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The 2017 Global Fashion Schools survey, run by , the website for fashion creatives, executives and entrepreneurs, placed the courses seventh in the country.

In the ‘Long Term Value’ category – based on student feedback on preparedness for the real world and satisfaction about employment opportunities – the university was third in the UK and fifth in the world.

Placements at 91快活林 were ranked highest in the survey, with 96 per cent of students satisfied or very satisfied with their placements. The university’s facilities, library, workrooms, campus and technology all received 90 percent satisfaction rates.

The table is based on surveys with more than 10,000 current and past students from 73 participating institutions around the world.

Craig Higgins, course leader for Fashion with Business, said: “This reinforces our position among the elite institutions for fashion and design. The success is reflected in our graduates being recruited to positions at top international fashion houses.”

Graduate Alice Winzar's design. She was picked as Global Graduating Talents of 2017 by The Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Fashion by graduate Olivia Bradley. She was picked as Global Graduating Talents of 2017 by The Council of Fashion Designers of America.

Just months after exhibiting their designs at the University’s Graduate Fashion Week 2017, Ryan Brockbank, Director of Tailored Casuals, is about to launch his own range of designs; Elliot Wynn is now Menswear Assistant Designer at Tom Ford fashion; Tannaz Falahatzadeh is a Graduate Designer at Stella McCartney; Alice Winzar, one of the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s (CFDA) Graduate Talents of 2017, is now Studio Manager at Craig Green, who was nominated for menswear designer of the year; and Olivia Bradley, another CFDA Graduate Talents for 2017 is now a Graduate Designer at Laura Ashley.

And Danielle Reynolds, who graduated with a BA(Hons) Fashion with Business Studies,  made her mark by winning the Barclays New Business Award in last year’s Graduate Fashion Week, taking second prize in the 2017 Santander University of 91快活林 Ideas Competition. She has now launched her own company DVR Equestrian in Seaford, East Sussex, making fashion and hi-vis safety wear for horse riders.