**Course overview**
- Our BA (Hons) Graphic Design course has been running for nearly 50 years and is now one of the most established and successful courses of its kind in the country.
- On this course, our emphasis is on creative problem solving while developing your graphic design skills through both print and digital media. As well as getting to grips with traditional graphics disciplines like typography, editorial, branding and packaging, you’ll work with digital platforms including moving image, website and app concepts.
- You’ll be taught in a friendly and competitive studio atmosphere, developing your creativity and generating new ideas all the time. Our fantastic facilities include digital print studios, traditional printmaking workshops and wood and metal workshops.
- You’ll work on challenging live briefs with real deadlines, and our great links with industry mean that you could get to work on placements with top agencies around the country.
**Why study with us**
- Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Graphic Design is ranked 6th in the UK with 95% of students satisfied with teaching (National Student Survey 2020)
- We have strong links with industry and you’ll benefit from placement opportunities. Many of our students spend a year working in top agencies in the North West, London or even overseas.
- Every year our students are successful in winning prestigious awards at national and international competitions such as D&AD (Design and Art Direction), YCN (Young Creative Network) and Creative Conscience to name a few.
Course Details - Modules
Year 1: Creative Thinking, Introduction to Graphic Communication, Communication Craft Skills, Historical Contextual Studies
Year 2: Applied Graphic Design, Graphic Communication in Context, Professional Practice, Contemporary Contextual Studies
Year 3: Graphic Design Set Project, Graphic Design External Project, Graphic Design Self-Initiated Project, Contextual Studies – Futures
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
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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:
W210
Institution code:
C30
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Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Year 1
Year 2
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
96 UCAS points at A2
P (C+)
96 UCAS points
96 UCAS points
96 UCAS points
96 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
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English language requirements
Test
Grade
AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)
6.0
with no component score less than 5.5 (To have been taken within two years of the course commencement date)
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Unistats information
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
0%
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Fees and funding
England
9250.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
9250.0
Year 1
Scotland
9250.0
Year 1
Wales
9250.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
9250.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
*subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate
Provider information
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Preston
PR1 2HE
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