Digital Design - BDes
Ulster University
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Bachelor of Design - BDes

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Belfast Campus.

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SEP-26

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4 Years

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Our Digital Design course will equip you to shape the world we all live in. If (and this is all of us) you’ve used a website, phone app, social media or other digital interface, you’ve benefited from the work of a Digital Designer. If you have an interest in digital products or Graphic Design and want to be the next innovator in a fast changing world, this course is for you.Even better, our course is highly rated by industry professionals and our contacts with world-class companies like Google, ...Read more

Our Digital Design course will equip you to shape the world we all live in. If (and this is all of us) you’ve used a website, phone app, social media or other digital interface, you’ve benefited from the work of a Digital Designer. If you have an interest in digital products or Graphic Design and want to be the next innovator in a fast changing world, this course is for you.Even better, our course is highly rated by industry professionals and our contacts with world-class companies like Google, Deloitte Digital, Square, Spotify and others mean that you’re well positioned to land a job at the end of your studies.Full-Time4 year FT degree including placement year

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WUSCA ranking:
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30/279
CUG Subject Ranking
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49th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
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54th

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Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

CCC Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

CCCCC Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

DDD Grades / Points required

UCAS Tariff:

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

Access to HE Diploma:

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

GCSE/National 4/National 5:

For full-time study, you must satisfy the General Entrance Requirements for admission to a first-degree course and hold a GCSE pass at Grade C/4 or above in English Language. Level 2 Certificate in Essential Skills - Communication will be accepted as equivalent to GCSE English. Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

24 Grades / Points required

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

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

MMM Grades / Points required

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£16,320 per year

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Accommodation - (100 Booking Fee) Placement year / Year Abroad - 4900

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