29110 Monda , Málaga , Spain
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This three-year Bachelor of Arts validated Fashion Design & Manufacture programme offered to our students is developed, delivered and assessed by Marbella Design Academy and Validated by the University of Bedfordshire.
When awarded your undergraduate Bachelor of Arts degree by the University of Bedfordshire, then you can apply for a Master’s degree at any university of your choice.
Fashion Design is the application of art, creativity, and aesthetics to clothing and other lifestyle accessories. It is a global business and one of the largest employers of the world workforce. This exciting, lucrative and growing market sector has many rich employment opportunities for fashion graduates including fashion design, fashion buying, pattern cutting, merchandising, marketing and trend predictions. The Marbella Design Academy enjoys an excellent alumni of qualified designers working successfully in the fashion industry.
By choosing to study Fashion Design at Marbella Design Academy, you will find yourself surrounded by a hub of internationally acclaimed fashion designers and creative people. Spain is a mecca for Fashion and some of the world´s most famous fashion designers are Spanish. Besides many others, Spain is home to the famous “Zara” Fashion Empire, with several hundred stores worldwide.
Fashion Design is big business. Being a professional Fashion Designer is a great career with many opportunities to either create your own brands and collections or to gain employment in one of the numerous fashion houses worldwide.
The purpose-built campus has been designed as an inspirational place to think, create and learn and share ideas equipped with the latest technologies and facilities expected of a modern education centre. Our academic staff are highly experienced and have all worked in this demanding industry in many parts of the world.
This innovative course will give you a professional insight into all the different job roles and career opportunities that exist within the fashion industry. You will have the opportunity to learn not only the theoretical and practical skills essential for fashion design, but also essential personal skills such as self-confidence, presentation, organisation, the ability to work with others and an opportunity to discover and express your own creative identity.
The Bachelor of Arts validated Fashion Design & Manufacture programme offered at Marbella Design Academy is designed to accomplish high academic standards in an exciting exploration of the latest contemporary techniques and processes of Fashion Design.
The first year of the programme will cover basic skills such as freehand drawing, design history, fashion illustration, computer-aided design (CAD), technical sewing machine skills, research skills, how to develop a design idea from initial research through to final outcome and essential pattern cutting and construction techniques. The first year of study is about exploration and experimentation.
New introduction for the 8th of January 2019 intake. This January´s intake will enjoy an accelerated programme which allows you to complete the academic stage of training in 2.5 years, instead of the normal 3 years. Upon successful completion, you will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree, in Fashion Design & Manufacture by our UK partner, University of Bedfordshire. You will start in January and study continuously through Summer till August and progress into the second year in September of the same year. This means that you will be able to save on living costs during your studies and enter employment more quickly. When you have satisfactorily completed your first year you will have four weeks of Summer holiday before starting your 2nd year on the16th of September 2019.
The second year of study will build and enhance your existing skills with a further exploration of the creative fashion design process, trend awareness, and live industry projects.
In your final and 3rd year of study is all about you as a designer, you will design and produce a final Runway collection which will be showcased at the end of the academic year always successful EXPOs.
This is your chance to push your creative and technical skills and showcase your work as an emerging fashion designer. a work experience module gives the opportunity to test your skills base in a contemporary fashion environment within the industry. You will produce an industry-ready portfolio with styled photo shoots and highly polished design work will be your selling point to achieve a position within the industry on graduation.
You will also undertake a six-week work placement programme, where you will experience the “Real world” of fashion and all the varied jobs available to you when you graduate.
We offer an excellent academic and technical programme of study in a purpose-built, well-equipped campus. In addition, we pride ourselves on the way we support our students in their academic studies, with pastoral student support. In return, we ask that you commit to work hard, display good attendance and make full use of all that is available to you at the Marbella Design Academy.
Course Code : N/A
Course Type : Full Time
Course Level : Under Graduate Diploma or Certificate
Duration : 03 Year
Total Tuition Fee :32400 EUR
Annual Cost of Living :4500.0 EUR
Marbella Design Academy, founded in 1995, is a beautiful place to study for your Bachelor of Arts degree. Located in Europe, Monda near Marbella and the Mediterranean Sea. Offering cutting edge Higher Education Bachelor of Arts Validated programmes, Foundation and short Summer Courses. The academy is situated in the lovely white village of Monda, only 15km from the jet-set town of Marbella and 25min drive to the Airport and the cultural centre of Málaga, the main city in Andalusia.
Bachelor of Arts validated programmes ( 3 years) in:
Interior Architecture & Design, Graphic Design & Media and Fashion Design & Manufacture Validated by our UK partner, University of Bedfordshire who will award you a UK Bachelor of Arts degree upon successful graduation from Marbella Design Academy.