Kickstart your career in fashion with an accelerated two-year undergraduate degree at the Fashion Retail Academy.
Our courses are developed alongside our retail partners to make sure our graduates have the skills and knowledge they need for a successful career in fashion. As a Fashion Retail Academy student, you'll also benefit from unrivalled industry enrichment including up to 3 months of work placements, personal mentors and projects set by brands.
Studying on one of our accelerated courses will save you time and money compared to a traditional degree format, without compromising on your education.
Our Courses
Accelerated, two-year undergraduate degrees for school leavers aged 18+
BA (Hons) Fashion Business
BA (Hons) Fashion Business will teach you the different ways of doing business within the fashion industry. You’ll learn about the financial, commercial and ethical factors that impact brands, combined with all skills you need to start and manage a successful business.
BA (Hons) Marketing & Communications for Fashion
BA (Hons) Marketing & Communications for Fashion will teach you the skills you need to design effective marketing campaigns. We’ll teach you to combine your creative and analytical expertise to identify new opportunities for brands to communicate with their audiences.
BA (Hons) Buying & Merchandising
Studying BA (Hons) Buying & Merchandising, you’ll discover how to plan and trade a fashion season from concept to customer; and how trends, consumer profiling and consumer behaviour inform your business decisions.
BA (Hons) Sustainable Fashion
By studying our BA (Hons) Sustainable Fashion course, you can combine your creative and analytical skills and learn how to make the industry more sustainable and ethical while still making businesses profitable. This is a brand new course, created in collaboration with industry to give students the most up-to-date knowledge and skills.
BA (Hons) Fashion Communications & Styling
By studying our BA (Hons) Fashion Communications & Styling degree course you will discover the different ways that visuals and communications impact a business and the effect they can have. You’ll be able to create effective communications strategies, as well as develop the technical and analytical skills you’ll need for industry.
BA (Hons) UX/UI Design for Retail
On our BA (Hons) UX/UI Design for Retail course, you will learn the latest techniques in web design, digital creative skills, social media content and customer insight to communicate to a brand's target audience and improve the user journey for a brand's customers.
BSc (Hons) Data Analytics for Retail
By studying our BSc (Hons) Data Analytics for Retail course, you will study modules including Fundamentals of Data Analytics, Regulations, Ethics & Law, and Data Management & Visualisation. You’ll explore the technical and practical aspects of gathering data and look at the measures you need to take to ensure that you are practising ethically.
Getting to the Fashion retail academy
Our central London location means we have excellent transport links, and it's very easy to get to us even if you don't live in London.
I have learnt so much since starting at the Fashion Retail Academy. My skills, knowledge and confidence in all areas of fashion have advanced, and I have gained lifelong friendships along the way. The experiences and opportunities made available to me through connections to the industry have been so valuable to my career progression!
Silva
BA (Hons) Marketing & Communication for Fashion
The Fashion Retail Academy has helped me focus on the things I value. By identifying what I want from my career, I have started work with a business whose values align with my own!
Ezra
BA (Hons) Fashion Business
My time at the Fashion Retail Academy gave me a great deal of personal and professional growth. Resilience, subject knowledge and learning that I am more capable than I believed has helped me land my dream role!
Annabel
BA (Hons) Buying & Merchandising alumni and MAA at John Lewis
I have loved doing my degree at the Fashion Retail Academy; it’s been challenging and inspiring. The great work experience opportunities have helped me get a job in industry before I even graduate!
Izzy
BA (Hons) Buying & Merchandising