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Photography at Kingston University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Kingston University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Course summary

Reasons to choose Kingston

  • We’re ranked No.2 in London for Film Production and Photography (The Guardian University Guide League Tables 2023).
  • You can prepare yourself for employment and increase your workplace skills through an optional work placement.
  • You’ll be taught by staff who publish and present their work nationally and internationally. Our technical staff are practising artists and will support you in the bespoke photography workshop.
  • Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.
About this course This course enables you to develop your unique and individual style as a photographer and to create an exceptional body of work over three years. It’ll prepare you for professional employment in the creative industries and/or postgraduate study. You’ll work in a highly supportive and structured studio setting, exploring and experimenting with new approaches and techniques. You’ll work on vital and diverse project briefs that engage with the professional world. Our photography technical workshop has been designed to an exceptional specification. Studios are equipped with the latest studio lighting and cameras, tethered shooting and Capture One. We have colour and black & white analogue darkrooms, with dip and dunk film processing, deep tanks and a 50” digital C-Type printer. Alongside our professional industry- standard digital workspaces. Future Skills Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it. Career opportunities Our graduates have progressed to roles in editorial, studio photography, fashion, documentary, picture editing, styling, archival and web management and roles within the film industry.

Modules

– Photographic Production Processes – Professional Practice – Dissertation: Research and Reflection To view the full list of modules, please visit the University course webpage.

Assessment method

Assessment is all coursework based (e.g., print portfolios, photo-books, social media including websites, blogs, moving image, research books, essays, exhibitions reviews, artist statements, self-assessment, dissertation).

How to apply

29Jan

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:
W640
Institution code:
K84
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate-course/photography/entry-requirements.html

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio

Further details can be found in the entry requirements on the course page: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/photography/

English language requirements

English language requirements

https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate-course/photography/entry-requirements.html

Student Outcomes

Operated by the Office for Students
100%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
100%
Go onto work and study

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9535 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9535 Year 1
Scotland £9535 Year 1
Wales £9535 Year 1

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

International/EU fees: For international fees, please visit: https://www.kingston.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-funding/fees/ Please visit the provider course webpage for further information regarding additional course costs.
Photography at Kingston University - UCAS