This programme consists of a wide range of activities of industrial simulated activities in the supplydemand pipeline, including fashion brand promotion, fashion e-marketing, fashion product development and sourcing, global fashion buying, visual merchandising and display design to  enrich students’ international exposure.

Students may choose one of the following streams so as to enhance professional knowledge and skills in specific areas:

• Higher Diploma in Fashion Branding and Buying (Buying and Retail Management)
• Higher Diploma in Fashion Branding and Buying (Product Development and Sourcing)
• Higher Diploma in Fashion Branding and Buying (Visual Merchandising and Branding)

The 1st semester is a common semester. Students will progress to the streams in the 2nd semester, subject to their stream choice, academic performance and study place availability in specific streams.

Graduates may be employed as fashion brand executive, fashion digital marketing officer, fashion e-commerce content executive, e-commerce fashion buyer, fashion e-retailing planner and developer, fashion product developer and designer, fashion event planner, fashion project officer, visual merchandisers, display designer, etc.

Graduates can pursue relevant degrees locally or overseas. They are eligible to apply for admission to topup degree programmes offered by the following universities in collaboration with the School for Higher and Professional Education (SHAPE):

• The Nottingham Trent University, UK:
  BA (Hons) International Fashion Business# :(Registration Number of Non-local Higher and Professional Education: 251505)
• University of Westminster, UK:
  BA (Hons) Fashion Buying Management# :(Registration Number of Non-local Higher and Professional Education: 253021) 

Graduates are eligible to apply for admission to top-up degree programme offered by:

• Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi):
  BA (Hons) in Fashion Design / BA (Hons) in Advertising

Graduates can also apply for admission to relevant degree programme of local university:

• The Hong Kong Polytechnic University:
  BA (Hons) Scheme in Fashion and Textiles

Upon admission to relevant degree programmes, graduates can apply for credit exemption. The level of exemption will be considered on individual basis.

# It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognise any qualification to which this course may lead. Please refer to the corresponding programme page in the website of SHAPE (www.shape.edu.hk).

Students are eligible to apply for ordinary membership of the Hong Kong Fashion Designers Association (HKFDA) and student membership of the Hong Kong Designers Association (HKDA) and the Hong Kong Institute of Textile and Apparel (HKITA) and the Society of Dyers and Colourists (SDC).#

 http://www.vtc.edu.hk/admission/en/programme/de114304-higher-diploma-in-fashion-branding-and-buying/

VTC reserves the right to cancel any programme, revise programme title, content or change the offering institute(s) / campus(es) / class venue(s) if circumstances so warrant.