Fashion Retail Academy

Fashion Retail Academy is an industry-led fashion college based in central London that specialises in fashion retail education and training. It offers a wide range of courses from 22‑week programmes to two‑year accelerated routes, including specialist diplomas, two‑year undergraduate degrees, a postgraduate course, online courses and apprenticeships. Courses cover areas such as fashion management, buying, merchandising, marketing and design, and are developed in collaboration with over 250 fashion and retail brands to align with current industry skills needs. Apprenticeships at the Fashion Retail Academy combine on-the-job learning with off-the-job training delivered at its London campus, with a high proportion of apprentices achieving Distinction grades. The Academy embeds work experience into its programmes, with Level 4 and undergraduate courses including annual three‑week work placements with major brands. With around 20 years’ experience and thousands of students taught, the Fashion Retail Academy positions itself as the UK’s only industry-led fashion college, focusing on producing job‑ready talent for head office roles across the fashion sector.