Graphic Design with Integrated Foundation Year

Learn to apply design thinking to reach global audiences in new and immersive ways.

Why study this degree?
1. Award-winning students and internationally recognised
2. Taught by staff who are current design professionals
3. Build yourself a fulfilling and future-focussed design career
4. Innovative, forward-thinking and industry-focused. Work with industry practitioners to explore creative design thinking across a range of briefs
5. Excellent employability rates and highly successful alumni
6. Great career prospects with graphic designers in high demand.

Our Graphic Design courses offer a forward-thinking, tech-focused approach to design. It equips you with creative problem-solving skills and resilience to thrive in the industry.

You’ll explore graphic design across various media, developing a concept-driven approach and experimenting with formats, materials, and mediums. Focus areas include typography, editorial design, and data visualization.

With access to state-of-the-art facilities and industry collaboration on live briefs, you’ll receive practical insight and career support from senior lecturers and visiting professionals.

Integrated Foundation Year
On the Integrated Foundation Year on this course, you will be first introduced to the fundamental principles of design. Your foundation year gives you the time, space and support to explore your strengths, build confidence and prepare for the demands of project-based, industry-focused learning. Modules are as follows*:

Module 1: Diagnostic exploration - making informed choices
Module 2: Technical - Technical knowledge in practice
Module 3: Specialist - Innovating specialist practice
Module 4: Integration - Integrated practice for progression to Higher Education

After you have completed your Integrated Foundation Year, you will study the following:

Year 1
Year 1 explores the fundamentals of graphic design - from ideas, tools, and digital skills to audiences, culture, and technology. You'll be treated as a design professional from day one, with a collaborative and forward-thinking approach.

Modules include:
• Rave Beginnings



• Visualise



• Fundamentals of Practice



• Messaging



• Creative Futures 1



• Employability & Professionalism



Year 2
Year 2 expands your design horizons through live briefs, collaborations, and external partnerships - helping you specialise and focus your ambitions, with work-based learning opportunities connecting you to the wider industry.

Modules include:
• Communication Platforms



• Preparing for Industry



• Emerging Technologies



• Design Studio



• Creative Futures 2



• Live & Work-based Learning



Year 3
Final year refines your design voice and prepares you to join the industry - building your portfolio, sharpening your direction, and developing a future-facing showcase and a distinctive design identity.

Modules include:
• Industry Collaboration



• Design Voice – Research



• Design Voice – Making



• Ideas in Context



• Rave Futures



• Major Project



All modules are subject to revalidation.

Do you want to study in a top 3 student city in the world?* Unleash your creativity at Ravensbourne University London.

Located in London's Design District, Ravensbourne sits opposite the O2, next to Greenwich, and at the heart of the city's cutting-edge creative community. With London's impressive skyline and iconic river just opposite, you're bound to find inspiration all around.

Ravensbourne courses cover Architecture, Business, Computing and Games, Design, Fashion and Film, TV and Media. You'll experience live industry briefs and learn from those who are already excelling in their chosen industries, giving you connections and career confidence from the very start. You'll also have the opportunity to work alongside other specialisms as you will when you enter the workplace.

With spaces available through Clearing, you can join a unique community of makers and innovators this September.

* (QS Best Student Cities 2026)