Applicants should possess an HND, Diploma of Higher Education or Foundation degree.
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You’ll become a multi-skilled designer and exhibit work in London and complete a work placement at a prestigious agency.
You’ll build on your existing knowledge, skills and qualifications to develop vocationally-oriented creative portfolios to gain a full BA honours degree qualification. As a home or international student, you’ll have completed a Level 5 or equivalent qualification, higher education diploma or foundation degree, and will progress to study on this course alongside students specialising in a range of design subjects.
You’ll be able to pick modules in advertising, graphic design and illustration to suit your background and ambitions. Graduate with a broad range of specialist skills from branding to publication layout to storyboarding and pitching. You’ll make essential contacts and gain valuable experience even before you graduate.
You will have the opportunity to enter national and global design awards. So far in 2022 our students have won first place at the Penguin Cover Design Awards, JKR Global Student Design Award and are on the longlist for the 2022 World Illustration Awards.
You’ll be actively engaged with design projects and real-world assignments, addressing a wide variety of creative challenges. Depending on your chosen pathway, you may have the chance to exhibit through our links with the D&AD’s New Blood Exhibition in London and enter the Yellow Pencil award, which previous Visual Communication students have won.
You’ll have practical, real-world design and advertising assignments, develop your creative portfolios, undertake individual research and presentations, write essays and proposals, plus write an 8,000-word dissertation.
Applicants should possess an HND, Diploma of Higher Education or Foundation degree.
We welcome applications from mature students (aged 21 and over) and do not necessarily require the same academic qualifications as school leaving applicants, although some entry requirements may still apply for Professionally Accredited Courses. We accept Access to Higher Education Diplomas and make offers on an individual basis.
Please read the entry requirements for your country – and you’re welcome to contact our admissions team if you have questions.
English Language or Literature and Maths Grade 4/C in GCSE (or equivalent) are normally required.
Selection for this course is by interview. Please refer to our interview guide for further information.
Here's an example of the types of modules you'll study (the contents and structure of the course are reviewed occasionally, but it is unlikely that there will be significant change).
Module information is not available for this programme.
| Start date | Location | UCAS code |
Fee (UK) per year |
Fee (international) per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2023 | Hardwick, Cheltenham | W213 | £9,250 | £15,450 |
| Sep 2024 | Hardwick, Cheltenham | W213 | TBC | TBC |
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International students can benefit from a range of scholarships and bursaries across many undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. |
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Graduates from this course can go on to work as:
Our previous students have completed placements with Saatchi & Saatchi X, Ogilvy & Mather, Factor 3, Tangible, Kraft, McCanns, BBH, Gravitas, Superdry and IPA. You can exhibit at D&AD’s New Blood Exhibition in London and our own Art and Design Festival.
You’ll be able to pick modules in advertising, graphic design and illustration to suit your background and ambitions. Graduate with a broad range of specialist skills from branding to publication layouts, storyboarding to illustrating.
Make essential contacts and gain valuable experience, even before you graduate. Students on selected modules have worked for prestigious companies including Saatchi & Saatchi X, Ogilvy & Mather, Factor 3, Tangible, Kraft, McCanns, BBH, Gravitas, IPA, Jones Knowles Ritchie, Taxi Studios, The Allotment, Rufus Leonard, Fitch and Superdry.
You’ll be actively engaged with design projects and real world assignments, addressing a wide variety of creative challenges. You’ll be encouraged to exhibit through our links with the D&AD’s New Blood Exhibition in London. Our students won the Yellow Pencil award at the show last year.
Be visionary in specialist studios with the latest industry technology, collaborate with other artists and designers as well as media and technology students, and be inspired by practising professionals to develop your own authentic voice.
Make essential contacts and gain valuable experience, even before you graduate. Students on selected modules have worked for prestigious companies including Saatchi & Saatchi X, Ogilvy & Mather, Factor 3, Tangible, Kraft, McCanns, BBH, Gravitas, IPA, Jones Knowles Ritchie, Taxi Studios, The Allotment, Rufus Leonard, Fitch and Superdry.
As part of your course you can gain valuable experience on an optional placement year.
“I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do career-wise when I started the course. We were able to choose modules based on what we were interested in. I particularly enjoyed the Creative Portfolio module where we had lectures from creative directors from agencies like McCann Bristol and Publicis London. They gave us briefs, sometimes even live ones and every two weeks we presented our ideas and got feedback. I did a placement at Oakwood agency which ultimately made me realize I wanted to work in advertising.”
Syaza-Abdur Rahman, Visual Communications student
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