Summer Study Abroad

Spark your creativity in London this summer

Study one of our world-renowned subjects for 3 or 8 weeks, using London as inspiration for your research. If you already study overseas and your home university approves, you may be able to transfer credits to your home degree.

Dates

8-week LCF Summer School: 9 June - 1 August 2025
Session 1 (3-week programmes): 30 June - 17 July 2025
Session 2 (3-week programmes): 21 July - 7 August 2025

How to apply

Choose the course you want to join from the list below and apply with the link directly on the course page.

We may close applications earlier than the deadline if we reach full capacity, so we recommend applying as early as possible.

Fashion Business Study Abroad Summer School

Introduction to Fashion Business: Summer School

8-week: This course will develop your fashion marketing, merchandising and media skills.
MA Fashion, Vogue100 at National Portrait Gallery (2016) by Emma Bergamin Davys, Postgraduate course guide 2018-19, ©Asia Werbe

Introduction to Fashion Design: Summer School

8-week: This course is an excellent introduction to the fundamentals of fashion design.
LCF Footwear design Study Aborad Summer school

Introduction to Footwear Design Summer School

8-week: This course is for those looking to gain new skills, move up the career ladder or start a business in the footwear industry.
Image credit: Adam Razvi

Summer Study Abroad - Advanced Fashion Design

Session 2: Gain CSM fashion design experience, using experimental research and design development pathways.

Abstract painting by Mathilda Roach Osborne

Summer Study Abroad - Art History, Criticism and Communication

Session 1: This course will delve into diverse perspectives ranging from modernist art history to contemporary cultural theory and conceptual practice.
CCI event, image credit: Ana Escobar

Summer Study Abroad - Creative Computing

Session 1: Explore the fusion of art and technology in this hands-on course, where you will learn programming fundamentals to create interactive art, and experiment with machine learning.
Collection of posters from Summer Shows at LCC
2019

Summer Study Abroad - Communication for PR and Advertising

Session 1: This course will look at PR from an organisational perspective, as well as the promotion of products, brands and services.
Summer Study Abroad Contemporary Fine Art Practice. Image credit: Adam Razvi

Summer Study Abroad - Contemporary Fine Art Practice

Session 1: This course provides an innovative and experimental approach to the making and development of your artistic vision.

Design Management SSA

Summer Study Abroad - Design Management

Session 2: An immersive course where you will understand and apply processes in the fields of branding, design, innovation and enterprise.
UAL Study Abroad Exhibition. Image credit: Jieying Shao

Summer Study Abroad - Digital Photography Portfolio

Session 1: This course will help develop skills in creative camera control, digital workflow, shooting in a studio and on location, as well as portfolio development.
Fashion Knitwear exhibition. Image credit: Adam Razvi

Summer Study Abroad - Experimental Fashion Knitwear

Session 1: This course will help you develop your ideas via your sketchbooks into fashion and fabric designs.
MA Fashion: Buying and Merchandising (now PG Cert Fashion: Buying and Merchandising), Zoe Zanon Rives in the studio, Copyright holder: Alys Tomlinson

Summer Study Abroad - Fashion Business

Session 1: This course provides a comprehensive study of the industry, from trend forecasting and brand management to retail strategy and digital marketing.

Summer Study Abroad Fashion communication

Summer Study Abroad - Fashion Communication

Session 1 and 2: This course covers how fashion designers and brands get their messages and products out to a global audience.
Study Abroad Summer Fashion Show, image by Jieying Shao

Summer Study Abroad - Fashion Design

Session 1 and 2: This course will develop ideas into designs, from illustration techniques to the presentation of final work at a portfolio standard.
MA Fashion Design Technology Womenswear | London College of Fashion | Designer Emily Saunders | Photographer Eilwen Jones

Summer Study Abroad - Fashion Design UAL and NABA

Session 1: A 5-week course spanning 3 weeks at Central Saint Martins, London and 2 weeks at Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA), Milan.
BA Hair and Make-up for Fashion, Make-up Session with Kiera Young, Copyright holder: Alys Tomlinson

Summer Study Abroad - Fashion Styling

Session 1: This course explores the role of stylists, make-up artists, designers, photographers, and art directors.

Central Saint Martins Shows: Graphic Communication Design | Photographed by Paul Cochran

Summer Study Abroad - Graphic Communication Design

Session 1: This advanced course explores graphic design through studio projects, turning you into a design thinker.
UAL Study Abroad Graphic Design Exhibition, December 2021. Image credit: Jieying Shao

Summer Study Abroad - Graphic Media Design

Session 2: This course places a strong emphasis on immersive visual research and exploration, through typography, layout, and fundamental design principles.
MA Illustration, Illustration by Kat Hassan, Summer Show © David Poultney

Summer Study Abroad - Illustration

Session 1: This course will engage in a range of experimental research methods in order to strengthen your illustration practice.
3D Model by Mary Rellin, Foundation Show

Summer Study Abroad - Interior Design

Session 1: This course will lead you through the basics of interior design, thorugh creative exercises and workshops, to completing a finished project.

BA (Hons) Product and Furniture Design, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL |

Summer Study Abroad - Product and Industrial Design

Session 1: This course will build your core design skills through workshops on topics like modelling, research and storytelling.
Textile Design Study Abroad exhibition. Image credit: Jieying Shao

Summer Study Abroad - Textile Design

Session 1: This course combines research with studio practice, focusing on composition, colour and design, through printing techniques for textiles.

Accommodation

Summer Study Abroad students have the option to reserve a space in 1 of UAL's halls of residence. Although UAL Study Abroad and Accommodation endeavour to provide students with suitable UAL accommodation, space is limited and is allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

We advise that students book their summer accommodation as soon as they receive their offer letter. Students will only receive the discounted rate once they receive an unconditional offer from the central UAL Study Abroad team. For more details about the discounted rate, please refer to the conditional offer letter.

Entry requirements

Level of study

Summer Study Abroad is suitable for students over 18 wanting undergraduate-level study. Some subjects require prior experience.

Level of English

You should be proficient in written and spoken English and be able to participate in group discussions and make presentations. As a guideline we would expect you to have an English language level equivalent to an IELTS score of 6.0 (list of language equivalencies). An English certificate is required for our 8-week LCF courses, but is not required for our 3-week summer courses.

Credit

Our Summer study abroad courses are the equivalent to 4 US Style credits based on 60 contact hours. Please note this does not include LCF summer courses. If you’re planning to claim credit towards your degree, be sure to check with your home institution before you apply.

Record of Study

At the end of your course, we will provide a record of study with the grades you have achieved for each unit and their equivalent US credit value.

To earn credit for your Summer Study Abroad course, please check that your home institution will award external credit before you travel to London.