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.
Graphic Design student Tasha talks us through her exhibit for the 2019 Cambridge School of Art Degree Show: pharmaceutical bottle designs based on the pharmacy owned by her late grandfather.
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
LAUREN MAXWELL
2020
ROBYN MCCURDY
2020
NISHANTH VALLURI
2020
DIANA MONTAÑEZ
2020
ALEXANDROS PANTELA
2020
NICK RICHARDS
2020
BEN WATKINS
2020
ROBYN MCCURDY
2020
ERIN SURKITT
2020
AIMEE ROSE
A collection of Japanese philosophical concepts (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
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
ROBYN MCCURDY
DIANA MONTAÑEZ RIVERA
Creating using handmade, environmentally friendly plant-based inks (2019)
VIKTORIJA LEMEZYTE
2019
KATIE VEITCH
2019
JAVERIA SHEIKH
2019
EMILY ENGLAND
EVIANNE VERHAGEN
GREG BLAND
ANA FERNANDES
LAURA WILSON
AIMEE ROSE
2019
AMBA SMITH
2019
EMMANUEL ASARE ADU
2019
GABRIELA DOMINGUEZ
2019
INES STEARMAN
2019
SANAM BECHOO
2019
TORLA LYNE
2019
TUIKE TUOMINEN
STEPHANIE MINGAY
REKA TAKACS
FLOSSIE AYLIN
FIONA BARNES & MAGDELENA CIESLA
2018
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All our Graphic Design students have access to:
Our team of technical officers will be on hand to offer training and support.
As well as our dedicated digital facilities and design studios, you’ll have use of:
Course Leader and Senior Lecturer, BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Lecturer, Graphic Design
Lecturer, Graphic and New Media Design
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, Oostor, 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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