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Fashion

University of Edinburgh

Faculty:Edinburgh College of Art
Degree:Bachelor
Field of Study:Fashion/Apparel Design
Length:4 Year(s)
Careers:Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit and Other Creative Designers

Description:

Our dynamic, award-winning, fashion programme puts emphasis on your personal creative freedom and design innovation. We believe that the only way to create the the fashion innovators of the future is to promote your individual design identity while developing and nurturing your full creative potential. Our ambition is to ensure that you have the best chance of employment and career development on graduation.

We believe in cultivating expressive, visionary and provocative designers with a broad range of abilities, addressing all sectors of the fashion design community. Social responsibility is core to our programme's educational structure. This ensures that emotionally considerate design, and empathetic knowledge of diverse consumers and their needs, are at the heart of creating intelligent designers. Our students strive to create products that have a sustainable and meaningful place in the contemporary design world.

Prerequisites:

These courses are intended as guidelines. Speak to your guidance counsellor to see what courses are offered at your school.
    The typical offer is likely to be:
    • SQA Highers: BBBB.
    • A Levels: BBB.
    • IB: 34 points (grades 555 at HL).

    Minimum entry requirements
    • SQA Highers: BBBB by the end of S5 or BBBBB/ABBB from S4-S6. National 5: English at Grade C.
    • A Levels: BBB. GCSEs: English at Grade C.
    • IB: Award of Diploma with 34 points overall and grades 555 in HL subjects. SL: English at 4.

    If you are an international student and your school qualifications are not accepted for direct entry to the University you may be eligible for admission to this degree programme through our International Foundation Programme.

    Applicants will be asked to submit a digital mini-portfolio. Assessment of the mini-portfolio will form part of the selection process. Applicants applying to enter Year 2 of our programmes, who pass the first stage of selection, will be invited to bring a full portfolio to an Applicant Day.

    BTECs
    Applicants studying the Pearson BTEC Diploma in Art and Design will be considered for entry with the following:
    • Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design with Merit.
    • Pearson BTEC Level 3 Diploma in Art and Design with Merit plus one A Level at Grade B.
    • Pearson BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Art and Design with Merit plus two A Levels at Grade B.
    Applicants studying the University of the Arts London Level 3 Extended Diploma in Arts and Design will be considered with Merit.
    Additional Admission Requirements:
      You must provide evidence that your written and spoken English is at a level that will enable you to succeed in your studies.

      If English is not your first language, you must have one of the following qualifications as evidence of your spoken and written English:
      • IELTS Academic module overall 6.5 with 5.5 in each component
      • TOEFL-iBT 92 or above with 20 in each section
      • Cambridge English: Advanced & Proficiency overall 176 with 162 in each component
      • Pearson Test of English (Academic): Total 61 with at least 51 in each "Communicative Skills" section *Trinity ISE: ISE II with a distinction in all four components

      SQA and GCSE
      For SQA and GCSE students, unless a higher level is specified in the stated entry requirements, a pass is required in English at the following grades or higher:
      • SQA National 5 Grade C
      • SQA Standard Grade 3
      • SQA Intermediate 1 Grade A
      • SQA Intermediate 2 Grade C
      • GCSE Grade C
      • IB Standard Level Grade 4

      * We make every attempt to provide accurate information on prerequisites, programs, and tuition. However, this information is subject to change without notice and we highly recommend that you contact the school to confirm important information before applying.

      Modified on July 26, 2016