Bachelor in Modemarketing (Hons)

• Learn from a teaching team with fashion industry experience
  • Guest lectures from industry-leading brands such as ASOS, WGSN and Patagonia
  • Opportunities for placements and internships
  • Study abroad in the USA and France

If you can see yourself running catwalk shows at London Fashion Week, creating compelling campaigns for international brands or sourcing the latest trends for an online fashion retailer, then our three-year degree course could be the perfect fit for you.

Fashion Marketing at Winchester focuses on the commercial face of the fashion industry, embracing digital media and the latest marketing technologies. As part of the Department of Marketing Event and Project Management within the Business School, we aim to help you become an innovative, responsible and confident marketer and manager.

Our programme has links with a range of industry specialists who deliver guest lectures in areas such as fashion buying and trend forecasting, writing for fashion and how to create a successful online campaign. There are opportunities for international study in the USA and France (in the second year of study), students are supported to find work placements at London Fashion Week, and there are opportunities for field trips.

Year 1 introduces you to the key theories, concepts and perspectives underpinning the subject area, as well as outlining the scope of the fashion industry. Topics include Introduction to Academic and Professional Studies, E-Publishing, Understanding Markets, Fashion in Focus, Managing Finance, Introduction to Media, and Marketing Principles.

Year 2 builds on your foundation year to provide further insight and opportunity to apply your learning in a range of areas such as Fashion Buying, Creativity Design and Innovation, Consumer Behaviour, Fashion Merchandising, Brand Identity and Design, Integrated Marketing Communications and Applied Marketing Research.

By Year 3 , you are ready to study in a more independent manner and to actively consider your work options before graduation. You align your final major project to your preferred career path via a range of optional taught modules, a research project, a dissertation or part-time work placement. You can continue to hone your advanced skills in the following topics, which support your final major project: Fashion Media and Identity, Sustainability and Responsibility in Fashion, Strategic Brand Management, Strategic Innovation Management, Creating a Social Media Campaign and Digital Marketing.

Our well-prepared and skilled graduates go on to enjoy a wide range of careers within the fashion industry in marketing, media, brand management, writing and publishing, styling, advertising, public relations, trend forecasting, consumer research, buying, merchandising and visual merchandising. Graduates have gone on to work at Burberry, Harrods, WGSN, New Look and ASOS.

The University of Winchester empowers students to reach their full potential and make a difference in the world. Set in Winchester, a beautiful, quintessential English city with a rich heritage and vibrant contemporary culture, the university’s friendly and compact campuses give students the benefit of city and campus living. We are well situated with excellent transport links allowing you to reach London or the coast in an hour, and Southampton Airport is just a 10-minute train journey away.

The university offers a selection of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees that are taught across our five faculties:

• Faculty of Business and Digital Technologies: A modern, forward-thinking faculty offering a range of disciples including Accounting, Economics, Business Management, Computer Science and Marketing.
• Faculty of Education and the Arts: Has a long and established history of providing high-quality degrees, and is home to the Institute of Education, Department of Education and Childhood Studies, Department of Performing Arts, and School of Media and Film.
• Faculty of Health and Wellbeing: Outstanding degrees that are committed to progressing health and well-being for all life. The faculty includes Nursing, Physiotherapy, Social Work, Animal Welfare and Sports degrees.
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences: Passionate about what makes us human, we offer research-led teaching and outstanding support in Anthropology; Archaeology; History; Psychology; Social Sciences including Politics and Geography; Philosophy; English and Creative Writing.
• Faculty of Law, Crime and Justice: Bringing together the department of Law and the department of Policing, Criminology and Forensics, the faculty uses an interdisciplinary approach to offer a dynamic range of degrees that offer the use of specialist facilities.