Studio Practice (Visual Communication) (Top-Up) BA (Hons)
Course Overview - Studio Practice (Visual Communication) (Top-Up) BA (Hons)
One year to sharpen your voice, find your medium, and set yourself up for the industry.
This is a hybrid course for a hybrid world – blending mediums such as Illustration, graphic design, animation, and photography. In one intensive year, youll develop independent research, build a professional portfolio, and create a major project that synthesises everything you know into critically informed work.
Youll join a community of artists on a campus where creative thinking and making are inseparable. Taught by practising professionals and supported by expert technicians...
One year to sharpen your voice, find your medium, and set yourself up for the industry.<br/><br/>This is a hybrid course for a hybrid world – blending mediums such as Illustration, graphic design, animation, and photography. In one intensive year, youll develop independent research, build a professional portfolio, and create a major project that synthesises everything you know into critically informed work.<br/><br/>Youll join a community of artists on a campus where creative thinking and making are inseparable. Taught by practising professionals and supported by expert technicians, youll refine what you make – as well as why you make it, who its for, and how it reaches them.<br/><br/>From traditional letterpress and screen printing to projection mapping and augmented reality, youll train across both analogue and digital processes – developing a contextual understanding and creative confidence to set yourself apart in the industry.
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
1 Years
Start Date
14/09/2026
Campus
Canterbury
Application Details
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Codes/info
Course Code
W407
Institution Code
C93
Points of Entry
Year 1
Entry Requirements
UCAS Tariff
Not Accepted
Access to HE Diploma
Not Accepted
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
Not Accepted
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Not Accepted
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Minimum 4 GCSE's, grade 4/C or above, including English Language
HND (BTEC)
A level
Not Accepted
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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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