Raffles Design Institute Riyadh
Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design (Top Up)

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

DEGREE TYPE

Advanced Diploma

DURATION

1 year

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: The Advanced Diploma in Fashion Design (Top Up) allows students to enhance their knowledge and skills in fashion design. This program builds upon prior qualifications, offering a chance to specialize further and develop creative and technical competencies in the fashion industry. Students will engage in practical projects, exploring design processes, and learning industry-standard practices.

Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue various roles in the fashion industry, including fashion designer, textile designer, and fashion buyer. The program prepares students for creative positions as well as management roles within fashion businesses.

BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS) IN FASHION DESIGN (TOP UP)

Coventry University, UK

Intakes: January, April, July, and October

Duration: 1 Year (Full-time)

COURSE OVERVIEW

The Fashion course is an exciting practice-based course that encourages the application of skills, the investigation of the theory and the opportunity for critical reflection. It is a broad-based course with opportunities for students to explore a wide range of intentions within the area of Fashion in addition to event management, visual merchandising, digital fashion, jewelry and accessory design. Over recent years the accessories market has exploded globally, from couture and designers right down to the high street market, and the fashion industry has seen the potential to build sales by adding accessories to the mix.

The traditional Fashion graduate, proficient in the skills of pattern cutting and manufacturing etc., needs to become a flexible, creative and global practitioner, with capabilities focused on skills acquisition and evaluation. With the advent of social media, the business of marketing and PR has changed and Fashion graduates now need yet another set of skills and the course needs to reflect these changes in the Fashion industry. Fashion blogging is now an established profession, the use of social media to promote brands and events, the expansion of e-tailing and successful bricks and mortar retailers all now have an online presence, all this is opening different opportunities for graduate employment.

The Fashion course is very industry focused and as such has very strong links with regional and international employers. The course team has a wealth of contacts in the industry and the shape of the course is directed by changes in the industry and the needs of employers.

The Fashion course is therefore contextualized by global trends in the Fashion industry, specifically within the Asian markets and students are encouraged to take part in collaborative / group projects enhancing their multicultural awareness and strengths as global practitioners.

A key aspect of the programme is employability and students are encouraged to undertake industry experience and to pursue professional links through project work and all other aspects of their university experience. This reflects the Raffles Education Corporation’s Values and Culture statement; promoting professional excellence for employability.

Staff research, practice, and expertise feed into the course's qualities and characteristics. These chime with Coventry University's Mission Statement to provide outward-facing research with impact, to provide high-quality teaching, and to be dynamic, global and enterprising.