Create your own fashion designs from Year 1 in our workshops at Cambridge School of Art, and launch your career with a professional portfolio and stand-out final collection.
As the founder of fashion label Olivia Annabelle, Olivia Welsh discusses how studying at ARU inspired her to start her own brand with a focus on craftsmanship, beautiful fabrics and British history.
Read more from OliviaOur BA (Hons) Fashion Design degree will help you forge an identity as a designer, specialising in menswear or womenswear.
You’ll be hands-on from day one, creating your own fashion designs and engaging with all aspects of the design process in our studios, including pattern cutting, draping, textiles and digital media.
You’ll also learn about contemporary fashion promotion, including marketing, styling, fashion photography and art direction – and create campaigns to attract consumers and influencers to your brand. Alongside this you'll learn about the ethics of the fashion industry, and consider issues of sustainability that will help you to develop as a responsible industry professional.
You’ll work closely with students from across our creative community, including fashion students in other years, photographers and filmmakers to create eye-catching campaigns and digital content. Perhaps most importantly, you’ll get time, guidance and support from our team, including technical staff and course leader Mark Hart, who's worked with brands such as Chloe, Alexander McQueen, Warner Bros Records, and London Records.
A montage of work by graduating students on BA (Hons) Fashion Design at Cambridge School of Art.
BA (Hons) Fashion Design student Ana talks about her experiences on the course.
ANA MIGUEL MARTINS
Photos: Shaun James Cox
ANA MIGUEL MARTINS
Photos: Shaun James Cox
ANA MIGUEL MARTINS
Photos: Rory James
ANA MIGUEL MARTINS
Photos: Rory James
PATRICIA MORENO
Photos: Shaun James Cox
PATRICIA MORENO
Photos: Shaun James Cox
PATRICIA MORENO
Photos: Rory James
ERIKAS VASILJEVAS
Photos: Rory James
ALBA RICO ABAD
Heavy Jeans live brief project
DANIELA CELI
Heavy Jeans live brief project
JOAO SANTOS HENRIQUES
Heavy Jeans live brief project
KRISTIANA MIHAYLOVA
Heavy Jeans live brief project
SHAO CHI WU
Heavy Jeans live brief project
VITTORIA GREENBANK
Heavy Jeans live brief project
VITTORIA GREENBANK
Heavy Jeans live brief project
BRUNO COELHO
Paradisum . Bruno Coelho. Technical line up . SS 21
INES MOURAO
Dualitatem - Illustration - S/S 2021
DANIELLE ARAUJO
Forte Dose SS21 . Streetwear . Full Body Illustration Line Up
TALIN TARIQ
Khayal - Techincal Line-up
STEPHANIE CORNFORTH
2019
LI QI SAW
2019
SOPHIA CLARK
2019
AGNIESZKA ZABEK
PATRICIA MORENO GONCALVES
SOPHIE WAGER
JOANA CHORA
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Our new digital workshop includes a variety of computer aided manufacturing machines, helping you learn up to date manufacturing and design processes as well as supporting many traditional techniques. These technologies include:
Our Creative Showcase shines a spotlight on what makes ARU creative and cultural – our spaces, places and people. Find out more about our community, the difference we make, the stories we tell, and the things that inspire us.
Meanwhile, Present is an exhibition that you curate for yourself. Explore the work of our graduating students in this eye-catching virtual degree show.
Course Leader and Senior Lecturer, Fashion Design and Fashion Communication and Branding
Senior Lecturer, Fashion Design
Deputy Head, Art & Design Senior Lecturer, Art & Design
Many of our students go on to establish their own labels or work for fashion houses and major brands.
Our BA (Hons) Fashion Design degree will help you develop your individual style as a designer, with a portfolio ready to present to fashion houses. Or you might pursue other roles, such as styling, buying, pattern cutting and trend forecasting.
If you’re a budding entrepreneur, you can explore the prospect of starting your own business – supported by the commercial know-how you’ll gain at ARU.
Whichever path you follow, you can be sure you’ll graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities that employers need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – and they offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn through work-based projects, internships or placements.
Graduation doesn’t need to be the end of your time with us. You might decide to stay at ARU and study for a Masters. Take advantage of our Alumni Scholarship and get 20% off your fees.
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