Illustration Animation BA (Hons)
Kingston University London
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**Reasons to choose Kingston**- We’re ranked No.1 in London (The Guardian University Guide League Tables 2023) within the Graphic Design subject area.- 84% of students from this course were in highly skilled employment or further study within fifteen months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018).- This course produces top graduates who go on to work at the best creative agencies and companies globally, such as Cartoon Network, Nexus, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Blink, Moth Studio and Google.- ...Read more


Reasons to choose Kingston

- We’re ranked No.1 in London (The Guardian University Guide League Tables 2023) within the Graphic Design subject area.- 84% of students from this course were in highly skilled employment or further study within fifteen months of graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018).- This course produces top graduates who go on to work at the best creative agencies and companies globally, such as Cartoon Network, Nexus, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Blink, Moth Studio and Google.- Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.


About this course

This course combines illustration and animation, leading to wide-ranging opportunities and a cross- pollination of ideas and skills. You’ll be taught critical thinking, drawing, animation, digital crafts, storytelling methods, and presentation techniques.The course encourages you to learn through making. You’ll have access to all our newly refurbished, industry-standard workshops, enabling you to test and prototype in many combinations.Group and individual assignments will develop your skills in all forms of applied image making. You’ll learn to create and apply content to images to reach diverse audiences. Live projects will develop your understanding of real-world situations. Staff practitioners and alumni networks offer insight and contacts with international creative practice, including optional study visits and placements.


Future Skills

Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability. As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge. At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.


Career opportunities

Our graduates have progressed to careers in illustration, animation, design direction and production; the scope takes in industries from publishing and broadcast media to film production and game design.

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WUSCA ranking:
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These are the 2024 rankings, based on ratings given by past and current students.
95/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
9th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
88th
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 - 92 = 8% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
8%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
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90%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Design Studies graduate salary at this uni
£18,000
UK Design Studies graduate salary
£20,000
What students say
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Abbie
22 Oct 24

I love the location of my campus; right next to the river :)..Read more

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Anna
01 Feb 24

Great facilities especially for art students, but enough in person..Read more

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Entry requirements

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BBB - AAB Grades / Points required

UCAS Tariff:

120 - 136 Grades / Points required

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

DDM Grades / Points required

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M Grades / Points required

Or A Levels at equivalent to 120 - 136 UCAS points.

The preferred entry route for this course is for applicants to be taking a Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, or the recognised equivalent.Applicants will need 120-136 tariff points from recognised level 3 qualifications.Plus GCSE (A*–C or comparable numeric scores under the newly reformed GCSE gradings): five subjects including English and Maths (Key Skills Level 2 may be used in lieu of GCSE English and Maths).Offers will be made on the basis of your UCAS application and portfolio.More details about portfolio requirements can be found on the course page on our website.You will be notified by email giving you advice about how to upload your online portfolio, once we have received your application.

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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
61%
English Literature
19%
Mathematics
18%
Photography
18%
Fashion & Textiles
15%
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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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Kingston University London
Kingston University London , Kingston upon Thames

Kingston University is an internationally renowned university and just one of 26 institutions nationally to hold Gold ratings in all...

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Kingston University London
Yorkon Building Kingston University Kingston upon Thames London KT2 7LB United Kingdom
Nearest tube station: Wimbledon  1.6 miles away Nearest train station: Norbiton  0.9 miles away
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