Graphic Design

University of Cumbria
Undergraduate BA (Hons) Full-time 3 Years ArtFashion, textiles, and jewelleryGraphic designProduct design

A-Level Entry

BCC - BBC

UCAS Points

104 - 112 points

Avg. Graduate Salary

£24,000

About this course

Harness your passion and produce exciting designs across a range of traditional and digital media through our graphic design degree course.

You'll graduate as a professional graphic designer ready to unleash your creativity on the world and work for national and international design and advertising consultancies, multi-media agencies, TV companies and publishing houses.

Our graduates have gone on to work for well-known names such as Time Out, MTV, Conde Naste, IPC, Future Publishing, Mammoth, Wallpaper and the BBC.

Course Overview

This graphic design course will give you hands-on experience, providing the expertise, experience, confidence and creative skills you need to launch your career in graphic design.

We realise that, as a university graduate, what makes you stand out from the crowd is your personality, passion and the quality of the work in your portfolio. That's why we've designed this graphic design degree to provide you with a wide variety of projects, including many ‘live briefs’, to help you discover what suits you best, allowing you to focus on developing your specialties. You will receive extensive feedback, support, and advice throughout your studies and have access to our state-of-the-art facilities and equipment.

On this course you will...

  • Learn graphic design, magazine design, illustration and typography from experts in each of these specialisms, and use industry-standard software, equipment and facilities.

  • Do real graphic design work. 80% of your studies will be practical, so you won't just be learning theory.

  • Build a robust portfolio of work for exhibits to showcase your graphic design training and display your talent to potential employers.

  • Benefit from practical demonstrations, visits, and feedback from professional designers.
  • Entry Requirements

    A-Level Grades BCC - BBC
    UCAS Tariff Points 104 - 112 points
    Scottish Higher BBBC - BBBB
    BTEC DMM

    Career Prospects

    Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:

    2141 Web design professionals
    2142 Graphic and multimedia designers
    3422 Clothing, fashion and accessories designers
    3421 Interior designers
    3411 Artists
    3429 Design occupations

    Course Details

    Qualification
    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
    Study Mode
    Full-time
    Duration
    3 Years
    Start Date
    2025
    Academic Year
    2025
    Campus / Location
    Carlisle
    Scheme
    Undergraduate
    Subjects
    Art, Fashion, textiles, and jewellery, Graphic design, Product design
    Avg. Graduate Salary
    £24,000