With over 28,000 students drawn from over 100 countries, Nottingham Trent is one of the largest universities in the United Kingdom and offers both undergraduate and postgraduate fashion education. In addition to its UK campus, the university operates a franchise model, with campuses in Hong Kong and Singapore. Campus and university resources were ranked highly by students across the board. Undergraduate applicants may choose from a wide variety of courses including fashion design, management and communication, and promotion. Some courses include a formal placement year in the fashion industry. Postgraduate courses are equally variable, from knitwear design to international fashion management. The school’s library and research facilities were rated highly by students, who also praised the international diversity of the fashion student body. The business and marketing education offered by Nottingham Trent was scored above average in our survey.
14th
Undergraduate, Fashion Ranking 2015
Full-time fashion students
1,519
International students
10%
Student : Teacher ratio
28:1
23:1 including part time lecturers
Tuition: Domestic/intl
$14k/$19k
Acceptance rate
59%
Graduation Rate
82%
Courses Offered
Undergraduate:
BA (Hons) Fashion Design, BA (Hons) Costume Design and Making, BA (Hons) Fashion Accessory Design, BA (Hons) Fashion Communication and Promotion, BA (Hons) Fashion Knitwear Design and Knitted Textiles, BA (Hons) Fashion Management, BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing and Branding, BA (Hons) International Fashion Business, BA (Hons) Textile Design
Notable Alumni
Student & Alumni Comments
"My school is excellent for catering to individual career paths, as there is a lot of free reign in terms of projects you wish to specialise in, or courses you may wish to enrol in. I would say that this also has a down side in that learning is very self directed — maybe overly so."
"For a creative course there is not enough contact time for us to be able to learn and develop new and existing skills preparing us for the industry."
"I really liked the lectures and the versatility of the course. However I am dissatisfied by the lack of resources for our course, we don't have a specific area to go and do work in. I also wish we would receive more teaching time."
"Very good facilities, very helpful tutors, technicians and the provision of precious experience within the British fashion industry."
Full Undergraduate, Fashion Ranking
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