Marbella

Bachelors Fashion Design & Manufacture

Marbella Design Academy

Marbella Design Academy

Marbella Design Academy was founded in 1995 and has, after 24 years of experience, developed into the modern, excellent Academy we have today. • Institution state-recognised by the Spanish Ministry of Education. • Our Bachelor of Arts Validated programmes are Validated by University of Bedfordshire, who award BA (Hons) degrees to Marbella Design Academy graduates. Link to The University of Bedfordshire. • Situated in its own state recognised building living up to all the requirements given by the Ministry of Education in Spain. • Offering many interesting programmes such as: • Bachelor of Arts validated programmes in Interior Architecture & Design, Graphic Design & Media and Fashion Design & Manufacture. • Summer Courses • Foundation Courses Marbella Design Academy is an exclusive design school with a family-like atmosphere among students and staff who originate from around the world. The maximum number of places available is 230. The students receive a great deal of personal attention and one-to-one tuition from their teachers. We are constantly expanding and improving our curriculum to the latest marked demands. The atmosphere is energetic, creative and inspiring. We encourage our students to collaborate and experiment with their designs, in either small groups or with one-to-one tuition sessions with their tutor. Although the work is intensive, everybody collaborates in a casual, warm and informal atmosphere.


Bachelors Fashion Design & Manufacture


Fashion Design is the application of art, creativity and aesthetics to clothing and other lifestyle accessories. It is a global business and one of the largest employers of the world’s workforce. This exciting, lucrative and growing market sector has many rich employment opportunities for fashion graduates including Design, Buying, Marketing, PR and Advertising, Head Office positions Styling, Pattern Cutting, Garment Technology and Sourcing and all linked Retail and On-line Operations.

By choosing to study Fashion Design & Manufacture at Marbella Design Academy, you will find yourself surrounded by a hub of internationally acclaimed fashion designers and creative people. Spain is a mecca for Fashion and some of the world’s most famous fashion designers are Spanish. Besides many others, Spain is home to the famous Inditex® group, a Fashion Empire which operates over 7,200 stores in 93 markets worldwide.

The Fashion Industry has continued to grow and there are now many career opportunities to gain successful employment across so many linked areas. Our graduates work across a wide spectrum of careers in fashion, working successfully and influentially to establish their own labels or to work as company designers, freelancer, fashion consultants, merchandisers or stylists.

Our purpose-built campus has been designed as an inspirational place to think, create and learn, equipped with the needed facilities expected of a modern education centre. Our academic staff are highly experienced and have all worked in this demanding industry.

This very comprehensive course will give you a professional insight to all the different job roles and career opportunities that exist within the fashion industry. You will have the opportunity to learn not only the theoretical and practical skills required of a fashion design role, but also essential personal skills such as self-confidence, presentation, organisation, the ability to work with others and an opportunity to discover and express your own creative identity.

The Bachelor of Arts validated Fashion Design & Manufacture programme offered at Marbella Design Academy is designed to accomplish high academic standards in an exciting exploration of the latest techniques and processes of the Fashion Industry.

We teach and encourage design creativity, originality and imagination combined with commercial business sense across most areas of Fashion. Ranging from street wear, sportswear, contemporary fashion, evening wear and “Pret-a-Porter”. We cover “A to Z” of this fantastic industry and we will guide each individual student through the different stages of structured formal education to final Graduation, and to even job application so that they are fully prepared to face their next challenge and their chosen proposed career path.

Fashion Design is big business. Being a professional Fashion Designer is a great career with many opportunities to either create your own brands and collections or to gain employment in one of the numerous fashion houses worldwide.

This innovative course will give you a professional insight to all the different job roles and career opportunities that exist within the fashion industry. You will have the opportunity to learn not only the theoretical and practical skills essential for fashion design, but also essential personal skills such as self-confidence, presentation, organisation, the ability to work with others and an opportunity to discover and express your own creative identity.

The Bachelor of Arts validated Fashion Design & Manufacture programme offered at Marbella Design Academy is designed to accomplish high academic standards in an exciting exploration of the latest contemporary techniques and processes of Fashion Design.

The first year of the programme will cover basic fundamental skills such as freehand drawing, CAD drawing techniques like Photoshop/ Illustrator/ InDesign to create essential Mood Boards; Fashion Market and Trend Analysis; Basic garment making techniques including “Block” making, simple pattern drafting and cutting and linked garment construction techniques.

The second year of study will build and progress your existing skills learnt in the first year with further exploration and development of the creative fashion design process covering more advanced pattern technology and garment creation, Fashion Marketing and Branding, Sustainability and linked Ethical Education, Portfolio presentation and other relevant industry projects.

The third year will provide opportunities for students to explore and apply their fashion skills and knowledge to a higher and more advanced professional level as well as receive a fuller and more comprehensive fashion business orientation with Marketing and Branding, Intellectual Property Rights. Focus on their Final Year Garment Collection and Graduation Show, Final Portfolio with professional “Look Book”, CV and Job Application techniques. Students gain hands-on experience through a minimum six-week work intern placement in a real-world environment which often leads to future work opportunities.

• High school diploma or similar level
• English proficiency at IELTS level 6 or similar
• Copy of passport
• If you do not fulfil the academic entry requirements you can complete the intensive foundation course and entry exam

Requirements to get a Spanish student visa?
Before you schedule an appointment at the Spanish Embassy in your country there are a few documents you need to have ready. These visa preparation documents highly vary per nationality and sometimes even per state department of your country. See here a list of requirements that usually need to be presented.
• National visa application form
• Biometric pictures
• Passport with expiry date at least 6 months past the date you are applying for
• Health Insurance Letter from Spanish provider
• Medical Examination, following the current requirements of the Spanish Health Association
• Accommodation Letter
• Bank statement, showing that you can financially sustain yourself during your whole stay in Spain (this amount varies every year, contact us for the up-to-date requirements)
• Invitation and offer letter from a Spanish academic institution
• Visa fees paid
• Most of these documents need to be translated into Spanish by a sworn translator and legalized by the notary or Spanish authorities, depending on your country of origin.

LEAP has a visa success rate of 95%. Contact one of you educational experts to enlarge your acceptance chance

Course Preview
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Duration: 3 years
  • ECT's: 180
  • Language: English
  • Start date: Jan, Sep
  • Study type: Full-Time
  • Tution fee: 11.500 €/year
  • Delivery mode: On-Campus
  • Ranking: #25 Design School globally
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