Advance and launch your fashion design practice to global industry. Change and reimagine fashion.
We seek to imagine future fashion design contexts, create ethical design propositions and use cross-disciplinary design strategies to drive global and competitive creative practices.
You will establish your design, communication and presentation methods and strategies for fashion garments, products, accessories, objects, artefacts, materials, spaces and experiences specific to your design practice.
The course is dedicated to advancing your fashion design practice through classes that give you the strategies to create specialised propositions, and to target specific areas of commercial and artistic markets, research directions and cross-disciplinary practices. You will choose electives that enable you to customise your studies, culminating in a collection, design project and research investigation.
You will finish your studies with a portfolio of creative practice, development and research to launch your career in the global industry. Additionally, you will work with academic staff and industry experts to produce a digital publication, showcasing your graduate outcomes globally.
This degree has a stellar record of students and graduates winning major fashion design awards and scholarships, and receiving invitations to participate in national and international showcase events, including:
Experience hands-on studio learning, and participate in industry projects that provide insight into the global workplace.
Collaborate with and gain feedback from industry partners on a range of activities, ensuring a relevant and innovative global industry practice.
This degree has a strong record of students and alumni winning major fashion design awards and scholarships.
You will work directly with guest practitioners and industry experts, providing you with key practice experience.
This will include the review and critique of your design practice, collaboration on activities and projects, masterclasses to enhance your learning experience, as well as direct collaboration for projects, assessments, events and activities that contextualise your practice.
You will work rigorously with staff who will guide you through advanced studio practice, bookmarked by industry-relevant assessments that link to emerging contexts, markets and research practice. You can expect to attend open studio critiques, course tutorials, guest presentations, workshops and events to support and enhance your learning experience. You will become proficient in self-directed research, experimentation, construction, prototyping and presentation in a variety of formats.
This course will enable you to launch your fashion creative practice, within local and global communities with in-depth understanding of its social and cultural contexts.
The types of classes you have will depend on the course you’re studying. Classes are offered in various formats designed to provide meaningful engagement with staff, industry and peers and provide for access and use of spaces where learning can be applied and active, including an array of specialised equipment.
Most RMIT courses do not include passive large-scale classes such as lectures, instead the content traditionally provided in lectures is made available online. This may be in the form of readings, videos or other on-demand learning materials. This content will also support the basis of interactive learning that takes place in on-campus classes.
The world is constantly changing, and there are universal skills that can help you adapt to the evolving nature of work and global engagement.
As part of your study experience at RMIT, we provide 6 future-focused RMIT Capabilities:
RMIT Capabilities are built into your course as well as some of our extracurricular experiences. They inform the design and delivery of your learning activities and assessments, so by the time you graduate, you’ll be ready to apply these capabilities in your life and work.
The School of Fashion and Textiles has strong and direct relationships across a range of industry, research and community partners that position your graduate outcomes in authentic contexts.
Students collaborate and receive ongoing feedback on their work from our partners on a range of activities, ensuring you a relevant and innovative global industry practice.
Recent industry projects include students collaborating with Nike on a series of RMIT x NIKE makers labs, and graduates participating in their Global Talent Recruitment program.
Students and graduates have undertaken placements and have gained roles at the following brands and designers:
Many alumni have gone on to establish independent design practices, which have been recognised in national and international competitions and fashion weeks. These practices include:
RMIT offers a range of opportunities for our students to study abroad through overseas work, exchange and study experiences with over 165 partner universities worldwide.
The knowledge and skills you will acquire throughout this degree and how they can be applied in your career are described in the learning outcomes.
Start your journey by enrolling in the Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours). Enjoy the same first-year course structure as the Master of Fashion (Design) and gain access to a Commonwealth Supported Place to reduce your study costs for the first year of your degree.
Upon completing the honours degree, seamlessly transition into the second year of the master's with 96 credit points exempted (equivalent to one year of full-time study).
Graduate with 2 sought-after qualifications in the same time it would take to complete just the master's. Seize this unique opportunity to advance your fashion career!
The first year of the Master of Fashion (Design) is identical to the Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours). Enrolment into the master's degree is recommended via the one-year honours degree as this offers you a Commonwealth Supported Place at a reduced fee for the first year, saving you money, before you complete your second year of the master's degree at full-fee.
In your first semester, you will complete 3 subjects – 2 are core subjects and the third is a course-based elective.
In your second semester, you will choose between 2 study stream options.
One stream provides you with the opportunity to select a major subject in either a design project, a design collection, or a design placement.
The other stream is for students intending to pursue further study in research.
When you successfully complete your first year, you will graduate with a Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) degree. You will then enrol directly into the second year of the Master of Fashion (Design), with 96 credit points of exemption (one-year equivalent) for the first year.
In your second year of the master's, you will complete 2 core subjects in the first semester, which allow you to define your fashion design strategies and methods.
This will be followed by your final capstone semester of the degree, in which you will have the opportunity to select from either a master's design project, a master's design collection or a master's design placement.
This subject will be completed alongside your master's fashion presentation and folio subject.
Academic advice will be provided to assist in determining the best options for you.
Graduates create independent and niche practices, work in leading commercial, luxury and emerging contemporary brands, and go on to establish independent and collaborative research practices and enterprises.
Syna Chen, Master of Fashion (Design) graduate, MPavilion Graduate Showcase 2019. Photography by Agnieszka Chabros
As a graduate, you will be able to offer new design propositions for the challenges of competitive fashion industry practices.
You will also have confidence in your advanced capabilities to launch independent and emerging brands. These roles are in fashion labels, emerging international brands, luxury and high fashion brands, fashion enterprises, as well as in related discipline contexts of design, production, communications, creative direction and styling, branding, buying, media, publications, and textiles and product development.
You will be an agile and engaged designer, critically aware of the larger ethical, social, cultural, environmental and political concerns that need to be addressed in contemporary relevant design practice.
You need to satisfy all of the following entry requirements to be considered for entry into this degree.
You must have successfully completed an Australian three-year bachelor degree in fashion design (or equivalent overseas qualification) with an overall grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 out of 4.0.
There are no prerequisite subjects required for entry into this qualification.
You must complete and submit the Fashion (Design) selection task. Please click the apply button to submit your direct application. The link to submit your selection task will appear on the applicant dashboard after you have submitted your application.
Entry into this program is competitive and applications are assessed in the order that they are received until the selection task date, if places are still available. For your best chance at admission into this program, you are encouraged to apply as early as possible.
| Applicant type | Register and submit the selection task by |
|---|---|
| All applicants | 27 February 2026 |
Graduates of RMIT's Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) are exempted from the selection task requirements.
Graduates of RMIT's Bachelor of Fashion (Design) with a minimum overall GPA of 2.0 out of 4.0 are exempted from the selection task requirements for entry into the Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours). To specify that you are applying via the Bachelor of Fashion (Design) pathway, submit your response through the selection task.
Outline and discuss the areas of fashion design and types of practice specialisations you would like to investigate in this program. Explain the context of fashion practice you would like to work in, relating this to your current career goals, research interests in fashion design and how this program will help you achieve these.
You may also wish to include how your work experience and previous studies has informed your research and practice interests (maximum 300 words).
Provide details of academic achievements and professional experience including any work experience you are currently undertaking (maximum 150 words).
Provide a folio comprising of no more than 10 pages, which includes a variety of creative projects.
Your folio should contain examples of projects from your undergraduate studies, including any major graduating projects or collections produced and any professional projects undertaken. Your folio should be a combination of images, drawings, sketches, paintings, photographs or films showing the research and design experimentation that has led to the finalised design work. It should reflect your design, problem solving and technical skills with a focus on the following:
Please include work that shows how the use of documentation has informed your design and research as well as the types of design processes you work with. Please include any other complimentary projects that might be from other discipline areas that also indicate the types of design specialisations you are interested in.
Upload your folio as a single PDF. You can photograph or scan your work, but please make sure that it is in focus and well presented. Multiple images on a page are acceptable. Files should be no larger than 10MB. Include the page number, and your full name on each page.
Under each image, please provide a brief explanation, including the purpose and background of the work (maximum 50 words).
You must record and submit a brief video addressing the questions below:
If you have used AI to generate images or texts in your selection task submission, please describe where this occurs and what AI tools were used (maximum 100 words).
You must meet the University's minimum English language requirements to be eligible for a place in this program.
Application to this master's degree is recommended via the one-year BH127 Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours).
If you have already successfully completed the BH127 Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) and wish to progress to the Master of Fashion (Design), please contact the DSC Selection team at enquiries.applydsc@rmit.edu.au.
The following information outlines the tasks you will be required to undertake during professional experience placement and on-campus learning activities.
The non-academic abilities listed are provided for your information only and are not entry requirements.
By understanding the types of activities you'll participate in, you can:
If there are any activities outlined which may be difficult for you to undertake, there is a range of adjustments to your study conditions available to enable and support you to demonstrate these abilities.
Please contact the Equitable Learning Services (ELS) team to discuss any adjustments you may require. To receive learning adjustments, you need to register with ELS.
If you are living with disability, long-term illness and/or a mental health condition, we can support you by making adjustments to activities in your program so that you can participate fully in your studies.
The University considers the wellbeing and safety of all students, staff and the community to be a priority in academic and professional experience placement settings.
If you successfully complete the BH127 Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) at RMIT, you will be guaranteed entry into the Master of Fashion (Design) with 96 credit points of exemption (equivalent to one year of full-time study).
If you have successfully completed the BH103 Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) at RMIT, you will be exempted from submitting the selection task and guaranteed entry into the Master of Fashion (Design) with 96 credit points of exemption (equivalent to one year of full-time study).
If you successfully complete the BP328 Bachelor of Fashion (Design) at RMIT with an overall Grade Point Average (GPA) of at least 2.0 (out of 4.0), you will be exempted from submitting the selection task and guaranteed entry into the BH127 Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours). Upon successful completion of the BH127 Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours) you can progress to the second year of the Master of Fashion (Design).
Credit, recognition of prior learning, professional experience and accreditation from a professional body can reduce the duration of your study by acknowledging your earlier, relevant experience.
Credit and exemptions will be assessed consistent with the principles of the RMIT Credit Policy.
Upon successful completion of this master's degree, you may be eligible to undertake further studies in related programs at RMIT University, including postgraduate research programs, subject to the program's entrance requirements.
The Master of Fashion (Design) is offered as full-fee only; however, by enrolling via the one-year Bachelor of Fashion (Design) (Honours), if you are eligible, you will be offered a Commonwealth Supported Place for the first year of your studies. Fee information for both degrees is available below.
Amounts quoted are indicative fees per annum, and are based on a standard year of full-time study (96 credit points). A proportionate fee applies for more or less than the full-time study load.
*Fees are adjusted on an annual basis and these fees should only be used as a guide.
This program is offered on a full-fee paying basis only. If you are offered a place, you will need to pay the full tuition costs of your program. However, eligible students (such as Australian citizens or holders of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa) may apply to defer payment of some or all of their tuition fees via the Commonwealth Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme.
For information on how to pay your fees or how to apply for a refund, please see Paying your fees and applying for refunds.
In addition to tuition fees, you will be charged an annual student services and amenities fee (SSAF), which is used to maintain and enhance services and amenities that improve your experience as an RMIT student.
The SSAF is calculated based on your enrolment load and the maximum fee for 2026 is $373.
You may also be required to purchase other items related to your course, including field trips, textbooks and equipment. These additional fees and expenses vary from course to course.
Eligible students (such as Australian citizens or holders of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa) may apply to defer payment of some or all of their tuition fees via the Commonwealth Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme.
You may be eligible to apply to defer payment of the Student services and amenities fee (SSAF) through the SA-HELP loan scheme. If you use SA-HELP, the amount will be added to your accumulated HELP debt.
If your FEE-HELP and/or SA-HELP loan application is successful, the Australian Government will pay RMIT, on your behalf, up to 100% of your fees. This amount will become part of your accumulated HELP debt.
You only start repaying your accumulated HELP debt to the Australian Government once you earn above the minimum income threshold for repayment, which is set each year by the Australian Government (this also applies if you are still studying). The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will calculate your compulsory repayment for the year and include this on your income tax notice.
For more information about loan repayment options see Commonwealth assistance (HELP loans) or Study Assist.
You may be eligible to apply for income tax deductions for education expenses linked to your employment.
See the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) for more information.
RMIT awards more than 2000 scholarships every year to recognise academic achievement and assist students from a variety of backgrounds.
In 2026, the annual student contribution amount (tuition fee) you will pay for a standard year of full-time study is between AU$4,738 to AU$17,399.
Amounts quoted are indicative fees per annum, and are based on a standard year of full-time study (96 credit points). A proportionate fee applies for more or less than the full-time study load.
Fees are adjusted on an annual basis and these fees should only be used as a guide.
You may be eligible to apply for a HECS-HELP loan, which can be used to defer payment of up to the full amount of your student contribution fees. You may also be eligible to apply to defer payment of your SSAF through the SA-HELP loan scheme.
Learn more about fees for undergraduate study.
For information on how to pay your fees or how to apply for a refund, please see Paying your fees and applying for refunds.
If you are offered a Commonwealth supported place, your tuition fees are subsidised by the Australian Government.
Your share of the fee (student contribution) is set on an annual basis by the government and is determined by the discipline areas (bands) of your individual enrolled courses, not the overall program.
The Australian Government has introduced changes to university funding and student contribution fees under its Job-ready Graduates Package.
The fees in the table below apply to students who commence their program in 2026. Fees for continuing students are available at fees for Commonwealth supported students.
Each course (subject) falls into a band. The band determines the student contribution amount for the course.
Amounts listed in the table below are based on a standard, full-time study load (96 credit points per year) with all courses in the same band. A proportionate fee applies for more or less than the full-time study load or for enrolment in courses (subjects) from a combination of bands.
You can learn how to calculate your exact tuition fees for units from different bands at Fees for Commonwealth supported students.
Student contribution band by course (subject) |
Maximum annual student contribution amount (per EFTSL) in 2026 |
|---|---|
| Education, Postgraduate Clinical Psychology, English, Mathematics, Statistics, Nursing, Indigenous and Foreign Languages, Agriculture | $4,738 per standard year $592 per standard (12 credit point) course |
| Allied Health, Other Health, Built Environment, Computing, Visual and Performing Arts, Professional Pathway Psychology, Professional Pathway Social Work, Engineering, Surveying, Environmental Studies, Science, Pathology | $9,537 per standard year $1,192 per standard (12 credit point) course |
| Dentistry, Medicine, Veterinary Science | $13,558 per standard year $1,694 per standard (12 credit point) course |
| Law, Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce, Communications, Society and Culture | $17,399 per standard year $2,174 per standard (12 credit point) course |
On 1 January 2022, the Government implemented the Student Learning Entitlement (SLE).
The Australian Government provides financial assistance via the HECS-HELP loan scheme, which allows eligible students (such as Australian citizens or holders of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa) to defer payment of up to the full amount of their student contribution.
You may be eligible to apply to defer payment of the Student services and amenities fee (SSAF) through the SA-HELP loan scheme. If you use SA-HELP, the amount will be added to your accumulated HELP debt.
If your FEE-HELP and/or SA-HELP loan application is successful, the Australian Government will pay RMIT, on your behalf, up to 100% of your fees. This amount will become part of your accumulated HELP debt.
You only start repaying your accumulated HELP debt to the Australian Government once you earn above the minimum income threshold for repayment, which is set each year by the Australian Government (this also applies if you are still studying). The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will calculate your compulsory repayment for the year and include this on your income tax notice.
For more information about loan repayment options see Commonwealth assistance (HELP loans) or Study Assist.
In addition to tuition fees, you will be charged an annual student services and amenities fee (SSAF), which is used to maintain and enhance services and amenities that improve your experience as an RMIT student.
The SSAF is calculated based on your enrolment load and the maximum fee for 2026 is $373.
You may also be required to purchase other items related to your course, including field trips, textbooks and equipment. These additional fees and expenses vary from course to course.
For Bachelor of Fashion (Design) students in their second, third or honours year, with outstanding academic results, who can demonstrate circumstances which impact their study; worth up to $10,000.
RMIT awards more than 2000 scholarships every year to recognise academic achievement and assist students from a variety of backgrounds.
Use our Frequently Asked Questions to learn about the application process and its equity access schemes, find out how to accept or defer your offer or request a leave of absence, discover information about your fees, refunds and scholarships, and explore the various student support and advocacy services, as well as how to find out more about your preferred program, and more.
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