In Advertising you will develop key areas such as creative thinking, art direction, copywriting, typography, layout, computing, drawing and verbal presentation. Not only that, but you will take part in Live briefs, meaning the course remains relevant to the ideas and expectations of industry today.
Design - School of Art, Design and Fashion
Now is a great time to study design at UCLan. Design as a discipline is as popular today as it has ever been and is well placed as a career with strong prospects. Throughout all our design courses we aim to create an effective studio and workshop atmosphere, with staff on hand to support, aid and continually inspire you. Many of our staff are still active as practising designers and can offer a wide variety of industry knowledge and experience; as a result you will be armed with a combination of the practical and creative advice you need to succeed.
The ground-breaking course structure meant that I had two top design companies on my CV before I'd graduated.
On this degree, you will develop your skills in graphic design through both digital and traditional Media. You will work on live projects with real deadlines, and our great links with industry mean that you could be working on placements with top agencies around the country.
Illustrators create many of the images we see every day, from book covers and children’s picture books, in newspaper and magazine articles, on packaging, advertising and digital media of all kinds. A career as an illustrator opens the door to a wide variety of creative pathways.
The discipline of Interior Design enables you to explore and create spatial inhabitations of all kinds. We will support you in developing your own personal style and Design thinking across a range of challenging Interior Design projects that include living spaces, workplace, hospitality and retail environments.
The modern world is saturated in imagery. Understanding how to interpret it and create it are now key skills for contemporary living. Our practical photography degree aims to help you develop a clear understanding of how photographs can be used to communicate and express yourself in the professional world of the creative industries. Intensive workshop sessions will allow you to pick up relevant skills and undertake innovative types of visual problem-solving. Carrying out work placements and collaborating on live client-based briefs will help equip you with the relevant vocational skills and experiences you need to follow a career as a professional photographer.
MA Ceramics is a challenging course that embraces the unique creative potential of clay and diversity of opportunities within ceramics. This postgraduate course embraces all facets of ceramic work, including: craft and design, functional or decorative, one-Off or mass production and sculptural and architectural..
The MA Children’s Book Illustration course is aimed at both professional practitioners wishing to pursue a sustained period of time developing new ideas or recent graduates wishing to focus their studies and refine ideas at an advanced level. The course will also consider students from non-traditional illustration backgrounds, such as fine artists, graphic and internet designers and animators, providing they can offer clearly articulated and informed reasons for wishing to study children's book illustration at an advanced level.
This practice based course would suit those who wish to re-examine the direction of their previous studies or wish to explore some area of design related personal interest in depth. Applicants are required to produce an initial statement of intent which broadly outlines their intended programme of study usually (but not exclusively) concerning further exploration of a topic within the area of 3D design or visual communication.
Our MA Graphic Design course encourages the diversity of design study that is possible within the wider field of graphic design. The course focus is rooted in visual communication research, underpinned by theory and with an emphasis on the development of a very personal body of practical work.
The MA Interior Design course has been developed as a coherent part of the School of Art Design and Performance’s Masters Programmes and shares the same values and philosophies that unite them. As a postgraduate student, you will be able to form a uniquely individual, tailor made programme of study.
The MA Photography programme offers an in-depth, creative and socially engaged postgraduate level education in the practices of contemporary photography. You will develop an appreciation of photography as a tool for personal expression, cultural storytelling and political activism. Under the guidance of professional staff you will experience extensive practical workshops and critical seminars in world-class facilities. In addition, you will learn an array of other complimentary skills such as sound, filmmaking and ethnographic fieldwork and be offered chances to work with professional partners here and abroad. The course aims to help you become a flexible multi-skilled, lateral thinker with a critical and vocational awareness of how photography works for a range of destinations and web-based platforms.
Admission to the course is through interview and presentation of a portfolio of relevant work. Applicants are also required to produce a statement of intent that broadly outlines their intended programme of study. Potential applicants are encouraged and more than welcome to call and/or visit for informal discussion prior to interview. Selection is by portfolio and interview.
D&AD awards since 1980
Hatrick D&AD New Blood awards for Harriet Richardson
2nd place at national awards for Kayleigh Dobson
First sandwich degree course in the UK
Highlights of our Design Courses
Industry Links
Utilising our close links with agencies in the North West and London you’ll be encouraged to take up internships and industry work placements, building up relevant experience. Industry work closely with us and regularly visit UCLan to engage directly with students on live projects.
Study Abroad
Design students have an opportunity to join a large group of students on our annual visit to our Partner Campus At HBU UCLan in China. We work together for a week on a collaborative creative project and finish with a visit to Beijing.
Broad Learning
You’ll be able to interact with visiting lecturers and industry professionals, learning different skills and creative ideas to benefit you and your studies.
Award Winning
Students have an enviable record of winning awards for their work. You will be encouraged to enter your work into the international design competition arena to make sure your audience recognises your talent.
Real Clients
By working on ‘live’ client focused briefs such as Virgin, Alexander McQueen, Sony and Hallmark, you will work directly with future clients in real world workplace experiences.
Disciples of Design
Design courses regularly connect with the real world through digital links and blogs. These feature collectives of work, collaboration and events between design academics, practitioners, artists and UCLan students committed to the sharing of ideas and thoughts.
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Graphic Design Studio
Interior/Product Design Studio
The Graphic Design course at UCLan really prepares you so that you're ready to tackle anything and I can't praise the tutors enough for all their help.
Harriet Richardson, Graphic Design Graduate
DESIGN SUCCESSES
BA (Hons) Illustration
Jody Clark
Jody Clark, who graduated from the University in 2004 with a degree in Illustration, has designed only the fifth definitive coin portrait to have been created during the Queen's 63-year reign and is the youngest of the five designers to do so. Working for the Royal Mint, he is also the first engraver from the institution to create a definitive royal coinage portrait in more than 100 years.
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Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design
Andrew Bainbridge
Throughout his 18 years as a lecturer at UCLan, Andrew has taken huge pride in empowering his students to unleash their creativity, harness their talents, generate new ideas and unlock their potential to achieve incredible things.
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