BSc (Hons) Fashion Business and Management at Manchester Metropolitan University

Programme overview

On our BSc (Hons) Fashion Business and Management course, you’ll become a future-focused fashion professional, ready to shape a more ethical, intelligent, and consumer-driven industry. You’ll explore how fashion businesses are evolving in response to digital innovation, shifting consumer behaviours, and global sustainability challenges. Through hands-on, project-based learning, you’ll develop the commercial and strategic skills needed for roles in brand strategy, people management, sustainable supply chains or digital retail for example.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities | Department: Manchester Fashion Institute | Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years full time with placement and/or study abroad | Study mode: full-time, placement year available | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

BSc (Hons) Fashion Business & Management is designed to develop the technical, analytical, and managerial skills you need to succeed in the complex, evolving fashion industry. Across the programme, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of business operations, financial planning, supply chain management, marketing strategy, and customer insight, building the practical expertise to make informed and effective decisions within fashion organisations. Year 1 core: Consumer Journey, Digital Innovation, Fashion Business Fundamentals, Global Fashion Industry. Year 2 core: Career Readiness, Customer Experience Project, Fashion X, Strategic Fashion Management and Analytics. Year 3 core: Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Global Strategy; options: Fashion Consultancy Project, Fashion Enterprise Project, Fashion Research Project.

Career pathways

The fashion industry presents graduates with the opportunity to take up management level positions across the globe. There is an increased need in the industry for graduates with business, innovation and corporate entrepreneurial skills to enter management positions - this degree will equip you with those skills.

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Application information

Entry requirements

104-112 UCAS Tariff points. GCE A levels - grades BCC or equivalent. Pearson BTEC National Extended Diploma - grade DMM. Access to HE Diploma - Pass overall with a minimum 106 UCAS Tariff points. UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma - grade of Merit overall. OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma - grade DMM. T level - We welcome applications from students undertaking T level qualifications. Eligible applicants will be asked to achieve a minimum overall grade of Merit as a condition of offer. IB Diploma - Pass overall with a minimum overall score of 26 or minimum 104 UCAS Tariff points from three Higher Level subjects. Other Level 3 qualifications equivalent to GCE A level are also considered. A maximum of three A level-equivalent qualifications will be accepted towards meeting the UCAS tariff requirement. AS levels, or qualifications equivalent to AS level, are not accepted. The Extended Project qualification (EPQ) may be accepted towards entry, in conjunction with two A-level equivalent qualifications. Please contact the University directly if you are unsure whether you meet the minimum entry requirements for the course. GCSE grade C/4 in English Language or equivalent, e.g. Pass in Level 2 Functional Skills English. and GCSE grade C/4 in Mathematics or equivalent, e.g. Pass in Level 2 Functional Skills Mathematics. IB: IB Diploma with minimum 26 points overall or 104-112 UCAS Tariff points from Higher Level. If you plan to meet the Level 2 course requirements through your IB Diploma you will need to achieve Higher Level 4 or Standard Level 5 in English and Higher Level 4 or Standard Level 4 in Mathematics. IELTS: 6.0 overall with no individual element below 5.5.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Standard UK and Channel Islands full-time fee for 2027/28 as stated on the course page Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years full time with placement and/or study abroad

Apply through the official page: https://www.ucas.com

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