BA (Hons) Fashion and Beauty Media at Solent University

Programme overview

Use your passion for fashion and beauty to become a multi-skilled storyteller – guided by our industry experts and using professional facilities to deliver content and campaigns for UK brands. The fashion and beauty industries are looking for dynamic and multi-skilled practitioners to produce a range of 360° content across editorial and commercial platforms. This practice-led degree will support you to become a fashion and beauty industry storyteller, using words, pictures, film, virtual design and digital graphics to create innovative and sustainable editorial and promotional campaigns, through our in-house brand,

Faculty: Fashion and beauty | Duration: 3 years; 4 years with foundation year | Study mode: full-time | Intake: 2027 entry | Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules include The Visual Storyteller, Creating the Concept, From Concept to Consumer, The Content Consultancy, The Copy Clinic, Serial Storytelling, Masterful Marketing, Future Forecasting, Thinking Like a Creative, The Professional Lens. Optional modules include Creating a Product Range, Social Currency, The Media Event, Global Fashion Markets, The Professional Launchpad, Virtual Fashion.

Career pathways

This course can lead to a wide variety of careers in fashion and beauty marketing and promotion, social media strategy and content creation, magazine journalism, influencer marketing, PR, fashion and beauty photography, event management, advertising and within digital creative agencies offering editorial and commercial content production. Recent graduates have gone on to roles at brands including Vogue, Charlotte Tilbury, Fenty, Gymshark, Glossier, and Valentino.

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Application information

Entry requirements

104-120 UCAS tariff points A minimum of two completed A-levels, a BTEC Extended Diploma at DMM or BTEC Diploma at D*D, T-level Merit or equivalent qualification or a combination of qualifications which comply with the minimum entry requirement of 104 UCAS points. Direct entry into the second or third years may be considered for this course. Applicants over the age of 21 may be considered based on relevant experience, without having the required tariff points. English language: IELTS minimum 6.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each individual component.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). UK, ROI, EU (settled status) and Channel Island full-time fee. Fees for the following year not yet published; 2026/27 rates shown for guidance. Source

International applicants: GBP 19,081 a year (2026/27). International full-time fee. Fees for the following year not yet published; 2026/27 rates shown for guidance. Source

Intake: 2027 entry

Duration: 3 years; 4 years with foundation year

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

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