All courses at UCA

Acting BA (Hons)

Collaborate with industry partners on an Acting degree that focuses on production and practical learning.

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Acting MA

Train with professionals, perform on stage and screen, and launch your career with our rigorous, practice-based Acting masters degree.

Animation BA (Hons)

Explore all forms of Animation using our incredible facilities and develop your individual style.

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Animation MA

Be a part of UCA’s rich animation legacy and join its illustrious ranks on our MA Animation degree.

Architecture (RIBA Part 1) BA (Hons)

At UCA, architecture has its origins in an art school, so you will take a very hands-on approach, with lots of practical learning.

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Architecture (RIBA Part 2) MArch

Take the next step to becoming an architect with an MArch degree that will challenge you to design the spaces and buildings of the future.

Architecture MA

An Architecture degree that explores how we live, our environments, and how we imagine the future through a creative and cultural lens.

Body Art BA (Hons)

This degree is far more than the art of tattooing, you’ll be exploring the myriad of ways that body art is practiced and the historical backgrounds of body art around the world.

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Business and Management (top-up) BA (Hons)

Equivalent to the final year of a degree, this course enables you to build upon an existing qualification. 

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Business and Management BA (Hons)

The business degree for people who think and work creatively.

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Ceramics & Glass BA (Hons)

Establish your own craft identity and explore the contextual background to your work.

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Ceramics MA

Hone your ceramics skills, gain expert insight and build valuable industry connections as you study in the heart of Farnham, a World Craft Town.

Children’s Book Illustration MA

Learn from practising children’s book illustrators on an industry-focused degree designed for illustrators that want to engage with young readers through traditional and experimental forms of storytelling.

Comic & Concept Art BA (Hons)

Create worlds and characters for games and comics while gaining the skills to bring your characters and worlds to life.

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Computer Science BSc (Hons)

Based within a highly creative community, you’ll work with creators across different disciplines for a fresh perspective.

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Concept Art & IP Development MA

A practical degree in which you'll develop creative IPs, advance your concept art skills, and build the confidence to promote your ideas.

Creative Direction for Fashion MA

Work with industry professionals across brand, image-making and communication roles to gain practical insight and develop your own distinctive approach to creative direction.

Creative Education Postgraduate Certificate

Gain tools to develop your confidence as an educational professional within creative contexts and settings.

Creative Industries Management in Fashion (top-up) BA (Hons)

One year to think strategically and lead creatively, building on your existing knowledge of fashion business.

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Design for Theatre & Screen BA (Hons)

From sets to props and costume, build new worlds for stage and screen.

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Design Innovation & Brand Management MA

Address all aspects of product design and brand management on a degree that gives you the ability to develop one-of-a-kind products and fresh campaign strategies.

Digital Art BA (Hons)

Explore digital culture and creating art in response to it with impressive facilities and technology for you to experiment with.

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Digital Fashion MA

Lead the next wave of fashion innovation and challenge the boundaries between physical and virtual style.

Digital Marketing & Social Media BA (Hons)

Get all the tools you need to thrive in the fast-paced marketing industry, available at all our campuses so you can study in a location of your choice.

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Fashion Atelier BA (Hons)

Train to craft high-end garments for luxury brands, developing the highest levels of skills with practical and hands-on learning.

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Fashion Branding & Communication BA (Hons)

Designed to teach you how to communicate: creating, directing, and shaping how fashion and beauty brands connect with the world and everyone.

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Fashion Business & Management BA (Hons)

Become a fashion leader who thinks creatively, acts commercially, and understands what makes fashion unique.

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Fashion Business & Management MA

A business management course designed for aspiring professionals seeking opportunities in the global fashion business sector.

Fashion Design BA (Hons)

Fashion Design built around your vision, your direction, and your future.

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Fashion Design MA

Develop your brand identity, a full collection and a commercial business strategy for the home and international market on our MA Fashion Design course.

Fashion Image & Styling BA (Hons)

Work across the disciplines in fashion photography, styling, and creative direction as one fluid practice.

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Film Production BA (Hons)

This is a course with one purpose: get you making films so you learn through making.

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Filmmaking MA

Refine your storytelling, use our cutting-edge facilities to enhance your technical skills, and carve out your place in the film industry.

Fine Art BA (Hons) - Canterbury

With a high level of individual support and extensive facilities, you will enjoy a bespoke learning experience.

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Fine Art BA (Hons) - Farnham

You’ll test ideas and concepts through material exploration – you choose your direction; refine a discipline or experiment widely.

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Fine Art MA - Canterbury

Advance your studio practice in our specialist facilities as you explore traditional techniques and emerging technologies to reach your potential as a professional artist.

Fine Art MA - Farnham

Challenge the boundaries and redefine what constitutes fine art as you learn from a community of professional artists, curators and theorists.

Games Arts BA (Hons)

Develop technical skills and connect them with your drawing skills to create pro-level games assets.

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Games Arts MA

Combine theory and practice as you develop high-quality projects, explore game-related AI and research future developments in the games industry.

Games Design BA (Hons)

Built around making games, not reading or writing about them. You'll work in cross-disciplinary teams with games artists and developers.

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Games Design MA

A Games Design degree that combines the latest creative practice and academic research, placing you at the cutting edge of the global games industry.

Games Development BSc (Hons)

The course takes you from foundational programming and games architecture through to advanced systems development and real platform deployment.

Glass MA

Learn from specialist designers and artists while working in high-quality, industry-standard facilities in the World Craft Town of Farnham.

Global Marketing & Communications MSc

Deepen your understanding of marketing, communications, PR and advertising within a sector of the creative industries that you’d want to specialise in.

Global Master of Business & Management MBM

Propel your career in management and help advance yourself to top-tier positions in the creative industries.

Graphic Design BA (Hons)

Develop your own voice through experimentation and research and graduate as a truly unique practitioner.

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Graphic Design MA

A Graphic Design degree with an emphasis on research and problem-solving, giving graphic designers the tools and confidence to develop their practice as skilled professional communicators.

Human Computer Interaction MSc

Explore how human perception, action and emotion impact the design of digital systems and apply this to careers in the creative industries, including games, product, service and software design.

Illustration BA (Hons)

Experiment, play and be challenged to take risks with your work. This course is practice-based, with theory, context, and research all combined.

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Illustration MA

Explore all areas of illustration within a community of like-minded creatives and challenge yourself as you work towards becoming part of the next generation of illustrators.

Interior Design BA (Hons)

Taking a people-centred approach to design, you'll be graduate with a professional portfolio which reflect your skills and creative identity.

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Interior Design MA

An Interior Design degree for designers who want to push their thinking, test their ideas, and grow their practice.

Jewellery & Silversmithing BA (Hons)

A workshop-based course focusing on handmade objects and you'll learn in-depth practical making skills, gain understanding of historical, contextual and ethical concepts.

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Jewellery MA

Add depth and breadth to your jewellery-making and design skills within a creative campus where top-class facilities and a culture of craft collide.

Luxury Business Management MA

A specialised business degree designed to support your career development within the luxury sector.

Make-up & Hair Design BA (Hons)

Become a visual artist who thinks, concepts, and creates for print, screen, and shows.

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MPhil/PhD at UCA

Choose a traditional or practice-based route for your studies and develop an original written thesis, plus an accompanying creative work for practice-based candidates.

Music & Sound Production BA (Hons)

Produce music. Design sound. Launch your career on our BA (Hons) Music & Sound Production degree.

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Photography BA (Hons)

Take your existing skills and develop them into professional practice on our BA (Hons) Photography course.

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Photography MA

Speculate, experiment and add complexity to your projects, using our extensive facilities to help you realise your ideas.

Pre-sessional English Courses

These courses help to raise your English language level to meet the entry requirements of the degree you want to study and prepare you to study in the field of art and design or business.

Product Design BA (Hons)

Develop your design practice and follow your own ideas as you create new or improved bespoke products and furniture.

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Product Design MA

Whether you’re looking to refine your direction, build new skills or define your design identity, this degree offers you the opportunity to discover your specialism and master your craft.

Professional Practice in Architecture (ARB/RIBA Part 3) Postgraduate Certificate

Complete the final stage in your training to become an architect with a flexible course that's taught mostly online.

Studio Practice (Fashion Design) (top-up) BA (Hons)

Build upon existing qualifications, this course is aligned with the final year of our Fashion Design degree, giving you the skills needed to progress on to postgraduate study.

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Studio Practice (Fashion Image & Styling) (top-up) BA (Hons)

Boost your existing qualifications or prepare for postgraduate study on this course which is aligned with the final year of BA (Hons) Fashion Image & Styling.

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Studio Practice (Filmmaking) (top-up) BA (Hons)

This one-year top-up is for filmmakers who are ready to specialise, collaborate at a professional level, and leave with a graduate film on their showreel.

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Studio Practice (Fine Art) (top-up) BA (Hons)

Bring together your thinking and develop ideas with the aim of consolidating your contemporary artistic practice on this course is aligned with the final year of our Fine Art degree.

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Studio Practice (Games) (top-up) BA/BSc (Hons)

Ideal for students looking to build upon existing qualifications, this course is aligned with the final year of our games degrees, giving you the skills needed to progress on to postgraduate study.

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Studio Practice (Graphic Design) (top-up) BA (Hons)

This is a year of defining who you are as a designer, aligned with the final year of our BA (Hons) Graphic Design degree.

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Studio Practice (Illustration) (top-up) BA (Hons)

Ideal for students looking to build upon existing qualifications, this course is aligned with the final year of our Illustration degree, giving you the skills needed to progress on to postgraduate study.

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Studio Practice (Interior Design) (top-up) BA (Hons)

Gain the skills needed to progress on to postgraduate study on this course which is aligned with the final year of our Interior Design degree.

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Studio Practice (Make-up & Hair Design) (top-up) BA (Hons)

Bolster your existing skills and/or prepare for postgraduate study in this niche field of the fashion industry.

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Studio Practice (Product Design) (top-up) BA (Hons)

Aligned with the final year of our Product Design degree, this course is designed for students looking to build upon existing qualifications to gain the skills needed to progress on to postgraduate study.

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Studio Practice (Visual Communication) (top-up) BA (Hons)

Gain the skills you need to progress to postgraduate study and boost your knowledge on this course which is aligned with the final year of our Visual Communication degree.

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Television Production BA (Hons)

Based at Maidstone Studios – a working commercial TV studio – you'll train on the same studios and equipment used by the BBC, ITV, and major production companies.

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Textiles MA

Be inspired by a creative fashion community and develop your own identity shaped by real-world industry experience.

User Experience Design MA

Explore the creative potential of UX design through live briefs, industry engagement and your own research as you shape the future of digital experiences.

Visual Communication BA (Hons)

This hybrid course that embraces graphic design, illustration, animation, photography and moving images.

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Visual Communication MA

Become a cultural innovator who can use your work to entertain, inform and persuade on our MA in Visual Communication.