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  • Qualification

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

  • Location

    Carlisle - Brampton Road

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    16-SEP-24

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

Harness your passion and produce exciting designs across a range of traditional and digital media through our graphic design degree course.You'll graduate as a professional graphic designer ready to unleash your creativity on the world and work for national and international design and advertising consultancies, multi-media agencies, TV companies and publishing houses.Our graduates have gone on to work for well-known names such as Time Out, MTV, Conde Naste, IPC, Future Publishing, Mammoth, Wallpaper and the BBC.


Course Overview

This graphic design course will give you hands-on experience, providing the expertise, experience, confidence and creative skills you need to launch your career in graphic design.We realise that, as a university graduate, what makes you stand out from the crowd is your personality, passion and the quality of the work in your portfolio. That's why we've designed this graphic design degree to provide you with a wide variety of projects, including many ‘live briefs’, to help you discover what suits you best, allowing you to focus on developing your specialties. You will receive extensive feedback, support, and advice throughout your studies and have access to our state-of-the-art facilities and equipment.


On this course you will...

- Learn graphic design, magazine design, illustration and typography from experts in each of these specialisms, and use industry-standard software, equipment and facilities.- Do real graphic design work. 80% of your studies will be practical, so you won't just be learning theory.- Build a robust portfolio of work for exhibits to showcase your graphic design training and display your talent to potential employers.- Benefit from practical demonstrations, visits, and feedback from professional designers.


What you will learn

The BA (Hons) Graphic Design aims to help you successfully transition from being a design student to a professional designer. Our graduates work for national and international design and advertising consultancies, multi-media agencies, TV companies, publishing houses, magazines and many now run their own design studios.


Year One

- Introducing Visual Communication- Cultural Contexts- Multi-Dimensional Graphic Design- Collaborative Practice


Year Two

- The Designer's Toolkit- Type & Typography- Graphic Design Projects- The Critical Designer


Year Three

- Advanced Design Projects- Independent Research Paper- Graphic Design Showcase

Application deadline

31 January

Tuition fees

Students living in United States
(International fees)

£ 13,250per year

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

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University of Cumbria

  • University League Table

    122nd

  • Campus address

    University of Cumbria, Registered Office, Fusehill Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA1 2HH, England

The advantages of a large university combined with hands-on learning in small groups, so tutors get to know students as individuals.
Teaching is led by practice, industry and research-informed academics with real-world experience, strong industry links and involvement in the latest research.
Locations in and close to a UNESCO World Heritage Site (the Lake District National Park) – Cumbria's campuses are near countryside, city and coast.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    60th out of 84 17

  • Entry standards

    / Max 222
    124 52%

    58th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    85.0 85%

    3rd

    70
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.74 75%

    76th

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