BA (Hons) Fashion Business with Marketing at Solent University

Programme overview

Do you want to be at the forefront of fashion, launching the latest brands and leading styles? Gain strategic marketing skills and business insight ready for a commercial career in fashion. The BA (Hons) Fashion Business with Marketing is a practice-led, data-driven programme dedicated to merging rigorous business understanding with immediate real-world application, ensuring you graduate not just industry-ready, but industry-shaping. We are focused on cultivating the next generation of strategic business leaders who possess the commercial acumen, analytical rigour, and ethical foresight necessary to drive sustainable value and transformative change across the global fashion ecosystem.

Faculty: Fashion and beauty | Duration: 3 years; 4 years with foundation year; 4 years with year in industry; 5 years with foundation and industry years | Study mode: full-time (placement year option) | Intake: 2027 entry | Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Core modules include Fashion Eco Systems, Circular Economy, From Concept to Consumer, Fashion Analytics, Fashion, Culture and Society, Strategic Digital Experience, Sustainable Supply Chain, Research for Innovation, Business Ideation and Development, Professional Realisation. Optional modules include Creating a Product Range, Social Currency, The Media Event, Global Fashion Markets.

Career pathways

Graduates will be well prepared for careers in marketing, PR, merchandising, buying, retail and project management.

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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 Pass (C+) 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; 4 years with year in industry; 5 years with foundation and in

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

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