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BA Fashion Design with Foundation Year

Birmingham City University🥈 TEF Silver
Full-time4 YearsSubject: General Studies
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Course Score
C /61
Graduate Salary£24,000
Satisfaction90%
Degree Completion65%
Professional Jobs45%
Meaningful Work80%

Expected Starting Salary

bottom quartile nationally

Typical starting salary for General Studies graduates

Start
Sep 2027
Graduate
2031
First job
~2032
£24,000
typical starting salary
£23,000
£27,000
Brightest = where most graduates land · fades where fewer earn that amount
· General Studies graduates nationally earn £18,000–£70,000 (1574 courses)

HESA Graduate Outcomes survey · includes all graduates regardless of career path chosen

Where Graduates Work

Top job roles graduates enter after this course

01
Design occupations
★ Professional
30%
02
Administrative occupations
10%
03
Process, plant and machine operatives
10%
04
Sales occupations
10%
05
Artistic, literary and media occupations
★ Professional
5%
06
Elementary occupations
5%
07
Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations
5%
08
Skilled trades occupations
5%
09
Teaching Professionals
★ Professional
5%
10
Welfare and housing associate professionals
★ Professional
5%

Student Satisfaction

National Student Survey — 330 respondents (89% response rate)

92%
Teaching Quality
88%
Assessment & Feedback
91%
Academic Support
90%
Organisation
89%
Learning Resources
88%
Student Voice

Your Local Budget 🍕

Birmingham
Average Weekly Rent
£130
Est. Annual Total£11,560
🎉8% cheaper than the UK average

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🚦 Will I Get In?

Input your predicted A-Levels to see how you compare to last year's accepted students.

Past Accepted Tariffs

64-79
20%
80-95
50%
96-111
5%
112-127
10%
128-143
5%
144-159
10%

Entry Qualifications

A-level
90%
Other
10%

Accreditations

Data not provided

This provider hasn't submitted accreditation data to HESA for this course.

AI & Your Career

Based on Anthropic research

27%
Moderate Exposure

Some tasks in this career are being augmented by AI, but the core work still requires significant human judgement and skill.

Graduate Roles by AI Exposure

55%Administrative
40%Sales
35%Design
32%Artistic, literary and media
18%Teaching

Outcomes

65%
Continuation
45%
Professional Work
80%
Meaningful Role
90%
Career On Track