BA (Hons) - Graphic Design
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.
We’re very proud of what our students achieve. Why not read their success stories: STUDY@ UoC - GRAPHIC DESIGN. You can also see what happens on our course through our social channels.
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.
WHAT OUR GRADUATES SAY
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The Graphic Design course at The University of Cumbria moulded me into the creative I am today. I started the course with little to no experience in design, but I did possess an element of unharnessed creativity, which the tutors saw within me before I did.
Sam Ratcliffe, BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Creative Lead Photography - BBC Creative. Manchester, UK.
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By attending the UoC I got the skills, I got the network and I got the inspiration to become a graphic designer and creative who leads by passion, not by fear of failing or mistaking. THERE’S SO MUCH FUTURE IN THIS PATH OF BEING A CREATIVE. IT JUST KEEPS GROWING.
Fredrik öst, BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Founder & Creative Director - Snask. Stockholm, Sweden.
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I looked at many different creative courses at universities across the country. Ultimately, I found myself continuously returning to the university's course page for Graphics and Illustration.
Hannah Dady, BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Freelance Designer - Carlisle, Cumbria, UK
Experience Cumbria
Location
Carlisle - Brampton Road Campus
Located just outside the city, right on top of Hadrian's Wall, the Brampton Road campus is full of history, buzzing with excitement, creativity, and a sense of endless possibility. The home of creators, entertainers, rule breakers, and change-markers.
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Attend an Open Day at Cumbria
An Open Day is your opportunity to explore one of 5 campuses, meet your lecturers, and find out how the University of Cumbria could become your new home.