3D Design and Craft BA (Hons)
University of Brighton
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Brighton

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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This established design and making course allows you to create 3D objects and products that shape the world we live in. You will be making furniture and lighting, jewellery and ceramics, applied art, sculpture and much more in our specialist wood, metals, ceramics and polymers workshops using digital technology. Your teaching team are designers, makers, artists and researchers with broad and diverse expertise. For 50 years our graduates have progressed to life-long creative careers, pioneering ...Read more

This established design and making course allows you to create 3D objects and products that shape the world we live in. You will be making furniture and lighting, jewellery and ceramics, applied art, sculpture and much more in our specialist wood, metals, ceramics and polymers workshops using digital technology. Your teaching team are designers, makers, artists and researchers with broad and diverse expertise. For 50 years our graduates have progressed to life-long creative careers, pioneering new approaches to design. They work for brands such as Habitat, Nike and IKEA, exhibit at galleries including the Design Museum and MOMA and have launched companies including Smile Plastics and Gomi.


TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE

- Excellent teaching team of practicing makers who encourage a diagnostic and investigative approach, which means you have the freedom to find your specialism and graduate with an impressive body of work. - Dedicated, spacious workshops in wood, clay, metal and polymers with full-time technical support.- Hands-on practice is integrated with historical and critical studies.- Live projects and case studies mirror how you'll work in industry.- Opportunities to exhibit your work, including the final-year major exhibition, the Graduate Show.- Field trips and working outside the studio are an important part of the course.- Student exchange opportunities with Nagoya University in Japan. - Impressive alumni – our graduates work for brands such as Habitat, Nike and IKEA and run major design companies. - Follow our course on Instagram: @3d.design.and.craft

Key stats

WUSCA ranking:
WUSCA student ranking
These are the 2024 rankings, based on ratings given by past and current students.
99/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
36th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
70th
Design Studies
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 88 = 12% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
12%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
75%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Design Studies graduate salary at this uni
£18,000
UK Design Studies graduate salary
£19,000
What students say
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Rebecca
29 Feb 24

Fantastic workshops and a wonderful creative vibe all through the campus. The thing that would make it better is if the man that runs the coffee bar was less grumpy...Read more

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Amber
22 Feb 23

Brighton as a city is an amazing place to be a student and my campus is right in the middle. You feel fully immersed in the city with everything on your doorstep; the ocean, the..Read more

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Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

BCC - BBB Grades / Points required

UCAS Tariff:

104 - 120 Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

M:30,P:15 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

26 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H3,H3,H3,H3,H3 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

DDM - MMM Grades / Points required

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Your portfolio of work is the most important part of your applications for this course. It’s not just about finished work, this is your opportunity to show us your thinking, ideas and abilities. We will assess it alongside your UCAS application.

Pass Access to HE Diploma with at least 45 credits at Level 3 of which 30 credits must be at Merit or above. Art and Design courses are preferred.

Must include three subjects at Higher Level.

or equivalent combination of grades.

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Popular A-level subjects

Design Studies

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Art & Design
54%
English Literature
20%
Mathematics
16%
Photography
15%
Fashion & Textiles
15%
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Tuition fees

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England

£9,250 per year

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Scotland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Wales

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Northern Ireland

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£9,250 per year

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Students from Channel Islands

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£13,842 per year

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Students from EU

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This is the fee you pay if you live within the European Union. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£13,842 per year

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Please note: fees do vary so please make sure you contact the institution for up to date information.

Students from International

This is the fee you pay if you are an International student. Please note, this is subject to change. Please confirm the most up to date fee with the individual institution.

£13842 Per year

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Rebecca
29 Feb 24
3D Design and Craft BA (Hons)
Fantastic workshops and a wonderful creative vibe all through the campus. The thing that would make it better is if the man that runs the coffee bar was less grumpy....
Read more
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Amber
22 Feb 23
3D Design and Craft BA (Hons)
Brighton as a city is an amazing place to be a student and my campus is right in the middle. You feel fully immersed in the city with everything on your doorstep; the ocean, the...
Read more
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University of Brighton
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