Diploma in Fashion & Retail Design

Discover your potential in Fashion, transform your designs, and get exposed to fashion management and merchandising. Expand your foundation in the fashion business and retail and advance your practical skills in drawing, communications, and fashion photography to further your studies as you gain insight into products that manifest from the creative mind to reality. Stay ahead of the fashion game to strive in the ever-changing fashion industry for a successful future career in the fashion retail sector.

The Diploma in Fashion & Retail Design is a programme that develops students' capability in the international fashion and retail industry. Fashion is an international industry that demands talented fashion designers who are able to innovate and develop creative designs that can compete in the global market.

The Fashion & Retail Design programme responds to the direct needs of the global industry. The diploma emphasizes innovation and creativity in Fashion & Retail Design while providing the students with the technical knowledge necessary for a successful entry into the fashion industry. We produce graduates who have an all-round talent in the fashion industry - from fashion design, manufacturing, and retail design, to merchandising and fashion management. Students are also exposed to fashion photography and journalism to have an extra advantage.

The 3-year programme ensures students will obtain a firm foundation in research, design methods, and practical skills in drawing, communications, and fashion photography. Students also work on live industry projects and are exposed to fashion management and merchandising. In the program, the students are introduced to the skills of construction in sewing, flat pattern drafting, and illustration. Field trips to showrooms, museums, and factories as well as special projects and lectures by guest speakers help broaden the knowledge of the fashion industry. In the final year, students begin to specialize and develop an area of expertise. Whilst most of the graduates go on to become fashion designers, others decide to move into fashion management and merchandising.

Career Opportunities:

• Fashion Designer
• Stylist
• Design Consultant
• Fashion Illustrator
• Pattern Cutter
• Fashion Marketing
• Retail Store Manager
• Visual Merchandiser

1. Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM/O-Level) or its equivalent with a minimum of five credits including Bahasa Melayu OR

2. Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) or its equivalent with minimum of three credits with a Pass in Bahasa Melayu and two years of working experience in a related area/field OR

3. Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) or its equivalent with a minimum of one credit and a Pass in Bahasa Melayu) and a skill certificate in Art and Design at level 3 Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia (SKM) OR

4. Equivalent qualification and/or experience which is recognized by the Senate/institution. AND A pass in an interview and a drawing test. AND

5. English Proficiency Requirement for International student IELTS 4.0 OR TOEFL iBT 30-31 OR PBT 397 OR CAE 154(Cambridge Advance English) OR CPE 154(Cambridge Proficiency English) OR CFE 142-146(Cambridge First English) OR PTE 30(Pearson Test of English Academic) OR MUET Band 2