Graphic Design

This is an innovative course with a reputation for producing ambitious and bold designers who communicate, inform, entertain and challenge the status quo.

Exploration, experimentation and finding your creative voice is paramount on our Graphic Design degree course. You'll be working in a dynamic school of art and media, with opportunities for collaboration which fosters an understanding of visual communication intellectually and practically.

You will learn with a course team who are professional practising designers, based in a creative and progressive city.

TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE

• Study all aspects of design – including: typography and language, type design, editorial design, publishing, narrative and stroytelling, information and visualisation, symbolism and imagery, navigation and wayfinding, visual identity, moving image, writing and performace.

• Excellent career progression – our students go on to diverse roles across the creative industries, whether making a difference in agencies or establishing their own brands

• Success of our graduates – our alumni are at organisations including The Royal Opera House, A Small Axe, Anyways Creative, The Tate and many more high-profile institutions

• Establish professional connections – throughout the course you can regularly connect with industry practitioners

• International exchanges – there are exchange opportunities with Nagoya University of the Arts in Japan, Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore and the Berlin University of Applied Sciences in Germany

• Engaging audiences with your work – we'll teach you how to promote and share your work

• Collaborative working – just like in industry, you will connect with students from the visual communication programme in the Global Challenges modules, developing contacts for when you graduate

• Major graduate show – at the end of the degree you exhibit a body of work in the public graduate show, a large-scale exhibition

• Follow our course on Instagram: @uob_graphicdesign

Year 1
Introduction to Graphic Design
Cultural Contexts in Graphic Design
Graphic Design: Media and Messages
Contemporary Contexts in Graphic Design

Year 2
Graphic Design: Modes of Communication
Global Challenges – Visual Communication
Graphic Design: Audiences and Contexts
Ethical and Personal Responsibilities in Graphic Design

Final Year
Independent Graphic Design Practice
Critical Graphic Design Research Project
Graphic Design: Major Project
Graphic Design: Professional Practice