Fashion Design and Technology (with Placement Year) at Loughborough University
Fashion Design and Technology (with Placement Year) (BA (Hons), W236) at Loughborough University asked for ABB in recent years; UCAS’s course data does not show the 2027 requirement yet. The middle entrant to the course had 144–159 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Main course page on lboro.ac.uk ↗
A-level grades
~ABB
Competitive128 points · around ABB
Not the 2027 requirement. UCAS’s course search data does not include 2027 requirements yet, so this is from an earlier year and may have changed. Check lboro.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsThis course
Entrants hereUK, same subjectAsks 128
15% of entrants have no UCAS points recorded. The middle entrant with points had 144–159 points. 18% of them had fewer than the 128 asked.
30 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 90%, a baccalaureate 5%, other qualifications 5%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- W236 · W2 design
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Year 1
- Year
- 2027
- Placement year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearThis course
95%
still studying
UK 90%
5%
left higher education
UK 10%
0%
moved to a lower award
UK 0%
35 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course90%90%
Learning opportunities87%87%
Assessment and feedback85%88%
Academic support93%91%
Organisation and management77%78%
Learning resources84%88%
Student voice84%83%
215 final-year students · 84% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalarySubject at this uni
15 months£26.5k3 years£27.5k5 years£34k
£20k£30k£40k£50k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 50 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onSubject at this uni
86% working7% working and studying3% unemployed4% other
UK, same subject: 89% in work or study
74%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 59%
80%
say their work is meaningful
UK 70%
70%
use what they learned
UK 53%
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals33%
- Business and public service associate professionals10%
- Design occupations8%
- Sales occupations7%
- Artistic, literary and media occupations6%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 110 graduates · 50% responded · 2023-24
Figures are for the main course; this variant is listed with it. Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Loughborough, East Midlands, England
- Postcode
- LE11 3TU
Subjects
fashion design design, and creative and performing arts
textiles technology engineering and technology
textiles technology engineering and technology
Campus
- Campus
- Loughborough University
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Design studies at other universities
The course at each university nearest this one in entry requirement. 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 |
| Brunel University of London | Games Design and Creative Writing BA (Hons) | ABB - BBC | 112–127 |
| Bucks New University | Electrical and Electronic Engineering BEng (Hon) | 100 - 128 points | 96–111 |
| Glasgow School of Art | Communication Design BA (Hons) | 114 - 128 points | 176–191 |
| Kingston University | Interaction Design BA (Hons) | 112 - 128 points | 128–143 |
| Lancaster University | Design BA (Hons) | 128 points | 128–143 |
| Loughborough University | Fashion Design and Technology (with Placement Year) this course | ABB | 144–159 |
| The University of Edinburgh | Fashion BA (Hons) | 114 - 128 points | 144–159 |
| University of Dundee | Graphic Design BDes (Hon) | ABB | 144–159 |
| University of Exeter | Art History and Visual Culture and Modern Languages with International Placement BA (Hons) | ABB | — |
| University of Leeds | Art and Design BA (Hons) | ABB | 128–143 |
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