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Course Overview

Develop your career as a fashion buyer through a range of skills to get ahead in the industry including internationalisation, customer enhancement, business management, entrepreneurship and innovation, fashion theory, cultures and identity, cycles, trends and forecasting, sustainable and inclusive fashion design. Taught by experienced industry professionals, you also learn research and planning, concepts of branding and essential digital, photography and media skills.

What you will learn?

Whilst studying this fashion buying and merchandising at Teesside University, you connect directly with the industry through live projects, competitions, internships and international opportunities. Working independently and collectively, you acquire the professional skills for the fashion industry, including a critical dialogue with contemporary practice, providing the independence and confidence to succeed within a changing, fluid global creative industry.

You develop an understanding of international fashion markets, trends, visual communication and product development with supply chain management, range planning, and distribution, sales analysis and international business management. You work alongside the other fashion courses in a dedicated design studio environment with access to high-quality computer-aided design (CAD) and industry-standard workshop facilities.

Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

You study at MIMA School of Art & Design, an art school led by Teesside University and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), an international contemporary museum and gallery. You gain a full artistic experience, learning in a social space that inspires dynamic ideas, fuels collaboration and allows you to build local, national, and international networks with industry professionals for your future fashion buying and merchandising career. An optional work placement year is included, at no extra cost.

Top three reasons to study fashion buying and merchandising at Teesside University

  1. Our graduates are working all over the world.
  2. Complete an optional work placement year at no extra cost.
  3. You are taught by experienced industry professionals.

Entry Requirement 

Year 1 entry
96-112 points from any combination of recognised Level 3 qualifications. Consideration will also be given to students without formal qualifications but with evidence of relevant experience at an appropriate level.

Interviews
Eligible applicants are normally invited for interviews. The interview helps us determine your potential to succeed and to set appropriate entry conditions matched to your personal circumstances and the demands of the course. The interview also enables you to see our excellent facilities, meet staff and students, and to learn more about studying at Teesside University.

If you are unable to attend an interview at the university, we can organise a virtual interview over the telephone or the internet.

English language and maths requirement
Normally GCSE English language and maths at grade C, or 4 under the new grading system. Other equivalent qualifications may be considered.

Non-EU international students who need a student visa to study in the UK should check our web pages on UKVI-compliant English language requirements. The University also provides pre-sessional English language courses to help you meet the English language requirements.

Helping you meet the entry requirements
We may be able to help you meet the requirements for admission by offering you the opportunity to study one or more Summer University modules, some of which can be studied by distance learning.

Direct entry to later years
If you have previously studied at higher education level (for example, a foundation degree, HNC, HND or one or more years at degree level at another institution) you may request direct entry to year 2 or year 3 of this degree. 

Mature applicants
We welcome applications from mature students (aged over 21) who can demonstrate, through portfolio/written work and relevant experience, that they have developed cognitive and technical skills through their life experiences.

Fees

Fee for UK applicants
Full-time: £9250 a year

Part-time: £4500 (120 credits)

Fee for International applicants
£13000 a year


This information was accurate on : 04/05/2021
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