Course overview

  • Starts: Sep 2025
  • Duration: 3 years
  • Mode: Full time
  • UCAS code: N102
  • Fees: UK: £9,250* (2024 entry) / INT: £17,000* (2024 entry)

*Fees subject to change for 2025/26 entry.

Decisive fashion leadership.

In this theory-based business management course in London, you will learn core business practice and refine your skills in management, strategy and research. Gain an in-depth understanding of the fashion industry and explore how businesses innovate and embrace digital practices. Learn everything you need to set up as a successful entrepreneur or work in global business.

*Source: Subject to validation and information is therefore subject to change.

Why study this course?

  1. Develop your own unique entrepreneurial ideas and create business proposals  
  2. Collaborate with students across courses to acquire key business skills and support co-creative working  
  3. Learn to make sustainable business decisions  
  4. Communicate visually, verbally and creatively through digital creative media 
  5. Pitches and presentations with live briefs prepare you for industry.

Ideal for...

students that want to be introduced into the world of the business and management, with a particular focus on fashion in a global context.

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On this industry-focused course, you will be set live project briefs and have the chance to undertake work-based learning opportunities with leading and emerging fashion brands. 

While this course is academic and theory based, you will also develop your creative thinking and learn to confidentially express your ideas both verbally and visually. 

The course is structured to enable you to gradually build your business skills and confidence. You will gain core business and management knowledge and learn to understand financial statements, process information and produce meaningful solutions to your creative briefs. 

A range of field trips will help you to gain a better understanding of key aspects of fashion business operations.  

You will develop both the hard and soft skills valued by employers by studying in a co-creative environment and working collaboratively with students across related courses. 

The accumulation of learning will enable you to produce a final business and management implementation project in your final year.

Key study topics:

  • Marketing reports 

  • Business plans 

  • Market research reports 

  • Shop reports 

  • Financial statements 

  • Strategy and leadership written proposal 

  • E-commerce reports 

  • Digital marketing 

  • Online/social media presentation 

  • Visual marketing and advertising campaigns 

  • Pitch/presentation skills 

  • Case Studies 

  • Brand management reports

The specifics

Facilities

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iMac suite at Ravensbourne

iMac suite at Ravensbourne University - ideal for design students and computing students.

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Kit Store at Ravensbourne

As a digital student, you'll need access to equipment relevant to your course that will support your learning.

The Kit Store provides a wide range of equipment that students can borrow to complete their projects. Staff can also borrow equipment to deliver their practical sessions. 

It houses a wide range of equipment from industry standard manufacturers, including cameras, audio, lighting, and more.

Staff at the Kit Store are trained in various relevant departments and are available to give advice on all the equipment within the store, to help you realise your project.

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Materials library

The Ravensbourne materials library is curated by Material ConneXion, a business that introduces brands to the latest material innovations.

The materials scientists at Material ConneXion select innovative materials relevant to the courses at Ravensbourne and that reflect current trends in design and manufacturing.

Samples of these materials are then added to the library so students and staff can browse the physical collection for inspiration, material ideas and applications.

The library hosts 1,500 material samples and an interactive table for further research and access to the Material ConneXion database.

External visitor information

If you wish to come and see the materials library and have a short tour, please contact us to organise.

The materials library can be used by external students registered with the SCONUL access scheme.

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Library at Ravensbourne

The Ravensbourne University library has a large collection of print, online and multimedia resources available for staff and students to use.

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