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Design for Visual Communication (Taught)

MA · 1 Years · Full-time · 09/2026 · PostgraduateLondon College of Communication

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2026-2027
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Course summary

An intensive, vocational route into the graphic design profession that can also provide a portfolio for further study at postgraduate level, or acquire visual communication skills for your current profession. This course is taught at London College of Communication, at Elephant and Castle, part of University of the Arts London (UAL).

Why choose this course at London College of Communication

• The course provides an intensive vocational route into graphic design.
• Build a distinctive portfolio of personal and research-based projects.
• Improve your confidence in design judgement and decision-making skills.
• The course supports a diverse range of media outputs including spatial design, screen-based design, traditional print and digital media.
• The course also supports individual ambition in areas such as exhibition design, data visualisation, cross-media, publication design and branding.
• You’ll be taught by experienced staff and will have the chance to collaborate with visiting tutors.We have a range of guest speakers such as, author Peter Chadwick (This Brutal House/World), exhibition designer Margot Lombaert, animator David Daniels (worked with Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin), PhD candidate Gill Brown and entrepreneur June Mineyama-Smithson (Mamimou).

About London College of Communication

London College of Communication is for the curious, the brave and the committed: those who want to transform themselves and the world around them. Through a diverse, world-leading community of teaching, research and partnerships with industry, we enable our students to succeed as future-facing creatives in the always-evolving design, media and screen industries. The London College of Communication experience is all about learning by doing. Our students get their hands dirty and develop their skills through the exploration of our facilities and technical spaces. Students work on live briefs and commissions, with everything from independent start-ups and charities in Southwark, through to major global companies, including Penguin, the National Trust and Royal Mail, to name a few.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • London College of Communication

Study options

  • MA • Full-time • 1 Years

Start dates

  • 09/2026

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Entry requirements

The course team welcomes applicants from a broad range of backgrounds, from all over the world, who have achieved an Honours degree qualification that evidences their aptitude, skill and engagement in the graphic design/communication or a related design practice. The course team also welcomes students with relevant experience of those who have previously worked in the industry, or non-traditional backgrounds, as well as those already within employment. The course has been designed to accommodate flexibility in educational engagement.

Your experience is assessed as a learning process and tutors will evaluate that experience for currency, validity, quality and sufficiency.

Your educational level may be demonstrated by:

Honours degree (named above);
Possession of equivalent qualifications;
Prior experiential learning, the outcome of which can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required;
Or a combination of formal qualifications and experiential learning which, taken together, can be demonstrated to be equivalent to formal qualifications otherwise required.

Fees and funding

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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.

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