Develop your understanding of graphic design and visual communication, solve challenging design briefs and prepare for a career as a designer with our BA (Hons) Graphic Design degree.
With its vibrant studio culture, our Graphic Design degree will encourage you to push boundaries and challenge existing thinking by developing innovative design solutions as well as a keen understanding of professional practice. You’ll experiment with print-based design as well as digital commercial practices including site-specific, interactive, motion graphics, mobile media, app design (UX/UI), web and multimedia work.
Our Design & Crafts courses are ranked 8th in the UK for 'Satisfied with Course' and 3rd for 'Satisfied with Teaching' in The Guardian University Guide 2020 reflecting how our students value their experience at Cambridge School of Art.
BA (Hons) Graphic Design student Ella talks about her experiences on the course.
ELLA ROWLAND
ELLA ROWLAND
ELLA ROWLAND
AASIA STAFF
AASIA STAFF
AASIA STAFF
GEORGE HUNT
GEORGE HUNT
GEORGE HUNT
GEORGE HUNT
GEORGE HUNT
JOANNE FU
JOANNE FU
JOANNE FU
ROBYN MCCURDY
ROBYN MCCURDY
ROBYN MCCURDY
For her Degree Show, Graphic Design student Poppy created a picturebook for the blind "Nothing, but the beginning", a story about the creation of the Universe.
Timelapse of a material typography project exploring modern aphorisms, by final-year Graphic Design student Emily.
SECOND-YEAR DESIGNERS
Designs for the Penguin Random House Student Design Award
ROBYN MCCURDY
2020
NISHANTH VALLURI
Statera health fitness app interface icons 2020
DIANA MONTAÑEZ
Kinetic type for motion graphic installation and exhibition 2020
NICK RICHARDS
Experimental designs for Apple Techcare 2020
BEN WATKINS
Health and well-being app interface and graphics 2020
ROBYN MCCURDY
2020
ELITSA STOYANOVA
Elitsa used visual communication to explore the emotional experiences of those suffering from poor mental health
FIONN OVINGTON
Fionn explored forgotten words, particularly those relating to the natural world
GITA KOWLESSUR
Risograph-printed cover for ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’. Designed and shortlisted for the Penguin Student Design Award
LAUREN MAXWELL
Lauren investigated new revenue streams for theatres, and proposed a series of souvenir posters for Cambridge Arts Theatre
LUKE NASH, CHELSEA MAN & MARA LECOIU
Three submissions for the first-year ‘Image and Imagination project'
ROBYN MCCURDY
An enigmatic submission to the Penguin Student Design Awards
DIANA MONTAÑEZ RIVERA
Creating using handmade, environmentally friendly plant-based inks (2019)
VIKTORIJA LEMEZYTE
2019
KATIE VEITCH
Project exploring ADHD through graphic arts and printmaking - 2019
JAVERIA SHEIKH
Oversized magazine exploring the culture and history of henna - 2019
EMILY ENGLAND
Using the poems of Ted Hughes to investigate tactile typography
EVIANNE VERHAGEN
Brand identity for Rex Factor, a podcast about the history of the monarchy
GREG BLAND
Kobi-Serif, a font based on the Kobigraph writing system used for teaching braille
ANA FERNANDES
From a series of prints exploring anxiety through text and image
LAURA WILSON
Book cover designs for 'The Cultural Concepts Series'
TUIKE TUOMINEN
Illustrated book exploring the challenges of thinking in two languages
STEPHANIE MINGAY
Contemporary interactive illuminated manuscripts
REKA TAKACS
Project exploring local cultures
FLOSSIE AYLIN
FIONA BARNES & MAGDELENA CIESLA
For the Cambridge School of Art Degree Show, '...' - 2018
AIMEE ROSE
Book and editorial for a collection of Japanese philosophical concepts (2020)
AIMEE ROSE
2019
AMBA SMITH
2019
EMMANUEL ASARE ADU
2019
GABRIELA DOMINGUEZ
2019
INES STEARMAN
2019
SANAM BECHOO
2019
TORLA LYNE
2019
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As a Graphic Design student at ARU, you’ll have access to all our facilities including:
Our new digital workshop includes a variety of computer aided manufacturing machines, helping you learn up to date manufacturing and design processes as well as supporting many traditional techniques. These technologies include:
Our Creative Showcase shines a spotlight on what makes ARU creative and cultural – our spaces, places and people. Find out more about our community, the difference we make, the stories we tell, and the things that inspire us.
Meanwhile, Present is an exhibition that you curate for yourself. Explore the work of our graduating students in this eye-catching virtual degree show.
Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Lecturer, Graphic Design
Lecturer, Graphic Design
Course Leader for BA (Hons) Digital Media
Lecturer, Digital Media
The creative industries are booming in the UK, employing more than two million people. Our BA (Hons) Graphic Design will prepare you for a career as a graphic designer, as well as for design-related roles in digital graphics, online media, communications and marketing, publishing, and advertising.
Our previous students have gone on to work with design studios or media and communication companies, producing advertising, corporate identities and promotions, packaging and branding, informational design, editorial and book design, web designs and interactive media.
We work with employers to make sure you graduate with the knowledge, skills and abilities they need. They help us review what we teach and how we teach it – and they offer hands-on, practical opportunities to learn through work-based projects, internships or placements. Cambridge is the perfect place to gain experience – a creative hotspot that’s home to thousands of established businesses and start-ups.
You’ll have many opportunities to generate a strong portfolio of graphic design projects that will help you secure a job in this rewarding, vibrant and growing industry. These include getting involved with regional design agencies and national design networks such as D&AD and YCN, engaging in ‘live’ projects or commercial briefs and building your industry contacts. All of these can lead to freelance projects, work experience and internships, which could result in offers of work before you even graduate.
Cambridge is the perfect place to gain experience – a creative hotspot that’s home to thousands of established businesses and start-ups. Our students have gone on to work alongside the likes of Drench, Filofax, Nash Matthews, Onespacemedia, Coast Digital, Workshop Creative Agency and Piranha Designs.
There are plenty of opportunities to get your work seen, too. At the end of your final year at ARU, you’ll take part in our Degree Show and could be selected to produce publicity materials for the event – the perfect launchpad for life as a graphic designer.
Graduation doesn’t need to be the end of your time with us, of course. You might decide to stay at ARU and study for a Masters, such as our renowned MA Graphic Design & Typography. With our Alumni Scholarship, you’ll even get 20% off your fees as an ARU graduate.
Follow Graphic Design students Blessing and Nishanth on their work placement at Drench Design Studio.
“Studying Graphic Design at ARU has been a great experience. I've loved being surrounded by people who are so brilliant at their work. I would never have thought I'd end up with a job at a design agency before I even finished my degree!”
Flossie
BA (Hons) Graphic Design student
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