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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Main Site
Sandwich
SEP-25
4 Years
With a focus on illustration, this course aims to help you to develop into an independent, creative thinker with the ability to create and deliver exciting visual communication and image-making through your visually engaging work. Creating storyboards and characters or environments for animation and games design, developing comic strips and building narratives for children’s books, or making interesting and desirable packaging and merchandise, on this flexible Illustration degree course, you’ll be taught by tutors who have professional industry experience within art and illustration. You’ll be able to you’ll develop the techniques and skills required to pursue a broad range of careers within the creative industries.
Why Study Illustration BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?Art at Huddersfield is top in Yorkshire for Learning Resources, scoring 88% based on experimental statistics from the National Student Survey 2023. Learn to present, evaluate, curate, and interpret works of Illustration. You’ll also engage with a range of inspiring guest speakers and take part in live sessions from professionals within your chosen field. Use our links with industry and professional practitioners to gain the opportunity to take part in live projects, national competitions, awards, and exhibitions. On the course, you’ll work in a lively and dynamic studio environment, where you’ll be encouraged to develop your creative and conceptual thinking. You could also gain valuable professional experience by undertaking a work placement or applying for the Enterprise Placement Year to start your own small business. Study Illustration and you’ll be better prepared for a potentially rewarding career ahead – for example, as an illustrator for editorial content, books, advertising campaigns or packaging and merchandising design.
Professional BodiesAt Huddersfield, you’ll study the Global Professional Award alongside your degree† so that you can gain valuable qualities and experiences that could help you to get the career you want, no matter what your field of study is. †full-time, undergraduate first degrees with a minimum duration of three years. This does not include postgraduate, foundation, top-up, accelerated or apprenticeship degrees.
Why Huddersfield?Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.
Exam type
A levelA level:
BCC - BBC Grades / Points required
UCAS Tariff:
104 - 112 Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
M:45 Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DMM - MMM Grades / Points required
T Level:
M Grades / Points required
or equivalent.
from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.
or above.
112-104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
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£9,250 per year
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£9,250 per year
Students from Scotland
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£9,250 per year
Students from Wales
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£16,500 per year
Students from EU
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£16,500 per year
Students from International
£16500 Per year
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