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Digital Design

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

Our Digital Design BSc degree is a modern, hands-on course that combines digital technology and creative design. It has been developed to equip you with the knowledge and practical skills to create, design and develop interactive and engaging digital products, services and experiences, and 2D/3D graphical content. You can see real examples of the kind of work you'll produce by viewing the showreel of project work by students graduating in 2024 on our website.

Professional and transferable skills required for working in the creative digital industries are developed throughout each year of the course. Our modern, industry standard digital media facilities include a green screen and post-production studio, motion capture, photography, and sound studios, 360° VR and up to 12K cameras, lenses, motion controllers and lights, and a dedicated render farm. You'll have independent access to exclusive PC and Mac computing workshops and benefit from the latest industry standard specialist software for graphic design and image/video editing, 3D animation, game development, and rich interactive content creation. There's also the opportunity for you to use our immersive virtual environment laboratory.

There are guest lectures covering lots of different digital media topics and the visiting lecturers provide industry insight and advice on how to structure your portfolio and showreels. Speakers include creative and design directors, user experience designers, 3D graphic supervisors, as well as mobile and web developers.

Visits are arranged to design agencies, TV and photography studios, and post-production houses. There’s also the opportunity to go to conferences and this is your chance to build networks with key industry experts. In addition, you have the advantage of Brunel’s close location to London for trips to exhibitions celebrating the creative industries.

The course can be studied full-time over three years, or four years with a placement year and we encourage the placement year option. This time in industry helps you to further prepare for the world of work and you’ll have a year’s worth of invaluable professional experience when you graduate. If you decide to go on a digital media placement year, you will have the opportunity of working in the ever-growing creative industries.

The end-of-year highlight is the degree show. Exhibiting your creative work at this event is a great way for you to connect with leading creative technologists and showcase your talent.

Brunel’s digital design course is fully accredited and industry recognised by ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen-based industries. It carries the ScreenSkills Select quality mark which indicates that it is best suited to prepare you for a career in the screen industries. Brunel’s digital media courses are the only courses accredited by ScreenSkills in the areas of design, animation and VFX within London and the South East.

Modules

Typical modules

Digital Experiences
3D Animation and Motion Graphics
Immersive Mixed Reality Design

For a full list of modules please visit our website https://www.brunel.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/digital-design-bsc

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Main Site

Study options

  • BSc (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:
H6W2
Institution code:
B84
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-
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:
H6W2
Institution code:
B84
Campus name:
Main Site
Campus Code:
-

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1
  • Year 2

Entry requirements for advanced entry (i.e. into Year 2 and beyond)

Brunel welcomes applications from applicants who wish to transfer to one of our courses.

Applications will be considered on a case by case basis, further information can be found on our website at: https://www.brunel.ac.uk/study/applicants/undergraduate-courses-how-to-apply/Looking-to-transfer-to-year-2

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Entry requirements

UCAS Tariff
Not accepted

A level
BBB - BBC

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

in any subject

Access to HE Diploma

Obtain a minimum of 120-112 UCAS tariff points in the Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.

Scottish Higher
Not accepted

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
DM

in any subject and A level at grade B-C

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
D

in any subject and A levels grade BB-BC

Scottish Advanced Higher
BBB - BBC

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
30 - 29 points

including SL5 or HL4 in English (if applicant does not have GCSE English grade C/4 or above)

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
H3, H3, H3, H3, H3 - H3, H3, H3, H3, H4

GCSE/National 4/National 5

A minimum of 5 GCSEs at grade C or grade 4 and above are required, including English Language (or grade B/5 in English Literature).

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
DDM - DMM

in any subject

OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
DM

in any subject and A level at grade B-C

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate
D

in any subject and A levels grade BB-BC

T Level
M

in any subject

Find out more about qualification requirements for this course.

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio

English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)6with no less than 5.5 in each subsection
Institution's Own Testwith no less than 55% in each subsection
TOEFL (iBT)77with a minimum of: Reading - 18 Listening - 17 Speaking - 20 Writing - 17
PTE Academic59with a minimum of 59 in all subscores

Brunel University London - English Language Requirementshttps://www.brunel.ac.uk/international/English-Language-Requirements

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.

Brunel University London is committed to raising the aspiration and improving equality of opportunity of our applicants and students. We adopt a contextualised admissions approach when reviewing applications, which include accepting lower grades or making lower offers to applicants from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds. From 2024 entry, the offer will be personalised based on a holistic view of the application, including the individual applicant’s personal and educational journey.

Learn more on the Brunel University of London 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

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* This is a provisional fee and subject to change.

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

EU nationals may be eligible for a discount on their fees - please see our website at https://www.brunel.ac.uk/scholarships/page?id=c8112b36-1680-4492-b55c-f4e9932ae2e8

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