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

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The Park, Main Campus

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SEP-26

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4 Years

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

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The Park, Main Campus

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SEP-26

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Express your creativity and communicate your ideas through photography. This broad-based photography degree will allow you to explore and develop expertise in a range of photographic genres that will enable you to turn your passion and creativity into a career path. Studying and researching photography, you’ll develop unrivalled technical and artistic skills, using dedicated facilities including traditional wet darkroom processing labs, large studios and industry-standard computers, software ...Read more

Express your creativity and communicate your ideas through photography. This broad-based photography degree will allow you to explore and develop expertise in a range of photographic genres that will enable you to turn your passion and creativity into a career path. Studying and researching photography, you’ll develop unrivalled technical and artistic skills, using dedicated facilities including traditional wet darkroom processing labs, large studios and industry-standard computers, software spanning all forms of image manipulation and film, video and animation. You’ll explore still and moving photography, exhibition work, installations and curation and produce a rich portfolio of work, research sketchbooks, exhibitions and essays.This course is available to study with an integrated foundation year – an extra, introductory year at the beginning of the full degree. If you don’t meet the stated entry requirements or you’re returning to education, it could be a great option that enables you to study this course. As well as an introduction to your subject, it will help you to develop valuable study skills, and communication, teamwork and problem-solving techniques, giving you the confidence and skills set you need to progress.

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85/279
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19th
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Source: Complete University Guide 2026
72nd
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Arwen
03 Dec 24

Its a great place to study, lots of courses, and with special focus on student support for the..Read more

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Ethan
13 Nov 23

The University itself is great, the lecturers are amazing, the night life isnt too good, but it is still good enough...Read more

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48 Grades / Points required

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£16,600 per year

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Accommodation - Prices range from £133 per week (a room with shared kitchen and bathroom) to £213 per week (self-contained studio).

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Arwen
03 Dec 24
Photography (with Foundation) BA (Hons)
Its a great place to study, lots of courses, and with special focus on student support for the...
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Ethan
13 Nov 23
The University itself is great, the lecturers are amazing, the night life isnt too good, but it is still good enough....
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University of Gloucestershire
University of Gloucestershire , Cheltenham

Spread across three picturesque campuses, the University of Gloucestershire (UoG) offers a broad range of undergraduate and...

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University of Gloucestershire
The Park,Cheltenham Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL50 2RH United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Cheltenham Spa  0.5 miles away

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