Fashion Design with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University
Fashion Design with a Foundation Year (BA (Hons), W23C) at Birmingham City University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the course had under 96 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on bcu.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check bcu.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had under 96 points.
15 entrants · 2023-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 85%, other qualifications 15%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- W23C · W2 design
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
This course is industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK's screen-based industries and carries the ScreenSkills Select quality-mark for the purposes of indicating courses best suited to prepare students for a career in the screen industries. More ↗
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
75%
still studying
UK 85%
25%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
10 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course91%90%
Learning opportunities88%87%
Assessment and feedback91%88%
Academic support93%91%
Organisation and management89%78%
Learning resources88%88%
Student voice91%83%
295 final-year students · 86% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£25.5k3 years£20k5 years£25k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 30 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
70% working8% working and studying1% studying10% unemployed11% other
UK, same subject: 89% in work or study
59%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 59%
75%
say their work is meaningful
UK 70%
55%
use what they learned
UK 53%
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals20%
- Elementary occupations12%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations9%
- Business and public service associate professionals9%
- Design occupations7%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 110 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- B4 7BD
Subjects
fashion design design, and creative and performing arts
Campus
- Campus
- City Centre Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Design studies at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Creative Technologies BSc (Hons) | 104 - 128 points | 112–127 |
| Arts University Bournemouth | Communication Design and Strategy BA (Hons) | 104 - 120 points | 128–143 |
| Bath Spa University | Fashion Design BA (Hons) | BBB - BCC | 144–159 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Art and Design BA (Hons) | 96 points | under 96 |
| Aston University, Birmingham | Engineering and Physical Sciences Foundation Programme: Product Design and Innovation BSc (Hons) | 72 - 90 points | — |
| Arts University Plymouth | Ceramics & Glass CertHE | 72 points | — |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Graphic Design HNC | 64 points | — |
| Bedford College Group | Fashion and Textiles HND | 32 points | — |
| BMet (Birmingham Metropolitan College) | Art and Design (Graphic Design) HND | 32 points | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Animation and Illustration BA (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Birmingham City University | Fashion Design with a Foundation Year this course | — | under 96 |
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