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UCAS CODE: W210

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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Main Site

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    SEP-24

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Graphic Design involves developing your individual skills as a professional designer from the moment you arrive at our purpose-built studios.From day one, we'll consider you as a designer with thoughts and opinions that can lead to great ideas and impactful work. Throughout the course, you’ll put your skills to use by working with practising designers completing live briefs and entering national competitions. To capitalise on your design work, you’ll learn the business and entrepreneurial aspects of the industry through working with a professional design agency. The course is taught in specialist graphic design studio spaces where you'll hone your software proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, AfterEffects, XD and Acrobat, learn the basics of coding for web and make data visualisations using Tableau to communicate global stories.Although this is primarily a practical course, you'll also study the history of design, analyse the contributions of global key designers, assess the sustainability of existing design methodologies and develop new ones for an emerging world. Top reasons to study with usYou’ll work in specialist graphic design studio spaces, in our dedicated creative arts building, on a mixture of focussed and open-ended briefs, similar to how graphic design typically functions in a professional environment.Tutors and professionals will challenge you to design with intent and purpose as opposed to producing something simply because it looks good. 100% of our Graphic Design students were satisfied overall with their course. National Student Survey 2022You’ll learn business and entrepreneurial aspects of the industry through working with a professional design agency.1st in the UK for student satisfaction with the quality of teaching in the subject area of Art and Design. Complete University Guide Subject League Table 2023Specialist facilitiesYou’ll have access to a range of excellent facilities, including our dedicated creative arts building, Daphne Oram, which houses:Graphic design workshops fitted with the latest digital resources. Projectors for showing films and presentations on a big screen. A print room with a wide variety of materials and equipment, including a print press, HP printer, fume cabinet and heat mat. Study areas that allow you to work independently or as a group, creating a vibrant digital learning culture.LocationThis course is run at our Canterbury Campus in Kent. Canterbury is just 50 miles south-east of London and less than an hour by high-speed train from St Pancras. Located on a UNESCO World Heritage Site the campus offers state-of-the-art buildings, right in the centre of a vibrant and world-famous cathedral city. You’ll benefit from a campus with excellent learning and teaching resources, music venues, a superb sports centre, a well-stocked bookshop and plenty of coffee bars and places to eat. A short walk away is Augustine House our award-winning library and home to a vast range of learning resources and student support teams.

Application deadline

31 January

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
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15,500per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

Canterbury Christ Church University

  • University League Table

    106th

  • Campus address

    Canterbury Christ Church University, North Holmes Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1QU, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    45th out of 84 6

  • Entry standards

    / Max 222
    116 48%

    72nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    49.0 49%

    76th

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    4.50 90%

    2nd

    1

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