Advanced Fashion Design Semester

Dates and fees

Spring 2026

Dates: 19 January 2026 – 17 April 2026
Semester break is week beginning 2 March 2026

Applications for the 25-26 school year are now closed.

Autumn 2026

Dates: 7 September 2026 – 4 December 2026
Semester break is week beginning 19 October 2026
Application deadline: 15 May 2026
Fee payment deadline: 27 July 2026
Fee: £12,430

Apply now for Autumn 2026.

Spring 2027

Dates: 18 January 2027 – 16 April 2027
Semester break is week beginning 1 March 2027
Application deadline: 30 October 2026
Fee payment deadline: 7 December 2026
Fee: £12,430

Apply now for Spring 2027.

Duration: 13 weeks

Class hours: Monday to Friday, class hours may vary

Credit value: Minimum of 12 US credits / 48 UK credits / 24 ECTS, maximum of 16 US credits / 64 UK credits / 32 ECTS.

Please note that some institutions may have a different credit equivalence, please check this with your home institution. For more information check our credits and assessments page.

Level: Prior experience of fashion design

View our dates, deadlines and fees.

Entry requirements

English language requirements

• Be from a majority English speaking country or;
• Have studied for at least 1 year at a university in a majority English speaking country or;
• An IELTS score (or equivalent) of 6.0, or above, with 5.5 in each of the components.
• Alternative English Language qualifications accepted by UAL.

Academic requirements

Students applying for this course are expected to have a minimum GPA of 3.0 or equivalent.

Portfolio

A portfolio containing 20-25 images is required for this course. You will be sent an email after submitting your application, asking you to submit your portfolio.

Course details

You will enrol on 3 mandatory units, 3 core course units and then may select elective units, to total a maximum of 16 US credits / 64 UK credits / 32 ECTS. Delivered primarily at Central Saint Martin. Teaching locations are subject to change. Individual student timetables will be shared during the course induction week.

Mandatory shared course units

• Understanding Contemporary Cultures (2 US credits / 8 UK credits / 4 ECTS)
• London Cultural Studies (2 US credits / 8 UK credits / 4 ECTS)
• Creative Histories (2 US credits / 8 UK credits / 4 ECTS)

Core course units

• Advanced Fashion Design* (3 US credits / 12 UK credits / 6 ECTS)
• Advanced Fashion On/Off the Body* (2 US credits / 8 UK credits / 4 ECTS)
• Visual Identity and Communication (1 US credit / 4 UK credits / 2 ECTS)

Elective course units

• Fashion Biomaterials* (2 US credits / 8 UK credits / 4 ECTS)
• Fashion Jewellery* (2 US credits / 8 UK credits / 4 ECTS)

*will be based at the CSM Archway Atelier space

Please read the course unit page for information on the individual units. Some course unit details, and schedules are subject to change as we continually make improvements to align best industry and educational practice.

Our shared mandatory units allow for collaboration and community across Central Saint Martins, London College of Communication and London College of Fashion.

Tutor information

Joshua Beaty

Leading our core modules Advanced Fashion Design and Advanced Fashion On/Off the Body will be Joshua Beaty.

Lucrezia Alessandroni

Lucrezia Alessandroni leads our Fashion Biomaterials elective course unit. Lucrezia is a biodesigner with a background in product design and visual communication, Lucrezia's interest is in combining design principles and scientific approaches. With a passion for wearables and open-source technologies, this drove Lucrezia to explore new materials with a focus on the sustainable angle, and the interconnections among living organisms and ecosystems.

Julie Verhoeven

Julie Verhoeven’s eclectic output is extensive across both art and fashion and most recently best expressed through moving image. Her formal training was in fashion design, and she is primarily known for her work as a fashion illustrator in the 2000s. Julie has collaborated with various fashion houses and beauty brands including Marc Jacobs, Versace, Louis Vuitton, Chloé, and M.A.C amongst others, producing a broad range of content, including videos, installations, illustration, and performance. Alongside Julie’s activity in the fashion world, she has exhibited internationally and teaches fashion part-time on MA Fashion at Central Saint Martins. Notably, the V&A Museum have acquired over 100 of her drawings for their archive and in 2013 she was awarded a fellowship at The Royal College of Art, London.

Reece Sweeney

Reece Owen is a Lecturer in Fashion Communication, specialising in Image and Promotion across all years of the course, and contributes to Fashion Design with Communication at Central Saint Martins. His otherworldly images are a defining presence in contemporary digital art and fashion media.

A graduate of Central Saint Martins (BA Fashion Communication, 2019), the London based photographer has rapidly become a central image maker within the alternative music and culture scenes. His surreal and futuristic works transport the viewer into hyperreal worlds, capturing subjects that range from FKA twigs, Bree Runway, and Maisie Williams to Sega Bodega.

Reece has worked with iconic staple brands and industry leaders including Converse, Dr. Martens, Universal Music, and Sony, utilising his distinct aesthetic for commercial and creative projects.  
He is celebrated for his intricate storytelling and collaborative approach, which sees him build layers upon layers of augmented imagery to bring unachievable concepts to life—breathing existence into bionic warriors and reptilian horror subjects alike. Whether pulling inspiration from horror movies, myths, or surrealist painters such as Max Ernst, Reece works with a tight-knit team of CGI and SFX artists, continuously pushing the boundaries of digital image creation.

Banita Mistry

Banita Mistry is a London-based multidisciplinary artist working across jewellery, painting, and sculpture. Trained originally as a jeweller, she treats jewellery as a way of thinking that frames changing ideas of value, perception, scarcity, and labour. Through ornament, gesture, and repetition, her work considers how meaning can move across objects, environments, and materials.

Her recent work uses henna in expanded, painterly forms, moving it beyond the body into layered compositions on canvas built through slow, repeated mark-making. The influence of jewellery is evident in her attention to detail, scale, and process, and in how making unfolds over time.

Mistry holds an MA in Jewellery & Metal from the Royal College of Art and a BA in English Literature & Education from the University of Cambridge. She was a resident artist at the Alexander McQueen Sarabande Foundation (2023–24) and has worked with jewellers and organisations including the Goldsmiths’ Craft & Design Council.

Materials

You’ll need a “fashion toolbox” with you for your first session. This includes a Patternmaster, Tape measure, Fabric scissors, Sketching pencils, Black pen, digital camera/ camera phone.

Other mixed media materials can be purchased as needed, at a discounted price from the college shop or from external suppliers (please contact us if you need any further information).

Study Abroad Award

2 Study Abroad awards are available per term to students on our UAL Study Abroad Semester.

We are looking for students who will create social media content and blogs of their time with us as a Study Abroad Student. In exchange, you will receive one award of £2,000 to your bank account after going through enrolment.

Deadline: 15 May for the Autumn term and 31 October for the Spring term.

Find out how to apply.