Postgraduate
MA Fashion Marketing and Sustainability
Course summary
Applications closed 2025/26
We are no longer accepting applications for 2025/26 entry to this course. Applications for 2026/27 entry will open in autumn 2025.
Applying for more than 1 course
From October 2024, you can only apply for a maximum of 3 postgraduate courses each year at UAL (excluding online or low-residency courses and Graduate Diplomas). Find out more in the Apply Now section.
Why choose this course at London College of Fashion
- Unique course: Develop analytical, communicative and entrepreneurial skills and knowledge that will enable you to create a positive impact on the environment through fashion marketing.
- Sustainability focus: Learn to integrate sustainable business practices into fashion marketing strategies, with a focus on reducing the industry’s environmental impact.
- Industry links: Utilise our strong links with the fashion industry through live briefs, industry visits, workshops and guest speakers, enhancing your learning with real examples.
- Critical skills: Develop a critical understanding of the fashion industry and its impact on society and the environment and learn how to create sustainable marketing campaigns for brands.
- Collaborative Environment: Engage with diverse teams, working alongside peers from different disciplines to develop innovative solutions for fashion marketing challenges.
Open Days
The next virtual Open Event is taking place on Tuesday 21 October.
To visit us in person, book a Campus Tour.
Scholarships, bursaries and awards
Use our scholarship search to discover if you are eligible for any scholarships, bursaries or awards.
Course overview
Contact us
Register your interest to receive information and updates about studying at UAL.
Contact us to make an enquiry.
Showcasing at LCF
There are a range of showcasing opportunities students can take part in whilst studying at LCF. End year showcasing at London College of Fashion, UAL, is one of the moments students can celebrate graduating from their courses. However, degree shows are not part of the learning outcomes in a course curriculum and are therefore not guaranteed as part of studying with us. Students must register by a deadline to take part, and we are not able to show all student work so submitting students will have their work curated.
Explore work by our recent students on UAL Showcase
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Growing the Future of Fashion, Alice Ferreri, 2024 MA Fashion Marketing and Sustainability, London College of Fashion, UAL -
Emotional vs Rational Messaging in Sustainability, Camilla Rosa Marilena Del Latte, 2024 MA Fashion Marketing and Sustainability, London College of Fashion, UAL -
Do I Really Need This? Exploring Microtrends, Stevie Patten, 2024 MA Fashion Marketing and Sustainability, London College of Fashion, UAL -
Level Up: Gamifying Sustainability Communications, Emma Chelminski, 2024 MA Fashion Marketing and Sustainability, London College of Fashion, UAL -
Facilities at LCF
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Floor view, East Bank. Photography by Ana Blumenkron
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Cosmetic Science Lab at East Bank. Photography by Ana Blumenkron
Staff
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Course leader MA Strategic Fashion Marketing and Sustainability
Dr Stine Hedegaard
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Course Leader MA Strategic Fashion Marketing
Dr Nina Van Volkinburg
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Lecturer in Fashion Marketing and Consumer Behaviour
Dr Anna Ivanova
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Subject Leader Business Strategy
Dr Shuyu Lin
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Lecturer in Fashion Marketing and Global Culture
Dr Min-Ji Seo
Fees and funding
Home fee
£14,000
This fee is correct for 2025/26 entry and is subject to change for 2026/27 entry.
Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.
Students from countries outside of the UK will generally be charged international fees. The rules are complex so read more about tuition fees and determining your fee status.
International fee
£29,990
This fee is correct for 2025/26 entry and is subject to change for 2026/27 entry.
Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.
Students from countries outside of the UK will generally be charged international fees. The rules are complex so read more about tuition fees and determining your fee status.
Additional costs
You may need to cover additional costs which are not included in your tuition fees, such as materials and equipment specific to your course. Typical approximate costs for this course include:
- Laptop or desktop computer
- Adobe Creative Cloud: £42 per year
For a list of general digital equipment you may need (and how you can borrow equipment), visit our Study costs page.
Accommodation
Find out about accommodation options and how much they will cost, and other living expenses you’ll need to consider.
Scholarships, bursaries and awards
If you’ve completed a qualifying course at UAL, you may be eligible for a tuition fee discount on this course. Find out more about our Progression discount.
You can also find out more about the Postgraduate Masters Loan (Home students only) and scholarships, including £7,000 scholarships for Home and International students. Discover more about student funding.
If you’re based in the UK and plan to visit UAL for an Open Event, check if you’re eligible for our UAL Travel Bursary. This covers the costs of mainland train or airline travel to visit UAL.
How to pay
Find out how you can pay your tuition fees.
Entry requirements
Selection criteria
Information for disabled applicants
UAL is committed to achieving inclusion and equality for disabled students. This includes students who have:
- Dyslexia or another Specific Learning Difference
- A sensory impairment
- A physical impairment
- A long-term health or mental health condition
- Autism
- Another long-term condition which has an impact on your day-to-day life
Our Disability Service arranges adjustments and support for disabled applicants and students.
Read our Disability and dyslexia: applying for a course and joining UAL information.
Apply now
Application deadline
Applications are now closed for 2025/26 entry. Applications for 2026/27 entry will open in autumn 2025.
Read more about deadlinesApply now
Application deadline
Applications are now closed for 2025/26 entry. Applications for 2026/27 entry will open in autumn 2025.
Read more about deadlinesHow to apply
Follow this step-by-step guide to apply for this course
Step 1: Initial application
You will need to submit an initial application including your personal statement, CV and study proposal.
Personal statement advice
Your personal statement should be maximum 500 words and include:
- your reasons for choosing the course
- your current creative practice and how this course will help you achieve your future plans
- any relevant education and experience, especially if you do not have any formal academic qualifications.
Visit our personal statement page for more advice.
CV advice
Please provide a CV detailing your education, qualifications and any relevant work or voluntary experience. If you have any web projects or other media that you would like to share, please include links in your CV. If English is not your first language, please also include your most recent English language test score.
Study proposal advice
Please provide a summary of your study proposal (500 words).
It should:
- state the background for your proposal, including a working title
- determine the precise area of study
- set out the aims and objects for your proposal within the course structure
- refer to critical discourses that may underpin your practice and how your work may contribute to these
- outline your intended methodology including how you intend to conduct your project and who you intend to address
- include any research sources as well as details or any libraries, exhibitions museums etc. that you have visited as part of your research
- include a bibliography using Harvard referencing and an appendix for any additional material if necessary. This will not be included in the word count.
Please note, your proposal serves to inform your application and we understand that your ideas will develop and change throughout your studies.
Step 2: Video task
We will review your initial application. If you have met the standard entry requirements, we will ask you to submit a video task.
You’ll need to submit this via PebblePad, our online portfolio tool.
Video task advice
We’d like you to submit a 2-3 minute video to help us learn more about you. When recording your video, please face the camera and speak in English.
What to include in your video task
- Tell us why you have applied to MA Fashion Marketing and Sustainability and how it will help you achieve your career ambitions.
Read our guidance for how to submit your video task and which file types we accept.
Step 3: Interview
You may be invited to an interview following our review of your application. All interviews are held online and last 15 to 20 minutes.
For top tips, see our Interview advice.
You also need to know
Communicating with you
Once you have submitted your initial application, we will email you with your login details for our Applicant portal.
Requests for supplementary documents like qualifications and English language tests will be made through the applicant portal. You can also use it to ask questions regarding your application. Visit our After you apply page for more information.
Applying to more than 1 course
From October 2024, you can only apply for a maximum of 3 postgraduate courses each year at UAL. This excludes online or low-residency courses and Graduate Diplomas, which you can apply to in addition to 3 other postgraduate courses.
If you apply for more than 3 postgraduate courses between October 2024 and August 2025, we won’t accept the 4th application. It’s not possible to withdraw an application to replace it with another.
You need to tailor your application, supporting documents and portfolio to each course, so applying for many different courses could risk the overall quality of your application. If you receive offers for multiple courses, you'll only be able to accept 1 offer.
Visas and immigration history check
All non-UK nationals must complete an immigration history check. Your application may be considered by our course teams before this check takes place. If your course requires a portfolio and/or video task, we may request these before we identify any issues arising from your immigration history check. Sometimes your history may mean that we are not able to continue considering your application. Visit our Immigration and visas advice page for more information.
External student transfer policy
UAL accepts transfers from other institutions on a case-by-case basis. Read our Student transfer policy for more information.
Alternative offers
If your application is really strong, but we believe your strengths and skillset are better suited to a different course, we may make you an alternative offer. This means you will be offered a place on a different course or at a different UAL College.
Deferring your place
We do not accept any deferral requests for our postgraduate courses. This means that you must apply in the year that you plan to start your course and you will not be able to defer your place to start at a later date.
Application deadlines
Most of our postgraduate courses have 2 rounds of deadlines: one in December and one in March.
As long as you apply ahead of each deadline we will consider your application alongside all the other applications in that round. We always make sure to hold enough places back for round 2 to make sure we can consider your application fairly, no matter which round you apply in.
If there are still places available after the second deadline, the course will remain open to applications until all places have been filled.
Careers
All our postgraduate courses offer career development, so that you become a creative thinker, making effective contributions to your relevant sector of the fashion industry.
LCF offers students the opportunity to develop Personal and Professional Development (PPD) skills while studying through:
- Access to to speaker programmes and events featuring alumni and industry.
- Access to careers activities, such as CV clinics and one-to-one advice sessions.
- Access to a graduate careers service
- Access to a live jobsboard for all years.
- Advice on setting up your own brand or company.
Career paths
Masters graduates have an acknowledged advantage in the employment market, obtaining work in a wide range of vocational and academic fields related to fashion, including working as a Marketing Executive, Brand Manager, Marketing Communications Manager.
The MA also provides an excellent preparation for higher level research degrees (MPhil or PhD), with an increasing number of graduates undertaking research in fashion related subjects, in practice or theory or entering into education as lecturers.
Graduate Futures
Graduate Futures provides a comprehensive career management service supporting our students to become informed and self-reliant individuals able to plan and manage their own careers.
LCF alumni
Many of our alumni are now impressive, leading industry figures.