Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fashion Design
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
BA
DURATION
4 years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Fashion Design at the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi) prepares students for a changing global fashion industry. The vocationally oriented programme blends creative, technical and theoretical training with work-integrated learning. It offers Design and Management streams and options: Accessories, Knitwear, Specialised Design, Retailing and Communication. THEi has strong industry links, internship opportunities, and graduates had 93% employment rate in 2017.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work as fashion designer, knitwear designer, accessory designer, fashion merchandiser, product developer, buyer, retail manager, and in related design, production, merchandising, retail and media roles.
Programme Aims
This programme aims to enable students to become "graduates of choice" for a rapidly changing global fashion design industry, and to equip graduates to enter the world of work at a professional level, who can intelligently and skillfully engage with emerging issues and opportunities, particularly in Mainland China. It also aims to develop students’ creative and practical abilities, and provides a sound grounding in the theoretical and technical aspects of the fashion design and management, thus enabling them to become masters in making and specialists in fashion industry.
The Fashion Design Stream, Fashion Management Stream and Study Options (Fashion Accessories Design, Knitwear Design, Specialised Fashion Design, Fashion Retailing, Fashion Communication) are specially designed to cater for the needs of today’s dynamic and rapidly changing fashion industry, enhance and differentiate students’ career prospects.
Upon completion of the programme, fashion graduates can go into many different areas of the fashion business. Career prospects include fashion designer, knitwear designer, fashion accessory designer, fashion merchandiser, product developer, fashion buyer, fashion retailing and fashion communication etc.
