Program Overview

MA Illustration

Introduction

Study MA Illustration and discover how illustration can change the world for the better. Develop crucial skills such as observation and creative thinking, and learn to apply them to the issues that society faces today.

Student Experience

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Student Work

• Yetta Xu: A sketchbook page made in part for the module Image and Impact.
• Fruszina Menihei: Response to the Design Methods and Context module - a Victorian cemetery as a space for the living as well the passed.
• Ran Ding: Isolation Museum - Intrapersonal Isolation, a book exploring introspection.
• Orit Bergman: Lecture and workshop, "Illustration Beyond the Page."
• Shunan Ma: The favour of emotions, experiments with augmented reality.
• Jewel Chang: Control Collaboration and Compromise, a collage exploring power dynamics.
• Team project: Graphic Notetaking, students acted as live scribes at a one-day conference.
• Jinpu Zhou: Line, a Master's Project exploring the narrative and interactive potential of a VR environment.
• Jiatong Dai: Invisible Woe, a practice-based research project exploring how adults with visual impairment experience illustration.

Course Options

• 12 months full-time
• 24 months part-time

Key Facts

• Study options: 12 months full-time, 24 months part-time
• Start dates: September
• Location: Cambridge
• Fees:
  • £9,300 UK students starting 2024/25 (full-time, per year)
  • £18,600 International students starting 2024/25 (full-time, per year)
  • £9,800 UK students starting 2025/26 (full-time, per year)
  • £19,500 International students starting 2025/26 (full-time, per year)

Teaching and Assessment

• Year 1:
  • Design Methods and Contexts
  • Image and Impact
  • Visual Text
  • Practice Through Partnership
  • Master's Project: Illustration
• Assessment: Self-directed visual projects, extended written project proposals, developmental and final visual work, reflective commentary, and an academic report of 3000 words.

Entry Requirements

• A good honours degree (or equivalent), normally in a related subject.
• If English is not your first language, you will be expected to demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.5 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification.

Fees and Paying for University

• Tuition fees for UK students (2024/25): £9,300 (full-time, per year)
• Tuition fees for international students (2024/25): £18,600 (full-time, per year)
• Tuition fees for UK students (2025/26): £9,800 (full-time, per year)
• Tuition fees for international students (2025/26): £19,500 (full-time, per year)
• Additional course costs: Art materials, computer and software, degree show expenses.

Facilities and Showcase

• Dedicated illustration studio
• Printmaking workshop
• 3D workshop
• Digital photography lab
• Photography studios and darkrooms
• Mac and PC suites
• Industry-standard equipment, including Adobe Creative suite, Apple iMacs, wide-format printers and scanners, vintage printmaking presses, letterpress machine, and photography equipment.

Lecturers

• Karin Eklund, Course Director
• Nanette Hoogslag, Senior Lecturer
• Nicholas Jeeves, Lecturer
• Inbal Leitner, Lecturer Practitioner
• Lauren Fried, Head of School (Interim)

Careers

• Freelance illustrator and creative consultant
• Self-publishing and artistic production
• Book and magazine illustration
• In-house media and creative teams
• Teaching and creative management
• Research degree opportunities

Benefits of Postgraduate Study

• Improve employability
• Progress in your career
• Take on an intellectual challenge
• Flexible postgraduate degrees

Life in Cambridge

• Friendly, bustling campus
• Stone's throw from the centre of Cambridge
• Perfect student city

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