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Graphic Design at Coventry University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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30Apr
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14Jun
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Course summary

Choose your start date. You have six opportunities to join this course throughout the year. Course Overview: This course enables you to take command of your own design practice and theory interests, establishing personal lines of enquiry that will be developed and refined during the course’s study journey.

  • Designed for graphic design graduates, professionals and applicants repositioning their creative practice seeking to enhance their professional portfolio.
  • Broaden and deepen your understanding of contemporary graphic design and its future.
  • Develop your practice and research skills relevant to industry or for future graphic design academia.
Why you should study this course This course aims to help you:
  • follow a focused line of enquiry, building on your skills and knowledge, and culminating in a final self-directed project
  • focus on digital and analogue media, with an emphasis on contemporary graphic design practices
  • focus on modern, relevant practices shaped by broader cultural debates within the graphic design field
  • get a practical, ideas-based curriculum encouraging you to develop a unique professional voice
  • get hands-on project-based learning that mirrors industry and professional creative team environments.
**Collaborations Endorsement: Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)** Coventry University and the RSA have collaborated on a module concerning social and ethical responsibility. You will be entitled to a 12-month fellowship of the RSA so you can access all RSA resources and platforms during your period of study. Once you have successfully passed the Professional Practice and Innovation module, you will receive an RSA digital credential. For the latest information, please view our website.

Modules

Design Communication: Crafting Impactful Messages - 30 credits. Co-Create - 30 credits. Evolving Practice and Innovation - 30 credits Graphic Design Practice and Theoretical Inquiry - 60 credits For complete and up-to-date information, please view our website.

Entry requirements

An honours degree 2:2 or above (or international equivalent) in a relevant discipline, or demonstrable and considerable experience at an appropriate professional level. You should be familiar with and capable of using the Adobe Creative Suite. We recognise a breadth of qualifications, speak to one of our advisers today to find out how we can help you. Portfolio You will need to submit a portfolio containing a range of projects, including (if applicable) a selection of your professional work. Your portfolio should evidence creative problem-solving related to graphic design/communications disciplines, design process, and digital/practical making skills, and demonstrate your understanding of design theory in written annotations.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

2025/26 fees TBC. Please see our website for latest information.
Graphic Design at Coventry University - UCAS