UndergraduateArts & Design
Bachelor of Fashion (Design)
RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
About this program
The fashion design degree at RMIT runs 13 core courses across three years, moving from conceptual, almost sculptural ideas about fashion in first year through to a fully resolved design project launch in the final semester. First-year units like Introduction to Fashion Design Practice deliberately don't ask students to make wearable, sellable clothes yet - the point is learning to explore and document ideas before technical constraints narrow things down.
By second year the brief tightens: students work with conventional fashion materials and construction methods and start producing genuinely transformative design work, and third year turns into presentation and industry-facing practice, culminating in a project launch that functions like a mini fashion show crossed with a thesis defence. RMIT pairs students with industry and external partners throughout, with sustainability and ethical production treated as a design constraint from day one rather than an add-on elective late in the course - which matters given how much scrutiny the fashion industry gets on exactly that front.
Graduates leave with an actual portfolio of practice and research, and RMIT produces a digital publication each year showcasing graduating cohorts to an international audience of industry scouts and press.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
Study plan in 3 parts
- Year 1: Introduction to Fashion Design Practice
- Fashion Expressions
- Fashion Materials Studies
- Design Drawing for Fashion
- Year 2: Transform Fashion Design Materials
- Fashion Communication Design
- Pattern Making and Construction
- Fashion Industry Contexts
- Year 3: Fashion Presentation Design
- Fashion Design Project Launch
- professional practice and industry collaboration unit
- capstone portfolio
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
ATAR plus a selection task/portfolio submission (competitive entry)
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