Postgraduate study
     

Art & Design

Our Art & Design courses aim to inspire and expand your talents, while introducing essential knowledge, skills and practices.

Quality teaching

The level of vocational skills and the impressive employment record of graduates from Art & Design contributed to national recognition of the high quality of our course provision by the Quality Assurance Agency which awarded us an excellent teaching quality score. Their review also highlighted our well-planned learning resources, particularly IT provision.

Students benefit from the fact that a number of academic staff are creative practitioners, offering professional experience as well as high standards of tuition and guidance. Staff are also involved in research which informs teaching and ensures our students are kept abreast of current practice. We are constantly expanding our range of postgraduate courses to meet the needs of industry and employers.

Professional awareness

Each discipline area enables you to explore and innovate in the context of professional awareness. There are opportunities to undertake 'live' projects for external clients to gain experience of real business situations and make a significant addition to your portfolio. Our students produce public exhibitions as self-authored research projects for client-sponsored events.

First-class facilities

An impressive range of equipment and facilities supports each discipline. Most learning and teaching takes place in spacious and flexible studios, well supported by extensive digital resources and a wide range of industry-standard software. Our new buildings provide superb purpose-built teaching facilities, with dedicated postgraduate studios for both fine art and design students. We offer facilities for printmaking, photography, woodworking, metal, glass, plastics, reverse engineering and rapid-prototyping, all enhanced by good technical support.

Factfile

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  • The high quality of the Art & Design courses nationally recognised by the Quality Assurance Agency
  • The Guardian University Guide ranked Art & Design in the top 20 in the UK
  • Courses include live studio and industry projects
  • Dedicated studio, exhibition and critique areas
  • Opportunities to exhibit work to external organisations and take part in regional and national competitions
  • New £10m purpose-built centre for design: the Athena Building