International Fashion Buying Management

International fashion buying management ba(hons) covers trend forecasting, product development, buying and merchandising, visual merchandising and retail management.

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The course offers an optional one-year (36 weeks minimum) work placement after the second year, in the uk or abroad. this will give you the opportunity to gain valuable hands-on experience, insight into your chosen career and open up your graduate employment prospects. our placement unit and academic staff have excellent industry links and can support you in applying for and finding your placement(s), as well as during your placement year. students from our suite of fashion courses have previously taken up placement opportunities with companies including: andrew james, anthropologie, boden, dr martens, mother of pearl, paul smith, missguided, george at asda, and internationally at karl lagerfeld (amsterdam), next and ferragamo retail (taiwan). alternatively, if you are a student from within the uk, you may consider starting your own small business by applying for our unique enterprise placement year in conjunction with the university's enterprise team. the enterprise placement year immerses you in real-world fashion entrepreneurship, and you will benefit from bespoke business advice, mentoring, and networking sessions. this is an exciting and innovative course option that could lead you and your business idea to the very top of british fashion

• Type: Optional

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Graduates from this subject area have gone on to enjoy successful careers in buying, merchandising, product development, sourcing, e-commerce and management consultancy. fashion graduates have gone on to work for companies including burberry, ted baker, next, missguided, zalando, asos, m&s, tesco, boohoo, white stuff, and arcadia group brands topshop and topman.** we've also had students delivering exciting live projects for brands such as coach, l.k. bennett, topshop, and primark. enriching your learning will be a series of field trips to exhibitions and other appropriate cultural and commercial events; these will complement your studies and inspire your ideas * percentage of graduates from this subject area who are in work and/or further study fifteen months after graduating (hesa graduate outcomes 18/19, uk domiciled graduates).

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in England have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. University of Huddersfield has partnerships with the following companies: