Art and design
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.
Studying Art & Design at Teesside
Olivia Monaghan hopes to set up her own design business after excelling on her postgraduate course.
Meet Olivia Monaghan
MA Future Design
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.
Creative arts week 2011 Showcasing student excellence. (4mins)
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
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.
Honorary graduates
Concept artist Dan Walker
'I’ve an immense sense of pride for Teesside University and really feel part of the family.'
Marek Reichman, Director of Design for Aston Martin
'I love the enthusiasm of the University’s people and I love coming back here to meet the new design students. I hope I’m giving something back by helping to nurture
young talent.’
Artist Mackenzie Thorpe
'This is a great University and I’m really proud of the work it is doing. My message would be that you can find jobs which use your imagination, your strengths and your creativity.'
