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Courses

Design your own clothing, become a fashion designer or start your own successful fashion design business.


Explore & Upskill

Choose a course for personal or professional upskilling

Certificate Certificate

This Creative Foundations course builds core fashion design skills, exploring ideas, fabrics and form through sketching, draping and garment construction for personal creative expression.

Can be studied as a stand-alone course. No minimum qualification required.

Professional Diploma Professional Diploma

This Advanced Practice course develops the skills and knowledge to create full fashion collections and prepare for independent practice or launching your own fashion design business.

Can be studied as a stand-alone course. No minimum qualification is required. Includes optional work placement upon completion of the course.

Degree Pathway

Choose a higher education course to prepare for industry or the final year of a Degree course.

Higher National Certificate (BTEC) Higher National Certificate (BTEC)

Develop practical and creative skills in Fashion and Textiles through a BTEC Higher National Certificate, preparing you for further study or entry-level roles in the industry.

Can be studied as a stand-alone course. No minimum qualification is required. Includes optional work placement upon completion of the course.

Higher National Diploma (BTEC) Higher National Diploma (BTEC)

Receive advanced entry to the final year of a degree with a fully-accredited Higher National Diploma or learn everything you need to start your own successful business.

Includes an optional work placement on completion. No minimum qualification is required.

IARC

The British Academy of Fashion Design is accredited by the International Approval and Registration Centre (IARC).

The IARC plays a role in ensuring our quality standards relating to course content, delivery, assessment and administration are maintained. IARC's role as an independent recognition association gives reassurance the Academy has undergone checks relevant to the post-secondary education industry in general terms.

BTEC Approved Centre

The British Academy of Fashion Design, as part of the Further Learning Group, is a BTEC approved learning centre.

BTEC has been the most successful applied learning brand for over twenty-five years. BTEC is administered by Edexcel and owned by Pearson Education, the world's largest education company. BTEC courses are offered exclusively by approved learning centres which have been thoroughly vetted.

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