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UndergraduateCourse summary
Overview On this BA (Hons) Graphic Design degree, you’ll develop your own visual identity, with a distinct typography emphasis and professional connections gained from our industry-active, research-led teaching staff. With opportunities to specialise in your area of interest and win awards from prestigious graphic design bodies, you’ll build an inspiring design profile that no employer can resist. Graphic design is a cornerstone of many industries, so you'll have lots of career options after graduation. If you want to start in web design, advertising, branding, and other media, or advance to a Master's: now is your time to explore. Course highlights
- Hone vital design techniques – including screen printing, letterpress, laser cutting and dye sublimation printing – using our specialist facilities
- Get your talent recognised by entering international competitions by renowned organisations You Can Now (YCN), Design and Art Direction (D&AD), and the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce (RSA)
- Elevate your professional profile by becoming a member of the esteemed International Society of Typographic Designers (iSTD)
- Impress future employers by showcasing your work at our annual Graduate Show
- Experience the graphic design profession by taking a one-year placement - either with a company or by setting up your own
- Show your Adobe expertise to industry peers by gaining an Adobe Certified Associate qualification
- Connect with companies and communities by taking part in events like SKY Creative Day
- 90% Graduates in work or further study (HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey conducted in 2019)
- Why Not Associates
- Aardman Digital
- The Light Surgeons
- Fitch
- 4IV
- Rubrik
- FHM Magazine
- Graduate startups
- Territory Studio
- Bright Agency
- Debut Art
- Strong Island
- MWM Creative
- Lethal Creative Studio
- iLoveDust
Modules
Year 1 core modules [all worth 20 credits each]: Information Design; Introduction to Graphic Design; Introduction to Visual Culture (Graphic Design); Research-Informed Design Thinking; Typography and Layout; User Experience Design - Motion Graphics | Year 2 core modules [all worth 20 credits each]: Editorial Design; Ethical Design; Professional Practice - Identity and Branding; User Experience Design | Year 2 optional modules: Art, Design and Performance Study Abroad - Full Year (120 credits); Art, Design and Performance Study Abroad - Half Year (60 credits); Art, Design and Performance Study Exchange (60 credits); CCI Placement Plus - Full Year (40 credits); CCI Self Employed Placement (40 credits); CCI Work Placement (40 credits); Engaged Citizenship Through Interdisciplinary Practice (20 credits); Professional Experience (20 credits); Professional Practice - Live Design Briefs (20 credits); Student Enterprise (20 credits); Visual Culture: Cult, Taste and Collecting (20 credits); Visual Culture: Performing Identity (20 credits); Visual Culture: Technology and the Image (20 credits); Visual Culture: Visons of the Body (20 credits) | Year 3 core modules [all worth 20 credits each]: Major Project in Graphic Design - Research and Development; Major Project in Graphic Design - Resolution and Presentation; Professional Practice - Design Briefs and Competitions; Professional Practice - Design Studio Practice; Professional Practice - Promotion and Employability | Year 3 optional modules [all worth 20 credits]: Visual Culture: Dissertation; Visual Culture: Research Project
Assessment method
Not a fan of exams? Don't worry – there aren't any on this course. Instead, you can let your designs do the talking. You’ll be assessed through:
- project presentations
- research and developmental work
- design portfolios
- written essays or reports
- Year 1 students: 100% by coursework
- Year 2 students: 100% by coursework
How to apply
31Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- W210
- Institution code:
- P80
- Campus name:
- Main Site
- Campus code:
- -
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)
We welcome applications for advanced entry. If you’d like to apply for advanced entry, you need to select the required year when you complete your UCAS application.
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
Additional entry requirements
Interview
All shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview with a portfolio of work.
Portfolio
All shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview with a portfolio of work.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6 | English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.0 with no component score below 5.5. |
| PTE Academic | 54 | An overall score of 54 with a minimum of 51 in each skill. |
| TOEFL (iBT) | 79 | 79 with a minimum of 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking and 17 in Writing. |
| Cambridge English Advanced | Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
| Cambridge English Proficiency | Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE) taken after January 2015. An overall score of 169 with no component score less than 162. | |
| Trinity ISE | Pass | Trinity College Integrated Skills in English (ISE) Level III with a Pass in all 4 components |
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| EU | £9250 | Year 1 |
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| International | £18100 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
Students who are resident in EU countries: please note that the net fee is inclusive of the Transition Scholarship
Placement Year and Year abroad:
UK/Channel Islands and Isle of Man students – £925 |
EU – £925 (including Transition Scholarship)|
International (Non-EU) – £2,000.
Fees are accurate at the time of publishing and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Fees may also go up in later years, in line with inflation.
For more information about fees, go to port.ac.uk/ug-tuition-fees
Provider information
University of Portsmouth
University House
Winston Churchill Avenue
Portsmouth
PO1 2UP