Course contact details
DMU Admissions
Email:admissions@dmu.ac.uk
Phone:0116 2078443
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH
Course summary
Combine traditional craft skills with the latest 2D and 3D CAD technologies on this innovative course, preparing you for a dynamic career in the growing craft and design industries.
This cross-disciplinary course empowers you to explore both directed and self-led projects, encouraging innovative thinking and creative problem-solving. You’ll develop advanced making skills through hands-on learning and material experimentation. Core materials include glass, ceramics, and fine metals, alongside fibre, weave, 3D printing, stitch, wood, print, and mixed media textiles.
With strong industry links, you’ll graduate equipped with the skills and techniques for roles such as designer-maker, jeweller, glassblower, ceramic artist, curator, educator, buyer, and more.
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Through industry collaborations and live briefs, students have gained placements with Habitat, Sainsbury’s, Sue Pryke, and Cumbria Crystal.
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Graduates have gone on to work with leading industry companies, including Waterford-Wedgwood, Vipa Designs, and deVOL.
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Thrive in our outstanding facilities, including cutting-edge workshops with industry-standard equipment, from glassblowing and metal casting to enamelling, digital printing, looms, kilns, digital embroidery and laser cutting.
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Join a network of graduates who have exhibited work internationally, and won awards like The Enameller’s Guild Bursary, Embroiderers' Guild Scholar, and Goldsmith’s Bursary.
Modules
Course Modules
First year
Block 1: Craft Skills
Block 2: Design and Make
Block 3: Craft Projects
Block 4: Craft in Context
Second year
Block 1: Live Projects
Block 2: Craft Skills 2
Block 3: Craft Cultures
Block 4: Creative Practice
Third year
Blocks 1 and 2: Craft Practice
Blocks 1 and 2: Craft Connections
Block 3: Design Crafts Projects
Block 4: Personal Projects
Ways to study this course
Campuses
- Leicester Campus
Study options
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • 3 Years
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) • Full-Time • Placement (mandatory) • 4 Years
Start dates
Application codes
- Institution code:
- D26
Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)
De Montfort University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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How to apply
Application codes
- Institution code:
- D26
This course may be available at alternative locations, please check if other course options are available.
Course optionsEntry requirements
Typical qualification requirements
A levelBBC
T LevelM
UCAS TariffOffer: 112
From a minimum of 2 A-Levels or equivalent
Access to HE DiplomaMerit: 30
Pass QAA Access to Higher Education course with at least 30 level 3 credits at Merit. We will normally require students have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course.
International Baccalaureate Diploma ProgrammeOffer: 26
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)DMM
Additional entry requirements
- Portfolio
- In your portfolio we will be looking for: • A Creative enquiry into a theme or subject of interest. • Evidence of a curiosity in materials/media • Evidence of creative process and making skills.
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.
Here at DMU we welcome all applications, no matter what your background. To make sure you get fair and equal access to higher education, when looking at your application we consider more than just your grades–we take into account any challenges that you may have faced in your education. Contextual Offers will be offered to candidates who are in receipt of Free School Meals, who are Care Experienced or who are deemed to live in areas of low HE participation neighbourhoods (POLAR Quintiles 1 & 2).
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.
This course may have Historical entry grades data available, please select a course option to view.
Course optionsHistorical entry grades report
This report uses your grades to show how students with similar results have done when applying to this course in the past. Sometimes, there isn’t data for every possible set of grades. When that happens, universities and colleges occasionally fill in the gaps for sets of grades that are typically accepted.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
Per year tuition fees
| Location | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|
| England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands & Republic of Ireland | £10050 | |
| EU & International | £16800* |
* 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
Please note, this fee is subject to parliamentary procedure and will also be subject to a compounded annual inflationary increase.
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