Photography BA (Hons)
University of Salford
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Peel Park Campus 1

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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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Peel Park Campus 1

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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By providing you with a solid foundation in photographic theory and practice, this course will offer you the opportunity to take risks, explore ideas and realise your creative potential. The course aims to create flexible, resourceful and creative photographers with well-developed transferable skills, that can be applied to a broad range of commercial, commerce and art based careers.You will work with industry-standard equipment and studios to support you from image capture through to ...Read more

By providing you with a solid foundation in photographic theory and practice, this course will offer you the opportunity to take risks, explore ideas and realise your creative potential. The course aims to create flexible, resourceful and creative photographers with well-developed transferable skills, that can be applied to a broad range of commercial, commerce and art based careers.You will work with industry-standard equipment and studios to support you from image capture through to exhibition. You will learn to apply a range of practical contemporary photographic and digital skills in order to explore the creative and intellectual potential of existing, experimental and digital photographic techniques and their application within the creative arts and media industries.Some of the career routes that photography graduates go on to include, archivists, assistants, art directors, curators, digital artists, exhibiting photographers, freelancers, picture researchers, printers, retouches, studio managers, teachers, videographers. You will also have the potential to move across into related careers in marketing, branding, technical support and PR.You will: Learn to develop your individual creative ability with the support of dedicated practitioners and tutors who have extensive experience in the field Learn to explore a range of professional photographic specialisms Learn your practice with an emphasis on hybrid, experimental and trans-media platforms For further information please visit our website; https://www.salford.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/photography

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WUSCA ranking:
WUSCA student ranking
These are the 2024 rankings, based on ratings given by past and current students.
12/101
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
24th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2025
73rd
Cinematics and Photography
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 - 85 = 15% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
15%
Employment rate
Employment rate
The percentage of students in full-time work 6 months after finishing their course.
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
85%
Average salary
Average salary
Source: UNISTATS, 2019
Cinematics and Photography graduate salary at this uni
£17,000
UK Cinematics and Photography graduate salary
£17,000
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A level

A level:

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Scottish Higher:

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UCAS Tariff:

104 - 112 Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

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International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

30 - 31 Grades / Points required

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

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

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

DMM Grades / Points required

T Level:

M Grades / Points required

104 - 112 UCAS Points with a B/C grade in an Art and Design subject.General Studies accepted.

104 - 112 UCAS tariff points in an Art and Design subject.

To include an Art and Design subject.

104 - 112 UCAS tariff points in an Art and Design subject.

To include an Art and Design subject.

104 - 112 UCAS tariff points in an Art and Design subject.

In an Art and Design subject.

To include an Art and Design subject.

Popular A-level subjects

Cinematics and Photography

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

Photography
58%
Art & Design
34%
Media Studies
18%
Film Studies
15%
Graphic Communication
14%
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University of Salford
University of Salford , Salford

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