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3D Design and Craft

  • BA (Hons)
  • 3 Years
  • Full-time
  • September 2026
  • Undergraduate
Brighton
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Course summary

This established design and making course allows you to create 3D objects and products that shape the world we live in.

You will be making furniture and lighting, jewellery and ceramics, applied art, sculpture and much more in our specialist wood, metals, ceramics and polymers workshops using digital technology. Your teaching team are designers, makers, artists and researchers with broad and diverse expertise.

For 50 years our graduates have progressed to life-long creative careers, pioneering new approaches to design. They work for brands such as Habitat, Nike and IKEA, exhibit at galleries including the Design Museum and MOMA and have launched companies including Smile Plastics and Gomi.

TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE

  • Excellent teaching team of practicing makers who encourage a diagnostic and investigative approach, which means you have the freedom to find your specialism and graduate with an impressive body of work.

  • Dedicated, spacious workshops in wood, clay, metal and polymers with full-time technical support.

  • Hands-on practice is integrated with historical and critical studies.

  • Live projects and case studies mirror how you'll work in industry.

  • Opportunities to exhibit your work, including the final-year major exhibition, the Graduate Show.

  • Field trips and working outside the studio are an important part of the course.

  • Student exchange opportunities with Nagoya University in Japan.

  • Impressive alumni – our graduates work for brands such as Habitat, Nike and IKEA and run major design companies.

  • Follow our course on Instagram: @3d.design.and.craft

Modules

Year 1
Making, Materiality and Processes
People, Places and Context
Why Make? What Sort of Maker Am I?
Historical and Critical Studies in Design and Craft: Key Concepts

Year 2
Materials and Process: Professional Designing and Making
Making: Society, Economy and Environment
Live and Engaged Making
Historical and Critical Studies in Design and Craft: Ethical Perspectives

Final year
Positioning and Establishing Practice
Expansion and Resolution of Practice
Historical and Critical Studies in Design and Craft: Independent Research Project

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Brighton

Study options

  • BA (Hons) • Full-time • 3 Years

Start dates

  • September 2026

Apply by
14 January

This is the equal consideration deadline. You can still apply after this date, but your application may not receive guaranteed consideration.

Application codes

Course code:
W240
Institution code:
B72
Campus name:
Brighton
Campus Code:
B
Points of Entry:
Year 1, 2

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How to apply

Apply by
14 January

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Application codes

Course code:
W240
Institution code:
B72
Campus name:
Brighton
Campus Code:
B

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2

Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff 104 - 120 points

Your portfolio of work is the most important part of your applications for this course. It’s not just about finished work, this is your opportunity to show us your thinking, ideas and abilities. We will assess it alongside your UCAS application.

A level BCC - BBB

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) DDM - MMM

Access to HE Diploma M: 30 credits P: 15 credits

Pass Access to HE Diploma with at least 45 credits at Level 3 of which 30 credits must be at Merit or above. Art and Design courses are preferred.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme 26 points

Must include three subjects at Higher Level.

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017) H3, H3, H3, H3, H3

or equivalent combination of grades.

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)66.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5. in each element, or equivalent English Language qualification.

Review our English Language requirements https://www.brighton.ac.uk/international/applying-here/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements/index.aspx

Contextual admissions

Universities and colleges consider more than grades when assessing applications and may make offers based on a range of criteria. Learn more about contextual offers.

At Brighton we recognise that not everyone's background provides the same advantages, and we know that grades are not the only indicator of potential.

If you meet our contextual admissions criteria we will make you an offer which is at least 16 UCAS points lower than our standard offer. You may also be eligible for additional financial and practical support from us through the Brighton Boost cost of living support package.

Learn more on the University of Brighton website

Historical entry grades data

This section shows the range of grades that students who received offers were previously accepted on to this course with (learn more).

It is designed to support your research but does not guarantee whether you will or won't get a place.

Admissions teams consider various factors, including interviews, subject requirements, and entrance tests. Check all course entry requirements for eligibility.

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

Per year tuition fees

LocationFeeYear

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

The fees listed in the table above are for full-time UK undergraduate students in academic year 2025-26. You will pay further fees in each year of your course. Fees may increase each year. UK undergraduate and certain postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government. The annual fee increase will not exceed the UK government's maximum regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year. Many of our courses include the option of a salaried placement year. Tuition fees for a placement year are charged at a lower rate of £1850. The international tuition fees listed above are for full-time courses during the academic year 2025-26. Further tuition fees are payable in each year of study. Non-regulated tuition fees, which usually apply to international students and UK postgraduate students* are subject to an annual increase of a maximum of 5% or the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), whichever is higher.
*Some designated postgraduate courses are regulated by the UK government – the annual fee increase for eligible UK / Home students on these designated courses will not exceed the UK government’s regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year.

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