Design the business behind the fashion

The Bachelor of Fashion Business is a future-focused, interdisciplinary course to prepare you for diverse careers in the dynamic and evolving global fashion industry. In this innovative undergraduate program, you will gain the business acumen and industry insight required to navigate and lead in contemporary fashion business environments. Drawing on the combined strengths of the School of Design and the UTS Business School, the course offers you a unique learning experience that integrates core business disciplines such as economics, finance, accounting, marketing, and management underpinned by a deep understanding of fashion as a cultural and social phenomenon.  

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Bachelor of Fashion Business

CODE

UTS: C10486 (version 1)

CRICOS: 118345F

UAC: 602034

DURATION

3 years full time
6 years part time

INTAKE

Autumn Session 2026

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COURSE FEES

Indicative total tuition fee for government-supported domestic students
$53,513.00

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LOCATION

City campus

What you’ll study

This course distinguishes itself by embedding sustainability and business ethics through a systems-thinking approach. You will critically engage with the fashion industry’s challenges and opportunities, developing a holistic perspective on responsible fashion business practice. You will study alongside peers in related disciplines, fostering cross-disciplinary collaboration and innovation. 

Subjects at a glance

  • Core subjects

    Subject Code Subject Name
    83119
    Thinking Fashion
    85503
    Thinking Through Design
    83231
    Fashion Cultures
    83341
    Fashion Intersections
    85202
    Designing Social Change
    88834
    Advanced Fashion Technologies
    83823
    Fashion and Textiles Professional Practice
    83235
    The Economics of Fashion
    83236
    Fashion Industry Futures
    83237
    Business Models in Fashion
    83238
    Fashion Industry Internship
    83234
    Fashion's Regulatory Landscape
    83239
    Fashion Industry Capstone
    22108
    Accounting and Accountability
    25400
    Financial Literacy
    24109
    Marketing and Customer Value
    21440
    Management Skills
    21665
    Managing Legal Issues
    21227
    Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    21513
    Business Ethics and Sustainability

Typical course program

The outline below shows an example program for the Bachelor of Design in Fashion Business based on a full-time study load. Please note that your exact program may differ based on your unique circumstances, such as your commencement date, subject selections and recognition of prior learning.

  1. 21
    core Fashion and Business subjects
  2. 1
    Transdisciplinary elective
  3. 2
    free electives
  1. First year

    You’ll start with the basics of economics through a fashion industry lens, learning to understand how change occurs in the interconnected systems within, including in fashion businesses. Through the introduction of concepts of leadership and organisational theory, you’ll be introduced to fashion as social and cultural phenomena while learning about the world-shaping potential of design.
  2. Second year

    You'll continue by expanding into the diversity of for-profit and not-for-profit business models in the fashion industry, and continue to deepen your understanding of design’s world-making potential in the fashion industry. You'll be introduced to key management concepts, as well as legal and regulatory frameworks and complete an internship to activate your learning in a live industry context.
  3. Third year

    Finally, you'll gain an overview of the technologies shaping the fashion industry and its operations, including generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), blockchain and machine learning and how these impact fashion business. Through key theories and practices in innovation, you’ll learn about the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape in fashion in Australia and internationally, and get the opportunity to take on a capstone project working with an industry partner.

Course highlights

Within this course, you'll undertake a number of core disciplinary units, which we teach you vital capabilities such as accounting, business ethics, business studies, economics, entrepreneurship, fashion studies, finance, management. 

Careers

Your future career

By the time you graduate, you will be equipped with the skills and knowledge to drive sustainable and ethical change across various fashion business contexts from brand management and retail strategy to product development and supply chain operations.

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Admissions information

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Entry schemes and pathways

If you've excelled in Year 11, our Early Entry program rewards the hard work you've put into your studies. Successful applicants receive a provisional offer before their HSC/IB exams.

If you're an elite athlete or performer who has represented your school or state at a national level, and your studies have been affected, this scheme is for you.

If you've experienced long-term disadvantages that have affected your education, you may be eligible for selection rank adjustments through inpUTS.

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If you're Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, Jumbunna is an alternative application process for our courses that emphasises diverse pathways to success.

You can apply for our courses using your previous study. You may even be eligible for recognition of prior learning, so you won’t need to repeat subjects.

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Where you’ll study

Our world-class facilities support your future-focused learning and high-impact research. They enable effective partnerships with industry and provide services to our community.

Why UTS?

Why study Design, Architecture and Building at UTS

With a Design, Architecture and Building degree from UTS, you'll build connections with industry from the moment you start your studies, and learn the skills to respond to social, cultural, environmental and economic challenges.

Study in purpose-built facilities and access the latest technologies shaping your field, from 3D printing to AI, drones and seamless knitting machines. Our commitment to hands-on practice and professional accreditation means our courses are highly respected by the industry – and our students are too.

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for Architecture and Built Environment in Australia.

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