University of Salford
Fashion Business and Promotion BA (Hons)
University of Salford

Key Course Facts

Student Reviews

Below you can see course specific reviews for 30 graduates of Fashion Business and Promotion BA (Hons) at University of Salford for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in Business Studies.

Overall student satisfaction
73 /100
30 total respondents
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Salary of Graduates in Business Studies

Important: Salary data below is not course specific, but contains data of all students of Business Studies at the university. Due to data collection methodology, salary data is mainly based on data related to undergraduate students.

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £22000 £20000 £25000
25-75 percentile range £20000 - £24000 £17000 - £25000 £19500 - £31500


Salary of all UK Graduates of Business Studies

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £23620 £22672 £26573
25-75 percentile range £20949 - £27852 £16926 - £29007 £19659 - £35186

Course Description

Fashion increasingly relies upon the influence of social media buying, merchandising, communication, promotion, and advertising. This course prepares you to take a leading role in this ever-changing, fast-moving industry.

This BA (Hons) Fashion Business and Promotion degree course will enable you to consider the fashion industry in its entirety while developing a broad range of practical, and technical skills required to succeed. You’ll be studying within our dynamic and award-winning Fashion department within Greater Manchester. Our location includes independent Fashion designers, retailers, and multi-million-pound online Fashion brands so you will be within one of the most important up and coming centres for the future of the global Fashion industry.

This fashion and business promotion degree course will introduce you to the importance of sustainability and enable you to define your own role in shaping the future of fashion retail. You will develop real-time skills with the knowledge understanding of blogging, influencers, marketing, trend prediction whilst all the time developing essential analysis and business entrepreneurial skills.

You will experience live industry projects and a work placement in your second year gaining unique practical experience alongside presentations from industry leaders and opportunity for career building networking events.

In the final year of the course, you will complete a personal project building a portfolio of work to showcase your individual interests, talent and establish your reputation as a fashion business and promotion professional.

You Will

Join a supportive fashion community at Salford that’s truly passionate about fashion promotion and business practices.

Discover how the business and promotion of fashion works in the wider global industry.

Work with our Industry partners who have included Wicker Wings, Both Barrels, Silpa & By Gibbs

Study visits to design studios and businesses within the UK

Work Placement, Networking and employability working with small business start-ups and the Universities business growth hub.

Learn essential skills in Adobe Illustrator, Spark Pages, InDesign & Photoshop

Graduate with a diverse portfolio of work that can be used to land that perfect role in the fashion industry or further study at masters level.

Jobs & Career Perspectives

15 months after graduation, graduates of this course were asked about what they do and, if they are working, about their current job and their perspectives.

Current jobs

Required skill level of job after 15 months

Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Fashion Business and Promotion BA (Hons) at University of Salford

24% Elementary occupations
16% Web and Multimedia Design Professionals
13% Information Technology Professionals
8% Administrative occupations
6% Artistic, literary and media occupations
6% Design occupations
5% Science, engineering and technology associate professionals
4% Business and public service associate professionals
3% Other Health Professionals
3% Caring personal services

Entry Requirements / Admissions

Minimum Required UCAS Tariff

Art & Design / Business subject preferred but not essential

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for this course

Qualification requirements

Including a relevant subject/science @ C or above (80 UCAS tariff points)

M in T Level Health, Healthcare Science, or Science.

Scottish Higher qualifications are considered on an individual basis

Access to HE Diploma

31-30 overall or 665-655 in 3 HL subjects.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

Including one in a relevant subject/science (90 UCAS tariff points)

Requirements for international students / English requirements

IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)

    • 6.5
    • All other courses
    • 4.5
    • Foundation / Pathway Courses
    • 6.5
    • Graduate Degrees
    • 6.0
    • Undergraduate Degrees
Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Fashion Business and Promotion, BA (Hons), if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

Costs

Average student cost of living in the UK

Rent £518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) £50
Supermarket shopping £81
Clothing £35
Eating out £33
Alcohol £27
Takeaways / food deliveries £30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) £24
Holidays and weekend trips £78
Transport within city £17
Self-care / sports £20
Stationary / books £13
Mobile phone / internet £13
Cable TV / streaming £7
Insurance £51
Other £95
  
Average student cost of living £1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

How to apply

Application deadline:

January 1, 2025

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Possible Entry Points:

  • year 1 (Default entry point)

University Rankings

Positions of University of Salford in top UK and global rankings.

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About University of Salford

The University of Salford is a publicly funded university in a town of the same name, in Greater Manchester, England. The university’s primary campus, Peel Park, is just half an hour’s walk from Manchester city centre. Additionally, this campus is also home to the Salford Museum and Art Gallery.

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undergraduates:
17080
postgraduates:
4155
Total:
21235
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