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Art and Design
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- 3 Years
- Full-Time
- September 2027
- Undergraduate
- Margaret Street
Course summary
Our hybrid BA (Hons) is a course for the future, where you will explore the intersection of art and design, developing your practice based on your interests to create your career in the evolving creative industries.
Many innovative creative studios now define themselves as interdisciplinary, a word which defines the fluid movement across the fields of art, design and technology. Rather than specialising in a particular creative discipline, our cutting-edge course reflects how these studios work in practice by exploring the intersection between art and design, with the implementation of new creative digital technologies. As a result, our course brings together people with a range of interests and backgrounds as makers, thinkers, coders, performers, technologists and designers.
What's covered in this course?
Our course will help prepare you for employment within the creative industries by supporting you to develop the long-term creative skills needed to map out your creative future. You will develop the necessary self-awareness to question, make, play and create with others.
Our experimental studio environment is versatile, enabling you to explore the necessary collisions that innovative ideas creation now requires, while enhancing a range of core skills including design thinking, creative problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and making. We encourage collaborative practice and offer a cross-level learning approach, meaning you can work with students across all years of the course to create projects and share ideas.
Whether you choose to combine creative coding with sensors, interactive design with projection mapping, 3D scanning and VR or interactive live performance with sound and light, you will respond to live briefs set by real-life clients. Students have worked on local, national and global creative briefs, from working on immersive installations at Boomtown Festival, to virtual portals with Chicago and Kyiv in the Metaverse.
Our flexible approach to the curriculum is informed by professional practitioners and places you as the student at the centre, enabling you to be imaginative, confident and convincing in designing and shaping the roles you’re able to play in the creative industries both now and in the future.
Ways to study this course
Campuses
- Margaret Street
Study options
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years
Start dates
- September 2027
Apply by
13 January 2027
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:
- W190
- Institution code:
- B25
- Campus name:
- Margaret Street
- Points of Entry:
- Year 1
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
Birmingham City University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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How to apply
Apply by
13 January 2027
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:
- W190
- Institution code:
- B25
- Campus name:
- Margaret Street
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Typical qualification requirements
UCAS TariffOffer: 112
A levelBBC
A Level: 112 UCAS Tariff points / BBC (or equivalent). AS Level: Must be in a different subject to A Levels.
A maximum of four subjects will be considered
A maximum of four subjects will be considered
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
112 UCAS Tariff points. Diploma accepted with one A Level or equivalent level 3 qualifications. Extended Certificate accepted with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications
Scottish Higher
112 UCAS Tariff points from three Advanced Highers (CCD) or two Advanced Highers (CD) plus two Highers (CC)
International Baccalaureate Diploma ProgrammeOffer: 28
Obtain a minimum of 28 points overall.
Access to HE Diploma
Pass with 60 credits. At least 45 credits at level 3.
Accepted subjects: Arts, Media and Publishing subjects preferred but other subjects also considered.
Accepted subjects: Arts, Media and Publishing subjects preferred but other subjects also considered.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
This course does not require evidence of GCSE qualifications.
Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017)
Minimum of 112 UCAS tariff points, achieved in five Higher level subjects
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
112 UCAS tariff points. Diploma accepted with one A Level or equivalent level 3 qualifications. Extended Certificate accepted with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
112 UCAS tariff points. Diploma accepted with one A Level or equivalent level 3 qualifications. Extended Certificate accepted with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications.
Scottish Advanced Higher
112 UCAS tariff points from three Advanced Highers (CCD) or two Advanced Highers (CD) plus two Highers (CC).
T LevelM
Merit overall. All subjects accepted but Digital Production, Design and Development and Craft and Design preferred.
Welsh Baccalaureate: 112 UCAS tariff points. Considered with three A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualifications.
OCR Cambridge Technical qualifications: 112 UCAS tariff points.
NCFE CACHE Level 3 qualifications: 112 UCAS tariff points.
WJEC Level 3 qualifications: 112 UCAS tariff points. Considered with two A Levels or equivalent level 3 qualification(s).
UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma: Merit overall
Foundation Studies (Art and Design, and Art, Design and Media): Distinction overall
Additional entry requirements
- Portfolio
- Applicants will also need to submit a good portfolio.
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.
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Per year tuition fees
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland | £10050 | |
| EU & International | £19220 |
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
No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
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