Photography

Interested in visual culture, visual communications, lighting, graphic communication, and art practices? You could explore all the above and more on this Photography BA(Hons), while focusing on the role of a photographer in society.

You’ll also explore the commercial pathways available to you and delve into the histories and contemporary practices of photography. You’ll learn how to discuss, present, exhibit and display your work, in person and through screen based and generative methods, as well.

Choose our Photography BA(Hons) and you’ll work with a team of internationally renowned photographers, who bring extensive experience in a range of approaches to image-making and publishing.

You’ll also experience our state-of-the-art photographic facilities, including studios, the latest professional digital medium format cameras, digital and analogue darkrooms and high-quality print and book-making facilities.

Why Study Photography BA(Hons) at University of Huddersfield?
We provide a professional-standard imaging environment, too, allowing you to produce still and moving images to the very highest professional standards. Experience of such environments is a vital indicator that you are ready to enter your chosen area of the creative industries.

The course is designed to help suitably prepare you for a post-University career; you could go on to secure a role as, for example, a professional photographer covering areas such as fashion, documentary, editorial, generative image systems (AI), film and commercial work.

Professional Bodies
At 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.