Illustrations are active images; they always have a purpose, making sense of complex ideas. As illustrators, you will work to enable understanding of the everyday - from enriching literature and poetry, to responding to societal issues from science and medicine to politics and economics. You will develop rich imaginative responses to build your unique practice, inviting your audiences in.
With core skills in drawing and narrative you will explore and experiment with materials, developing a range of both technical skills to find your own visual languages with which to tackle challenging subject matter.
Through our unique curriculum you will grow a practice that is defined in its purpose not only by how you make your work but importantly by what the work is about, and how it communicates, underpinned theoretically and historically.
You will test your illustrations in a variety of environments and scenarios – exploring beyond the immediate world of the illustrator through, for example; animation, film, printed and digital media to contextualise and articulate your discipline, enriching your work with a greater understanding of the environment it operates in.
Illustration is constantly extending its reach. Whether it’s working with clients and collaborators or authoring and directing your own projects, you will graduate with a multitude of transferable skills.
As students in illustration you will join our Vertical Studio where you will explore, examine and reveal the discipline through dynamic conversations, debates and presentations, unlocking the power of illustration.
The challenge is to understand and use visual trends in a critical way, whilst developing your own unique approaches – all while taking into account the power of images in a visually saturated world. Through the three years of study you will shape your own unique practice so that it speaks in a way that is inclusive of your audience.
Course Details - Modules
Modules are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.
How to Apply
26 January 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:
W220
Institution code:
C20
Campus Name:
Cardiff Met - Llandaff
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
Other grade combinations totalling 96 - 120 points considered with a minimum of two A levels.
96 - 120 points to include 2 A levels or equivalent.
96 - 120 points, other grade combinations accepted.
Other grade combinations totalling 96 - 120 points considered with a minimum of two Scottish Advanced Highers.
96 - 120 points, considered in combination with other Level 3 qualifications.
96 - 120 points, considered in combination with other Level 3 qualifications.
24 points to include portfolio.
Other grade combinations totalling 96 - 120 points considered with a minimum of two H2 grades. Minimum grade H4 considered within points.
96 -120 points from at least 2 A Levels or equivalent to include Grade CC. Skills Challenge Certificate accepted as the third subject.
If your qualifications are not listed above, please contact Cardiff Met Admissions who will advise you
Please click the following link to find out more about qualification requirements for this course
http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/undergraduate
Minimum Qualification Requirements
Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.
English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
No element lower than 5.5. Academic IELTS test required.
PTE Academic
52.0
No element lower than 51
TOEFL (iBT)
72.0
TOEFL Internet required.
Cambridge English Advanced
Minimum 169 (no element lower than 162)
English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.
Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
78%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
55%
Go onto work and study:
90%
Fees and funding
Republic of Ireland
9000.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9000.0
Year 1
EU
13000.0
Year 1
England
9000.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9000.0
Year 1
Scotland
9000.0
Year 1
Wales
9000.0
Year 1
International
13000.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
For additional costs relating to this programme, please refer to http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/additionalcosts
Provider information
Student Recruitment & Admissions
Western Avenue
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Cardiff
CF5 2YB
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