year

This full-time, low residency Graduate Diploma in Fashion Management offers an intensive learning experience to equip students with the skills to enter the competitive and complex fashion business environment.

Applying for more than 1 course

You can apply for more than 1 postgraduate course at UAL but we recommend that you apply for no more than 3. Find out more in the Apply Now section.

Why choose this course at London College of Fashion

  • Specialist knowledge: being taught at UK level 6 in the specialist knowledge required in the field of fashion management, studying with peers who will provide you with an international network for your future career.
  • Career opportunities: graduates enter careers in retailing, marketing, brand and design management, or progress to MA study.
  • Key skills: development of technological and employability skills, that are embedded within the course from tutors with relevant industrial experience
  • Low residency delivery: Spend your first term in London for immersive, face-to-face tuition, before moving online for the remainder of your course.

Course overview

Introduction

The course provides an approach to learning that encourages autonomous and creative work to build confidence in becoming a reflective and independent learner. 

We aim to make you a strategic thinker and decision maker together, with developing your creative attributes through your Professional Portfolio. 

What to expect

  • A one-year conversion course for students who have a 2:2 or higher first degree; we welcome students who may have a previous degree outside the area of fashion management. 
  • An experiential residency in London where you will work with your fellow classmates, this will help you to forge personal connections with your entire cohort and develop you as a reflective practitioner.
  • The course emphasises the importance of sustainability and ethics within the fashion industry when responding to consumer behaviour and demand. 
  • Business and management theories are explored through practical application
  • The course is taught by a range of specialist academics with knowledge and experience relevant to the disciplines of the course.  
  • Throughout the course your personal and professional development is informed through the UAL Creative Attributes Framework (CAF), this culminates in the creation your Professional Portfolio produced as part of your Final Major Project. This framework emphasises the transformative education that we are committed to provide, to develop your creative employability and enterprise attributes, supporting your ambitions in the competitive fashion environment. 
  • The course is divided into two teaching blocks of 15 weeks. The first block of the course will take you through an understanding of the  fashion consumer and their relationship to fashion business, together with the internal and external facing operations of these businesses. 
  • The course culminates in the second teaching block with your Final Major Project, which requires you to produce a body of work through independent study that demonstrates research through advanced critical and analytical skills together with an innovative approach to problem solving in your specific field of ambition and practice. 
  • It will be expected that the students make industry and academic connections using the resources available at LCF and UAL throughout the course 
  • This final project enables students to prepare for the next stage of their career, whether that be an MA in a related field, a personal entrepreneurial project, or moving directly into industry employment. 

Work experience and opportunities

It will be expected that the students make industry and academic connections using the resources available at LCF and UAL for their Final Major Project. This final project enables students to prepare for the next stage of their career, whether that be an MA in a related field or a personal entrepreneurial project. 

There is no work experience offered on this course as part of the curriculum. 

Mode of study

Undergraduate (Level 6) full time.

This course will follow a low-residency mode of delivery which includes attendance at an immersive face-to-face delivery from September to December in the UK followed by fully online delivery during which you are expected to be in your home country. 

The academic year for this course is divided into Block 1 and Block 2. For term and holiday dates please see the University timetable available here: https://www.arts.ac.uk/students/term-dates 

Climate, Social and Racial Justice

We are committed to developing ethical Fashion Business practices. To achieve this, we are working to embed UAL’s Principles for Climate, Social and Racial Justice into the course.  

Course units

Block One:  

For the first 15 weeks of the course there is focus on providing an understanding of the fashion industry through theoretical frameworks.

Unit 1: Fashion Contexts (Weeks 1- 5) 20 Credits

This unit focuses on the consumer of fashion in a cultural and commercial context with emphasis on the nature of consumer demand on an individual level It is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars and formative assessment. This unit provides the academic framework to develop curiosity, the enthusiasm to seek out new perspectives and to create and build on existing knowledge through systematic academic enquiry. 

Unit 2: Fashion Organisations (Weeks 6 – 15) 20 Credits

This unit looks at the internal operations of a fashion organisation; including its business structure, supply chain and issues of sustainability and the various positions within the fashion organisation such as the roles of the buyer and designer. The unit shows the fashion organisation as one that can accommodate constant change, and how a business must be open to encouraging openness and agility for possible futures that could restore and regenerate environmental injustices. 

Unit 3: Fashion Communications (Weeks 6 – 15) 20 Credits

This unit looks at the outward facing communications of a fashion company; its ability to fulfil customers’ demands. This unit will also develop your ability to collaborate with others, create networks and contribute to communities of practice. This is contextualised through teamwork through the understanding of how companies segment, target position themselves and communicate with their customers using all the available channels of communication

Block Two:

Graduate Diploma: Final Major Project (60 Credits)

In this Block you will complete your Final Major Project (FMP). You will be given the opportunity to choose between either a dissertation or a fashion business development project. Both options will give you a valuable body of work to present to either a prospective employer, or, as part of an application for future study. Both options allow you to demonstrate proactivity, initiative, hard work and passion through the investigation or study of an emerging issue or new proposal. You are expected to demonstrate resourcefulness in pursuing these opportunities for an ethical and sustainable outcome  An important part of your learning process will be your formative presentations to staff and peers to develop your skills in advocacy .

As part of this unit you will also submit a ‘Professional Portfolio’, which will include a reflective statement on your experience of the course and demonstrating how this has your informed future career aspirations. The Professional Portfolio will allow you to demonstrate academic and personal skills in your chosen field.

The Final Major Project and the Professional Portfolio are submitted as two elements and marked separately.

Showing your work:

All students are advised to set up a profile on the UAL Portfolio platform, which can be done at any point during your time at LCF and will last for up to 2 years after graduation. This platform is often used to source student work for promotional use on the website, social media and for print and can be a great way of getting your work seen.

Learning and teaching methods

The following teaching and learning methods are employed to support the integrated aims of the course outcomes:

Following the lectures (face-to-face and online), there will be interactive seminars, where you will be expected to make short presentations in small teams discussing points and applications of the ideas presented in the lectures.

Full use is made of online interactive tools such as Microsoft Teams and other online sharing platforms to allow you to interact and share with peers. The course’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) has links to a repository of key information, academic texts, websites of interest, and key e-books.

There is a high proportion of self-directed study on this full-time course, during which time we expect you to make full use of the facilities available to both online and in our college library. The libraries on all the main UAL sites are also available to you during  the residential period, most of which have extended opening hours.

Your personal and professional development is supported  through the use of the UAL Creative Attributes Framework. This framework supports your critical reflection on your achievements and developments throughout the course. Your reflection will be in the form of writing as well as the creation of a professional portfolio to demonstrate your abilities to future employers or for further academic study.

Throughout the academic year there will be tutorials, these can range from small group to personal tutorials to discuss pastoral matters. For the Final Major Project, you will be assigned a supervisor who will work with you on a one-to-one basis.

All assessment is through coursework which allows you to demonstrate your interpretation of the brief, make your own judgement of the most relevant knowledge and use appropriate analysis within the prescribed word count. Integral to coursework is academic referencing, through which you will acknowledge the work of others and underpin arguments and proposals on a firm academic foundation.

Teaching themes

The Graduate Diploma has three themes to its teaching.

Research: both Primary and Secondary. Primary search is initially undertaken in London then continues online or face to face in your location depending on your research subject. Secondary research is undertaken using our extensive physical library in London and the virtual e- library with e-books, academic papers and commercial online resources available while you study with us.

Academic Community: created by your teamwork and communication skills both in class and online. You will work together using the full resources of our online teaching environment, UAL Moodle, as well as having full access to the entire software suite of Microsoft 365 including MS teams. These digital tools enable us to create live presentations in class and online using shared documents.

Experiential learning: we walk together, every Friday, around London, during the Autumn term. The walks are to introduce to the main cultural areas of London and to get to know each other.

To give you some more information, here is a list of the principle databases that you will have available to you during the whole course. We test the database availability on a regular basis to make sure that they are available in all geographical locations.

To give you some more information, here is a list of the principle databases that you will have available to you during the whole course. We test the database availability on a regular basis to make sure that they are available in all geographical locations.

Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts: Over 170 highly illustrated books, providing structured and accessible coverage across the main visual arts disciplines. Includes case studies and leading practitioner interviews, plus research techniques and portfolio development.

Bloomsbury Fashion Central: Cross-searchable platform for Berg Fashion Library, Fashion Photography Archive and Fairchild Books, offering curated digitised content, which includes reference works, articles, scholarly e-books, biographies, lesson plans, bibliographic guides, textbooks, video content, and images from museums around the world.

Business of Fashion (BoF): A website delivering business intelligence on emerging designers, disruptive technologies and global brands.

Drapers: The latest fashion and retail news and the latest fashion trends as well as international catwalk coverage from Drapers magazine.

EBSCOhost e-Books: e-Books in the areas of: Architecture & Interior Design; Audio production; Business; Business Analytics; Computer Game Design; Digital Media; Fashion Design & Marketing; Fine Art; Graphic & Web design; Media & Communications; and Photography.

EDITED is a retail analytics tool used by the world’s best brands and retailers to have the right product at the right time, at the right price. Sections included are Market Analytics, Retail Reports, Visual Merchandising, Trend Dashboard, Runway and Street, Social Monitor. It is not possible to export data from Edited.

Euromonitor - Passport: A global market research database providing statistics, analysis, reports, surveys and news on industries, countries and consumers worldwide.

Fashion Monitor: A provider of contacts, news and events within the fashion, beauty and lifestyle industries.

Global Data Apparel Intelligence Centre: A web resource with research, trend analysis, forecasts, data, intelligence and news services on garment producing countries. Global Data Apparel Intelligence Centre incorporates re:source.

Global Data Retail Intelligence Centre: A web resource with research, trend analysis, forecasts and news services for the retail industry. Global Data Retail Intelligence Centre incorporates Verdict Insights, as well as Conlumino's clothing and footwear sector reports and trends analysis.

GreenFILE: An environmental awareness database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment.

just-style: A resource for news from the world of textiles and fashion.

Library Stack: Database, archive, publisher and distributor, Library Stack connects digital materials from art, design, theory and architecture to global library cataloging systems. Items in Library Stack are indexed with both informal keywords and controlled Library of Congress vocabularies (the “Format” and “Subject” menus), and can be searched via structured indexes, direct queries, or by browsing through Featured Stacks.

LS:N Global: is a subscription-based service developed by The Future Laboratory detailing the market and consumer forces that shape future trends. Updated daily by a global team of researchers, analysts, forecasters, visualisers and correspondents.

Material ConneXion: A database of physical materials as well as processes. Includes more than 7,000 innovative materials in various categories for architecture, industrial design, interior design, and textiles.

Mintel: A collection of market reports and economic data, with specialist knowledge on the Global Fashion industry Create your own profile, choose a category, company or saved search as your homepage.

ProQuest Central (PQC): is a large, multidisciplinary research package which includes News, Business and Market Research databases, alongside Arts, Medical, Science & Technology and Social Sciences Collections.

ProQuest Ebook: Central Accessible e-book platform allowing title and chapter searching as well as searching within the e-book. Users can read online or download to laptops and mobile devices. They can also highlight, take notes, bookmark pages and share research.

Statista: is an online statistics, market research, and business intelligence portal. It covers a wide range of data areas including media, business, politics, society, technology, and education. Sources include market reports, trade publications, scientific journals, and government agencies.

Textile Technology Complete: A bibliographic database for textile production and processing. Contains indexing and abstracting for more than 470 periodical titles, as well as books, conferences, theses, technical reports and trade literature. Also includes full text for nearly 50 journals, as well as over 50 books and monographs.

WGSN (Insight, Fashion, and Interiors): Creative and business intelligence for the apparel, style, design and retail industries. Please note we subscribe to 'Insight', 'Fashion' and 'Interiors'.

WWD: Women's Wear Daily: A key fashion industry resource, with business news and fashion trends. For those working in global women's and men's fashion, the retail and beauty industries. Once registered, you will also be able to sign into wwd.com, using your UAL email and chosen password.

What you will need to access this course

All of the above resources are web based. We recommend either a Windows or Apple laptop running Microsoft office ( given free for the duration of the course )  and a ‘Chrome browser’. A tablet should only be used as a secondary device. Both iPhone and Android phones will integrate with the systems and will be useful for creating and sharing live video. However we would not recommend them for use in engaging with online content, the screen sizes are too small for the information we provide.

Graduate Diploma Fashion Management

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Staff

Tim Williams is course leader on the Graduate Diploma Fashion Management.

Tim worked for fashion companies such as Sir Hardy Amies, River Island, Conran Design group, and Debenhams, specialising in fashion design and offshore manufacturing. He later started his own designer manufacturing company making high fashion ladies’ lingerie for Luella Bartley and worked with Joe Corre in the early days of Agent Provocateur. He later had a concession in Selfridges and sold to Le Bon Marche in Paris. Tim has been working for the Fashion Business School for fifteen years, teaching across a wide variety of fashion business courses and supervising final year dissertations.

Emma Baxter Wright studied fashion at St Martins School of Art, and later History of Art at Bristol University. Emma worked as a fashion editor and freelance stylist for teenage publications ‘Looks’ and ‘Just Seventeen’, Emma has also contributed to many other publications including Cosmopolitan, The Face, Marie Claire, The Lady and the New York Observer. More recently she has written two books on the iconic British photographer Duffy, as well as Little Book histories on fashion rivals Schiaparelli and Chanel. Emma works on the Professional Portfolio unit on this course as well as delivering specialist lectures in fashion visual culture.

Helen Hindley Course leader PGCert Fashion Buying and Merchandising

Helen has been an associate lecturer at UAL for over 18 years. She has and has teaching experience in Higher Education, on the BA Buying & Merchandising, BA Fashion Management and The Graduate Diploma in Fashion Management as well as developing and delivering LCF short courses and masterclasses for industry professionals. She began her fashion career with House of Fraser. From buying assistant to head of Merchandising across numerous categories, Menswear, Womenswear, childrenswear and home. She has extensive experience in merchandising, brand management, strategy, and supply chain. Helen also had the opportunity own her own SME, a lifestyle concept store. This was an insightful experience and a huge benefit when supporting students in the final year with their Final major projects. Visit Helen's LinkedIn profile.

Stephanie Liberman Senior lecturer

Stephanie is a Senior Lecturer teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the Fashion Business School. Following a 22-year buying career she moved into teaching with the aim of inspiring the next generation. Product specialty areas include buying lingerie, swimwear, knitwear and stationery and working for multi-channel retailers Debenhams, Very.co.uk, Sainsburys and Paperchase. She has also run her own lingerie boutique. Having started teaching and developing short courses for Artscom, she then became course leader for the BA (hons) Fashion Marketing at Regent’s University London before re-joining LCF in the Fashion Business School. At LCF she has taught across all levels from year 1 to Postgraduate and supported final year students with their final major projects. Developing links with industry for live projects is key to her teaching and enhancing the curriculum content. Her research interests are about blended learning for creative subjects and digital pedagogy. Stephanie is currently studying a Masters in Academic Practice and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Eddie Knevett lecturer

Eddie is an associate lecturer teaching who started teaching at UAL after 25 year career in Luxury and Premium buying starting in Harrods to eventually become the Head of Buying for Fashion Accessories at House of Fraser. Experienced in creating destination retail concepts for example strategically taking House of Fraser accessories from a high street own label offer to one of the largest premium and luxury offers within the UK he successfully worked with all the major luxury and premium fashion houses. Eddie also had his own successful premium Handbag brand, Village England, for 5 years after leaving House of Fraser. As well as teaching Eddie works with various international fashion brands and retailers on a consultancy basis.

Deborah Britz

Deborah has worked extensively across the fashion industry and studied Fashion Management at LCF in the 1980’s. Latterly she is working as a Fashion Show Producer and Lecturer at CSM and then LCF. Initially Deborah worked as a hairdresser, designer, retailer, fashion PR, in international fashion recruitment, as an art dealer, in fashion forecasting and throughout this as a fashion show and events producer. At various times, her experience has encompassed business, events, marketing, promotions, photography and video production, and market research. Work has enabled her to travel abroad producing events on behalf of the British Embassies and British Council.

Tanya El-Khatib, Lecturer Research Methods.

Currently a PhD (Fashion Management and Marketing) researcher at the University of Manchester exploring the adoption of Fashion Rental. Graduated with Distinction in Strategic Fashion Management integrated MSc from London College of Fashion, UAL. Teaching and research experience is in social science research methods as well as supervising Final Major Project dissertations. Industry experience in sales, operations, and logistics across a number of London-based fashion brands.

Mikael Persson is fashion lecturer in Future and Innovation, Creative Digital and Visual Communications. He graduated with a degree in Design Technology for the Fashion Industry followed by experience working with brands such as Michiko Koshino and Alexander McQueen and ran a London-based fashion streetwear brand, delivering graphic printed apparels to trend savvy, ethically conscious millennials and Gen Z consumers.

Mikael entered fashion related education as a creative digital specialist to develop a strategy for delivering digital skills to fashion students based on industry demand. In addition to completing a Professional Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) for Post Compulsory Education Mikael has also completed a Post Graduate Cert in Learning and Teaching Art and Design at Higher Education, from which he achieved a 1st. His ongoing research interests include current and future creative fashion tech, design and visual communication.

Angela Buttolph is an experienced journalist, broadcaster and author, and Associate Lecturer for MA Fashion Journalism at the School of Media and Communication. She has worked as a fashion journalist for over twentydesign,years, working on staff at every major magazine from Elle to Vogue, InStyle and Grazia and contributing to many more. She has covered fashion weeks worldwide for Vogue, the Guardian and Grazia, broadcast live from catwalk shows and the red carpet for the BBC, and interviewed many of fashion’s greatest luminaries including Anna Wintour and Karl Lagerfeld. Angela has also presented fashion series on ITV, BBC and C4. She was Editor of Grazia’s website, before becoming Editor at Large for Grazia magazine, where she is currently a contributing writer. She also writes for The Telegraph and Google’s Think with Google blog. She is author of Kate Moss: Style, and co-author of Phaidon’s Fashion Book.

Sarah Bailey is a Senior Lecturer at London College of Fashion where she specialises in working collaboratively with industry fashion brands such as Harrods, Liberty and Stella McCartney. She is a leading Visual Merchandising and Creative Consultant with more than 20 years global fashion and retail experience. Her clients have included: Fenwick, Charlotte Tilbury, Harrods, and Museum of London. Previously she was former course director at London College of Fashion, where she launched the BA Fashion Visual Merchandising and Branding Degree. Sarah has a master's degree in Academic Practice in Art, Design and Visual Communications and is a fellow of The Higher Education Academy. Sarah is author of Visual Merchandising for Fashion book published by Bloomsbury Press, and has been featured in The Financial Times, Vogue, Drapers Record and on the BBC.

Fees and funding

Home fee

£12,700

This fee is correct for 2024/25 entry and is subject to change for 2025/26 entry.

Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.

Home fees are currently charged to UK nationals and UK residents who meet the rules. However, the rules are complex. Find out more about our tuition fees and determining your fee status.

International fee

£25,060

This fee is correct for 2024/25 entry and is subject to change for 2025/26 entry.

Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.

Home fees are currently charged to UK nationals and UK residents who meet the rules. However, the rules are complex. Find out more about our tuition fees and determining your fee status.

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Entry requirements

The standard entry requirements for this course are as follows:

  • First degree (2:2 or above) or FDA with a merit/distinction profile in any discipline, or equivalent qualifications / awards.

APEL (Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning)

Applicants who do not meet these course entry requirements may still be considered in exceptional cases. The course team will consider each application that demonstrates additional strengths and alternative evidence. This might, for example, be demonstrated by:

  • Related academic or work experience
  • The quality of the personal statement
  • A strong academic or other professional reference
  • OR a combination of these factors

Each application will be considered on its own merit but we cannot guarantee an offer in each case.

English Language Requirements

IELTS level 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Please check our main English Language Requirements.

Selection criteria

The course seeks to recruit students from diverse socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, and welcomes applications from mature students.

The course team seeks to recruit students who can demonstrate:

  • Creativity
  • An understanding of the benefits of organisational and management skills in the workplace
  • A mature study commitment, which is essential as entering the fashion management industry is highly competitive

 

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Application deadline

Deadline

Round 1:

13 December 2023 at 1pm (UK time)

Round 2:

3 April 2024 at 1pm (UK time)

Video task deadline

Round 1:

16 January 2024

Round 2:

16 April 2024

Decision outcome

Round 1:

End of March 2024

Round 2:

End of June 2024

Round 1
Round 2
Deadline
13 December 2023 at 1pm (UK time)
3 April 2024 at 1pm (UK time)
Video task deadline
16 January 2024
16 April 2024
Decision outcome
End of March 2024
End of June 2024

All applications received by 3 April will be treated equally. If there are places available after this date, the course will remain open to applications until places have been filled.

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Application deadline

Deadline

Round 1:

13 December 2023 at 1pm (UK time)

Round 2:

3 April 2024 at 1pm (UK time)

Video task deadline

Round 1:

16 January 2024

Round 2:

16 April 2024

Decision outcome

Round 1:

End of March 2024

Round 2:

End of June 2024

Round 1
Round 2
Deadline
13 December 2023 at 1pm (UK time)
3 April 2024 at 1pm (UK time)
Video task deadline
16 January 2024
16 April 2024
Decision outcome
End of March 2024
End of June 2024

All applications received by 3 April will be treated equally. If there are places available after this date, the course will remain open to applications until places have been filled.

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How to apply

Follow this step-by-step guide to apply for this course

Step 1: Initial application

You will need to submit an initial application including your personal statement, CV and study proposal.

Personal statement advice

Your personal statement should be maximum 500 words and include:

  • your reasons for choosing the course
  • your current practice and how this course will help you achieve your future plans
  • any relevant education and experience, especially if you do not have any formal academic qualifications.

Visit our personal statement page for more advice.

CV advice

Please provide a CV detailing your education, qualifications and any relevant work or voluntary experience. If you have any web projects or other media that you would like to share, please include links in your CV. If English is not your first language, please also include your most recent English language test score.

Step 2: Video task

We will review your initial application. If you have met the standard entry requirements, we will ask you to submit a video task.

You’ll need to submit this via PebblePad, our online portfolio tool.

Video task advice

We’d like you to submit a 2-3 minute video to help us learn more about you. When recording your task, please face the camera and speak in English.

What to include in your video task

  • Tell us what you have studied previously and what interests you about the course and its mode of study.
  • Tell us what your ambitions are after you graduate and how the course can help you achieve them.

Read our guidance for how to submit your video task and which file types we accept.

Step 3: Interview

You may be invited to an interview following our review of your application. All interviews are held online and last 15 to 20 minutes.

For top tips, see our Interview advice.

You also need to know

Communicating with you

Once you have submitted your initial application, we will email you with your login details for our Applicant portal.

Requests for supplementary documents like qualifications and English language tests will be made through the applicant portal. You can also use it to ask questions regarding your application. Visit our After you apply page for more information.

Applying to more than 1 course

You can apply for more than 1 postgraduate course at UAL but we recommend that you apply for no more than 3 courses. You need to tailor your application, supporting documents and portfolio to each course, so applying for many different courses could risk the overall quality of your application. If you receive offers for multiple courses, you'll only be able to accept 1 offer. UAL doesn't accept repeat applications to the same course in the same academic year.

Visas and immigration history check

All non-UK nationals must complete an immigration history check. Your application may be considered by our course teams before this check takes place. This means that we may request your portfolio and/or video task before we identify any issues arising from your immigration history check. Sometimes your history may mean that we are not able to continue considering your application. Visit our Immigration and visas advice page for more information.

External student transfer policy

UAL accepts transfers from other institutions on a case-by-case basis. Read our Student transfer policy for more information.

Alternative offers

If your application is really strong, but we believe your strengths and skillset are better suited to a different course, we may make you an alternative offer. This means you will be offered a place on a different course or at a different UAL College.

Deferring your place

We do not accept any deferral requests for our postgraduate courses. This means that you must apply in the year that you plan to start your course and you will not be able to defer your place to start at a later date.

Application deadlines

For postgraduate courses at UAL there are 2 equal consideration deadlines to ensure fairness for all our applicants. If you apply ahead of either of these deadlines, your application will be considered on an equal basis with all other applications in that round. If there are places available after the second deadline, the course will remain open to applications until places have been filled.

Careers

All our postgraduate courses offer career development, so that you become a creative thinker, making effective contributions to your relevant sector of the fashion industry.

LCF offers students the opportunity to develop Personal and Professional Development (PPD) skills while studying through:

* Access to to speaker programmes and events featuring alumni and industry.

* Access to careers activities, such as CV clinics and one-to-one advice sessions.

* Access to a graduate careers service

* Access to a live jobsboard for all years.

* Advice on setting up your own brand or company.

Career paths

Our students mainly go onto managerial positions within the fashion industry, these can be in the following areas:

  • Digital marketing and communications
  • Product management and sustainability
  • Retail operations and omni channel strategy

Graduates of this course have gone on to work in a number of roles within the industry, at companies including Burberry and Salvatore Ferragamo. Graduates from this course are also equipped to develop and further their academic lives through Masters courses, and some to continue on to Research Degrees and PhDs.

With support from LCF Careers and the Centre for Fashion Enterprise, students are supported throughout the course to progress into the fashion industry or onto further postgraduate study.