Art and design

Student satisfaction
Our Art and Design students put us in the top ten nationally.
(National Student Survey 2009)

Sustainability at Teesside

The sustainability issue is here to stay and our new forum Sustees is a platform for sustainable development activity in the Tees Valley Region.
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Fine Art guest lecture series

Every year we have a series of guest lectures from fine artists. The lectures are open to all our Fine Art students – undergraduate and postgraduate.

  • 2009 schedule to be announced

Studying Art & Design at Teesside

John Wheeler

John Wheeler wanted to go to university, but commitments meant he wasn’t able to until now.

John Wheeler

Meet John Wheeler Link to Meet John  Wheeler.
BA (Hons) Fine Art

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What makes Art & Design at Teesside special?

Courses

We offer art and design courses to meet the specific requirements of students by providing tailored education, skills development and knowledge.

Students are inspired Students displayed their work in the Design and Fine Art Exhibition which was opened by Concept Artist and former student Dan Walker. (1min)

Excellence

Art & Design has been recognised for the excellence of its courses by the Higher Education Funding Council for England. We also received an excellent teaching quality score from the Quality Assurance Agency.

Digital studios

We have digital studios with Apple Macs and PCs, with a wide range of graphic and 3D modelling software to help you develop industry standard knowledge and skills. £10m has been invested in the Athena Building – a fantastic purpose-built undergraduate teaching facility with nearly 4,000 square metres of studio space for teaching and learning in digital design for our students.
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Art and design

Athena building

Award-winning
We have an excellent record in national and international competitions - Design and Art Directors Awards, Royal Society of the Arts, Society of Typographic Designers, Institute of Packaging, Macmillan Children’s Picture Book Prize, Malmaison and Formica Prize, DuPont Imagineering.