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  • DeadlineStudy Details: MA 1 year full-time

Masters Degree Description

On this MA Illustration degree course, you’ll build upon your already impressive illustration skills and develop your creative and technical abilities to postgraduate level.

Whether you’re an arts graduate or a professional returning to creative studies, you’ll be able to explore, question, and develop your practice through traditional and innovative techniques.

Our academic team is made up of experienced practitioners in the field of artists’ books and zines, practice-based PhDs, and printmaking. They’ll provide the expertise and support you need to push your creative boundaries and find your individual artistic voice.

Entry Requirements

Qualifications or experience

  • A minimum of a second-class honours degree, or equivalent professional experience and/or qualifications. All applicants will be invited to attend an interview or be asked to submit a online portfolio in support of their application.

English language requirements

  • English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 with no component score below 5.5.

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Fees

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Student Destinations

As a successful graduate of this course, you’ll have the practical skills necessary to compete in a commercial arena, and the rhetorical skills to promote your own work. You’ll be able to position yourself as a creative individual, giving you a competitive edge as an illustrator or artist.

Graduates of this course have found jobs such as:

  • Animator, storyboard artist and digital illustrator
  • Graphic/editorial designer
  • Art director
  • Toy and character designer
  • Comic book or graphic novelist
  • Printmaker and small press publisher
  • Zinester
  • Creative developer
  • Art Teacher/Lecturer

Module Details

All modules on this MA Illustration Master’s are core.

  • A Question of Research – 30 credits
  • Proposal for Illustration – 30 credits
  • Illustration in Context – 60 credits credits
  • Illustration Major Project – 60 credits

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