Illustration (with Professional Practice Year) BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Illustration (with Professional Practice Year) BA (Hons)
BA (Hons) Illustration with Professional Practice Year is a four-year degree programme, in year three you undertake a placement within the creative industries to further develop your skills and CV.
Learn the language of illustration and find your visual voice.
Experiment, explore, play, and take risks in studios where ideas are tested through material practice and critical thinking. You’ll work with long‑established techniques as well as emerging technologies, building a practice that shifts easily between approaches and continually redefines what illustration can ...
BA (Hons) Illustration with Professional Practice Year is a four-year degree programme, in year three you undertake a placement within the creative industries to further develop your skills and CV.<br/><br/>Learn the language of illustration and find your visual voice.<br/><br/>Experiment, explore, play, and take risks in studios where ideas are tested through material practice and critical thinking. You’ll work with long‑established techniques as well as emerging technologies, building a practice that shifts easily between approaches and continually redefines what illustration can be. This is illustration taught as a dynamic, materially exploratory, and conceptually rigorous discipline – shaped by the creative possibilities that happen when methods and ideas collide.<br/><br/>Youll have the chance to work on live briefs for brands like Toyota, Netflix, and Hallmark, and enter competitions including the Penguin Design Awards and the Folio Society, and have your portfolio reviewed by creative agents who work with emerging illustrators. These industry connections inform the curriculum and are designed to help you build confidence, experience and a developing professional voice as you progress through the degree.<br/><br/>By the time you graduate, youll have a distinctive visual voice, a portfolio that spans editorial, narrative, childrens books, brand work – and the creative confidence to go freelance, get signed by an agency, or carve out a practice entirely your own.
Course Information
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
4 Years
Start Date
14/09/2026
Campus
Farnham
Application Details
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
W222
Institution Code
C93
Points of Entry
Year 1, Year 2
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
32
168
We consider the strength of our applicants’ portfolios as well as their grades and we therefore may make offers which are lower than our standard entry criteria of 112 tariff points. This may be to students who have faced difficulties that have affected their performance and who were expected to achieve higher results - in these cases, a strong portfolio is especially important. We regularly admit students with a tariff much higher than our standard 112 requirement, and applicants who show potential but aren’t quite at the stage to be able to succeed on the course are offered a 4 year degree with an integrated foundation year which has a standard entry requirement of 32 tariff points.
Scottish Higher
112 UCAS tariff points from Scottish Higher qualifications. As this course requires an audition, you are not required to have a performance-related subject.
Access to HE Diploma
112 UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma. As this course requires an audition, you are not required to have a performance-related subject.
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
27
27 total points in the International Baccalaureate Diploma with at least 15 IB points at Higher level. As this course requires an audition, you are not required to have a performance-related subject.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DMM
112 UCAS tariff points from BTEC Extended Diploma qualification. As this course requires an audition, you are not required to have a performance-related subject.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
In addition to 112 UCAS tariff points, you also required to achieve a minimum 4 GCSE's, grade 4/C or above, including English Language.
A level
112 UCAS tariff points from A-Level qualifications. As this course requires an audition, you are not required to have a performance-related subject.
T Level
Pass (C and above)
M
Minimum Pass at C or above. As this course requires an audition, you are not required to have a performance-related subject.
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Fees and funding
| Region | Costs | Academic Year | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland | £9,535 | 2026/27 | Year 1 | |
| EU, International | £17,500 | 2026/27 | Year 1 |
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