BSc (Hons) Business Management with Fashion with Integrated Foundation Year
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Course overview
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Starts: Sep 2025
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Duration: 3 years
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Mode: Full time
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UCAS code: N102
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Fees: UK: £5,760 (2025/26) / INT: £17,000 (2025/26)
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. This is the Year 0 option, for those who wish to build up foundational knowledge prior to entering an undergraduate degree.
Take your first steps in business management with fashion.
This course is a preparatory year as part of a four-year BSc (Hons) Business Management with Fashion degree* and is aimed at students who require more time to develop their portfolio and skillset prior to year one of undergraduate study. This course will ignite your creativity and imagination, so you can discover new ways of making, thinking and documenting.
*Source: *subject to validation and information is therefore subject to change
Why study this course?
- Develop your own unique entrepreneurial ideas and create business proposals
- Collaborate with students across courses to acquire key business skills and support co-creative working
- Learn to make sustainable business decisions
- Communicate visually, verbally and creatively through digital creative media
- Pitches and presentations with live briefs prepare you for industry.
What you will learn
In this four year BSc (Hons) Business Management with Fashion Year 0 course in London, you will learn core business practice and refine your skills in management, strategy and research.
You will 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.
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. You will be set live project briefs and have the chance to undertake work-based learning opportunities with leading and emerging fashion brands.
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.
Find out about the year 0 route
Business Management with Fashion Year 0 is not a standalone course; it is the first stage of a full four-year undergraduate degree. When you successfully complete your preparatory year, you will be able to progress smoothly into the first year of our BSc (Hons) Business Management with Fashion course in London.
Your tutors will nurture your creative potential and support you while you learn the essential practical, intellectual and transferable skills needed to confidently enter undergraduate study.
As well as developing fundamental skills, you will also be given a broad grounding in your chosen specialist area, and an understanding of the cultural contexts of the creative industries.
This is your entry point into a thrilling academic journey and career in games art and related creative disciplines.
Key study topics:
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Marketing reports
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Business plans
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Market research reports
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Shop reports
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Financial statements
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Strategy and leadership written proposal
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E-commerce reports
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Digital marketing
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Online/social media presentation
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Visual marketing and advertising campaigns
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Pitch/presentation skills
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Case Studies
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Brand management reports
The specifics
Year 0 course specification – coming soon
BSc (Hons) Business Management with Fashion course specification – coming soon
Facilities
iMac suite at Ravensbourne
iMac suite at Ravensbourne University - ideal for design students and computing students.
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.
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.
Library at Ravensbourne
The Ravensbourne University library has a large collection of print, online and multimedia resources available for staff and students to use.
