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Fashion Design to your shortlist
Will my grades get me in?
We compare your grades with the typical offer above. Offers can change, so always check the university’s course page.
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Fashion at Birmingham City University
Birmingham City University is ranked 23rd of 67 universities for fashion on our measures. 90% of students are positive about the course, and graduates earn a median £25.7k after 15 months, rising to £25.6k after five years.
Typical offer BBCCity Centre Campus, England6 courses
How it compares with other fashion courses
The marker shows the typical (median) fashion course. How we measure
Who gets in
UCAS points of students who started, with the A-level grades worth the same points. These totals include every qualification students had (a fourth A-level, EPQ, AS levels and so on), so many people here had a lower offer than their total suggests.
- Under 96 ptsbelow CCC44%
- 96–111 ptsCCC–BCC16%
- 112–127 ptsBBC–BBB14%
- 128–143 ptsABB–AAB6%
- 144–159 ptsAAA–A*AA7%
- 160+ ptsA*A*A or more14%
What graduates earn
The 15-month figure comes from the Graduate Outcomes survey and covers graduates in full-time work. The 3 and 5-year figures come from tax records and include everyone in work, including part-time, so they can be lower than the 15-month figure.
Compare the 6 fashion courses here
Each course has its own satisfaction, drop-out and entry figures where enough students answered. Add your grades above to see your fit for each one.
- Typical offers range from CDD (Fashion Design with Foundation Year) to BBC (Fashion Design).
- Highest student satisfaction: Fashion Business and Promotion (94%).
- Least competitive entry: Fashion Design with Foundation Year. Half of the students who started had more than 80 UCAS points, against 120 on the most competitive course here.
- Most students stay on: Fashion Design and Fashion Business and Promotion (85%).
- Placement year: Fashion Design, Fashion Business and Promotion and Fashion Communication offer one.
- Foundation year: Fashion Design with Foundation Year, Fashion Business and Promotion with Foundation Year and Fashion Communication with Foundation Year offer one.
- Courses last between 3 and 4 years.
- Accredited by ScreenSkills (screen industries): Fashion Design and Fashion Design with Foundation Year.
Fashion Design
BA · 3 years
Typical offerBBC
- Satisfied
- 90%
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 115
- Graduate jobs
- 25%
- Salary
- £25.5k*
Accredited: ScreenSkills (screen industries)
Fashion Design with Foundation Year
BA · 4 years
Typical offerCDD
- Satisfied
- 90%*
- Stay on
- 75%
- Entry points
- 80
- Graduate jobs
- 59%*
- Salary
- £25.5k*
Accredited: ScreenSkills (screen industries)
Fashion Business and Promotion
BA · 3 years
Typical offerBBC
- Satisfied
- 94%
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 120
- Graduate jobs
- 60%
- Salary
- £26k*
Fashion Communication
BA · 3 years
Typical offerBBC
- Satisfied
- 87%
- Stay on
- 85%
- Entry points
- 102
- Graduate jobs
- 60%*
- Salary
- £26k*
Fashion Business and Promotion with Foundation Year
BA · 4 years
Typical offerCDD
- Satisfied
- 93%
- Stay on
- 80%
- Entry points
- 120
- Graduate jobs
- 60%
- Salary
- £26k*
Fashion Communication with Foundation Year
BA · 4 years
Typical offerCDD
- Satisfied
- 90%*
- Stay on
- 70%
- Entry points
- 87
- Graduate jobs
- 60%*
- Salary
- £26k*
* When a course is too small to publish its own figure, we show the figure for similar courses at this university. Highlighted figures are the best of this university’s own course figures. Entry points are the middle UCAS score of students who started, counting all their qualifications, so they’re usually higher than the offer.
Typical offers are taken from each university’s own course page (checked October 2026). Offers change each year and some courses ask for specific subjects, so always check the course page before you apply.
Links go to the university’s own course pages, where you’ll find current entry requirements and fees.
Similar ranking
- Falmouth UniversityRanked 21
- The Northern School of ArtRanked 23
- Ulster UniversityRanked 25
- University of LancashireRanked 26
Nearby
- University of Wolverhampton11 miles away, ranked 21
- Coventry University18 miles away, ranked 54
- University of Derby32 miles away, ranked 61
- De Montfort University34 miles away, ranked 9
Living in Birmingham
Most first-year students live in university halls, and many universities guarantee a place if you apply on time. Start with Birmingham City University’s own accommodation page for halls, prices and deadlines.
Birmingham City University accommodation