Diploma in Fashion Design in Melbourne
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Overview
Ignite your passion for fashion and make your mark as a design professional. Cultivate your creativity, technical expertise, and vision with the support of experienced mentors. Bring your concepts to life as you develop a fashion collection, mastering fabric handling, manufacturing, branding, and distribution.
About the Course
Cultivate and apply technical skills from garment conceptualisation, to development, to construction.
Engage skilfully in fabric handling and manipulation, commercial manufacturing, branding, and distribution.
Work alongside experienced, industry-savvy mentors to realise your own fashion collection.
Successful completion of this Diploma will qualify you for credit to be applied on further study in the relevant major specialisation of LCI Melbourne’s Bachelor of Design Arts course.
Opportunities
Getting a job is at the heart of the LCI Melbourne experience. Alongside your studies, you'll have real opportunities to build your network and your portfolio through industry projects, student exhibitions, and VIP events — experiences that give you something concrete to talk about when you're applying for work.
Upcoming Sessions
| Start date | Schedule | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Full-Time - Evening | Online (Blended Online Learning) | Apply now |
| Feb 1, 2027 | Full-Time - Evening | Online (Blended Online Learning) | Apply now |
| May 19, 2027 | Full-Time - Evening | Online (Blended Online Learning) | Apply now |
| Sep 15, 2027 | Full-Time - Evening | Online (Blended Online Learning) | Apply now |
Admissions Criteria
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Local applicants
- Satisfactory completion of Australian Year 12, or one of the equivalent qualifications as defined under minimum academic entry requirements.
- An Admission Consultation
ATAR scores are not used in the consideration of your application. Unscored VCE (or equivalent) is accepted for entry.
Students must be 18+ years of age at commencement of course.
Find out more about new exemptions for Year 12 applicants via VTAC
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International applicants
List of Units
Trimester One
Fashion Design Studio 1 (STFD1)
Design History & Culture (AXC111)
Design Fundamentals (COM111)
Trimester Two
Fashion Design Studio 2 (STFD2)
Contemporary Context (CXT222)
Social Trend Forecasting (AXC121)
Trimester Three
Fashion Design Studio 3 (STFD3)
Future Context (CXT333)
Creative Practice (COM333)
Tuition & Aid
LCI Melbourne is an Australian–Government accredited Institute Of Higher Education providing Australian Domestic students with access to FEE-HELP.
FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists eligible students to pay tuition fees.