Graphic Design (with Integrated Foundation & Professional Practice Years) - BA (Hons)

University for the Creative Arts

BA (Hons) Graphic Design with Integrated Foundation Year and Professional Practice Year is a five-year degree programme, including a foundation year to help develop your skills and creativity before you start the first year of the degree course and your fourth year would be an industry placement to further develop your skills and CV.Ink on your hands. Pixels at your fingertips. Make the kind of work machines can’t.Take control of your craft in studios that run just like the real thing: busy, honest, hands-on. Work with everything – letterpress, silkscreen, riso, digital, 3D printing, motion, sound – building a toolkit and portfolio that will make you impossible to ignore in the job market.From day one, you'll tackle real briefs for industry and competitions, present your work to industry professionals, and develop the creative confidence to hold your own in any studio. Past partners include Ogilvy, Kickers, Surrey County Council, and the NHS. Your career starts right here at UCA, not when you graduate.By the time you leave, you won't just be a graphic designer. You'll be an ideas-led, adaptable creative who can turn their hand to brand strategy, typography, editorial, motion or UX/UI design, campaigns, content creation, and beyond – with a distinctive creative approach and the professional skills to back it up.

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