All equivalent qualifications are welcome and applications are considered individually.
Applicants with Key Skill Qualifications are encouraged to outline these in their personal statement. All applications should also include a strong GCSE profile and evidence of an interest in the subject illustrated in the personal statement. There is almost 100 per cent employment or progression to the second year of the BA Honours Footwear Design at De Montfort University. Career opportunities in the international footwear business are available as trainee designers, product developers, trainee shoe buyers, quality controllers, and technologists, in the footwear multiple retail, wholesale, export, import, and shoe and component manufacturing sectors of the industry. International travel is often a part of these jobs after a training period.