Offered by Fanshawe College in London, Canada, HD in Fashion Design is a higher diploma in Fashion Design programme. The programme runs for 3 years, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 57,150 per total (CAD 14,842 per total for local students).
This three-year co-operative advanced diploma directs its training toward careers in apparel design, covering development, production management and marketing. Learning combines classroom theory and lectures with lab work, field trips and a work-term placement, with emphasis on design communications and marketing, apparel manufacturing and technology, and design analysis.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry needs an OSSD, an equivalent, or mature-applicant status with Grade 12 English (C or U) and Grade 11 or 12 Math (C, M or U), with MCT4C preferred. Applicants who fall short are pointed to academic upgrading, with a conditional offer possible on proof of enrolment, or to the one-year Design Foundations program, which supplies every entry requirement. No portfolio is required at application. English at certificate and diploma level: IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band under 5.5, TOEFL iBT 79 pre-2026 (4.5 overall with no band under 4 on the 2026 scale), PTE Academic 53 with no band under 45, CAEL 60 with 50 per band and 80 in listening, Duolingo 105 with no sub-score under 95, Cambridge English 169, LanguageCert Academic 65. Selection where applicants exceed seats: preference for Ontario permanent residents, application received by 1 February, then achievement in the requirements. Fanshawe recommends prior sewing experience and strong fashion drawing skills, and lists a bring-your-own-device requirement plus a mandatory placement assessment for the WRIT course after admission.
Application Details
Start Date:Full-time starts currently open to domestic applicants: September 2026 (London). Starts open to international applicants: September 2026 (London). (Listed on the Fanshawe program page, checked 6 September 2026.)
Application Deadline:Fanshawe publishes no deadline specific to this program — these are the college-wide dates. Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027 for Fall 2027 entry (the cycle opened 26 September 2026), and applications arriving after it are assessed in order of receipt until the program fills. Offers to non-competitive programs begin going out 1 November 2026, competitive-program offers are sent by 30 March, and 1 May 2027 is the usual deadline to accept an offer. International applicants apply directly to Fanshawe (CAD 100 fee) and have no single published cut-off date; instead, proof of study-permit approval is due 9 December 2026 for a January 2027 start and 5 April 2027 for a May 2027 start, with all admission conditions cleared by 15 December 2026 and 15 April 2027 respectively.
