Fashion, Textiles & Footwear BA (Hons)
University of NorthamptonWaterside Campus, Northampton
Course overview
This exciting and creative fashion degree will enable you to explore a range of industry relevant topics, allowing you to specialise in Fashion, Footwear or Textiles. Our Fashion course provides rigorous depth of knowledge and industry-relevant skills at each level of the programme, enabling you to explore and advance both your theoretical understanding of fashion design and technical skills to support realisation. With access to specialist workshops, supported by expert academic and technical staff you will develop skills in both traditional and digital technologies making you prepared for the industry of the future.
The range of facilities will support you to learn the process of design from concept development, through to materiality and 3D visualisation within your chosen specialism. Live projects, national and international competitions provide real-world industry experience for a range of careers for the fashion, textile and footwear industry, freelance work or preparation for further study at master’s level. For overall student positivity in the National Student Survey 2025.
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Key highlights
- Specialise in Fashion, Footwear or Textiles
- Specialist workshops supported by expert academic and technical staff
- Develop skills in both traditional and digital technologies
- Learn design from concept development through materiality to 3D visualisation
- Live projects and national and international competitions provide industry experience
Entry requirements
- A-level: BBC — A typical offer for Fashion, Textiles & Footwear is: BBC at A Level or, DMM at BTEC/Cambridge Technical or, Pass (C and above) at T Level
- BTEC: DMM — A typical offer for Fashion, Textiles & Footwear is: BBC at A Level or, DMM at BTEC/Cambridge Technical or, Pass (C and above) at T Level
- T-level: Pass — A typical offer for Fashion, Textiles & Footwear is: BBC at A Level or, DMM at BTEC/Cambridge Technical or, Pass (C and above) at T Level
Scholarships
ICAEW Foundation Bursary
Three annual payments of £4,000
Up to £12,000John Lowe Accounting and Finance Scholarship
Scholarship is paid as £1,000 in the second and third years of study.
Up to £2,000Northampton Energy Elite Athlete Scholarship
This scheme offers the student athlete a support network enabling them to balance the demands of performance sport with academic study.
Reid Science, Engineering, and Computing Bursary
£500 per year of study
Up to £1,500TD Lewis Scholarship
The T D Lewis Scholarship provides both undergraduate and postgraduate students with financial awards of up to £1,000.
Up to £100The Chancellor's Fund
Up to £50The University of Northampton International Scholarship
The University of Northampton International Scholarship Scheme is a merit-based scholarship that provides up to a £4,000 reduction in tuition fees.
Wilson Endowment Scholarship
Successful students will receive three annual payments of £500, one for each year of study.
Up to £1,500
Careers this course leads to
- Fashion Designer
- Footwear Designer
- Textile Designer
- Freelance Designer
- Fashion Technologist
- Print Designer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £17,000 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Northampton, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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