BA (Hons) Graphic Design with Sandwich Placement

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BA (Hons) Graphic Design with Sandwich Placement

Overview

Our BA (Hons) Graphic Design with Sandwich Placement course is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in graphic design.

Why choose this course?

Graphic design is a dynamic subject that enriches and influences all aspects of our visual environment. The studio-focused course at Wolverhampton is designed to be responsive to this and is continually reflective in order to positively contribute to your student experience.

What happens on the course?

Level 4:

The first year of the course introduces you to specialist design skills, creative thinking and problem solving, all informed by professional and contextual learning.

Level 5:

The second year builds from skills and knowledge learned at Level 4, and encourages you to develop your emerging style and higher-level skills in relation to more specific aspects of the design industry.

Level 6:

The final year of BA (Hons) Graphic Design encourages deeper understanding of your subject whilst developing your design outputs, professional-level skills and ambition through integrated study of practice and theory.

Additional Information

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

• The member of academic staff who leads this course is Marc Austin
• For more information about Graphic Design at Wolverhampton, please visit our graphic design website.

Wolverhampton School of Art

• For more information about the Wolverhampton School of Art: visit our home page.
• Discover more about our outstanding facilities – visit our facilities pages.
• Check out the work of our 2020 graduating students on our Degree Show page.

Potential Career Paths

Employability is core to the ethos of the School of Art’s learning and teaching, and BA (Hons) Graphic Design provides opportunities to experience and engage with professional and industrial contacts.

What skills will you gain?

Our long-established course is designed to provide you with the best creative education focusing on employability and student support.

Course Fees and Finance

Location | Mode | Fee | Year

• Home | Sandwich | £9250 per year |
• Home | Sandwich | £9535 per year |
• International | Sandwich | £14950 per year |
• International | Sandwich | £15995 per year |

Additional Course Costs

• Additional Materials: £50 to 250 per semester
• Additional Field Trips: £50 to 500
• Additional Events: £350

Entry Requirements

• Typical entry requirement: 96 UCAS points including a level 3 qualification in Art and Design.
• A Levels - grades CCC / BCD
• BTEC L3 Extended Diploma or OCR Cambridge L3 Technical Extended Diploma - grades MMM
• BTEC L3 Diploma - grades DD
• Access to HE Diploma (60 credits) of which a minimum of 45 must be at Level 3 (96 UCAS point equivalence, minimum 45 credits at merit)
• UAL L3 Extended Diploma in Art and Design or Creative Media Production & Technology - grade M

Funding

• Tuition Fees Loan(Home Fee Status):
• Most students will be able to apply for a loans to pay for these subject to eligibility.
• To find out more information please refer to the government Student Finance website.
• Changes for EU students:
• The UK government has confirmed that EU students starting courses from 1 August 2021 will normally be classified as having Overseas Fee status.
• More information about the change is available at UKCISA:
• EU citizens living in the UK with 'settled' status, and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland, will still be classified as Home students, providing they meet the usual residency requirements, for more information about EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• Self-funding:
• If you don’t want to take out a loan to pay your fees or if you aren’t eligible to receive a loan, you might want to take advantage of the University’s scheme to pay by instalments: See How to pay.
• For more information please contact the Gateway.
• Your employer, embassy or organisation can pay for your Tuition fees:
• If your employer, embassy or organisation agrees to pay all or part of your tuition fees; the University will refer to them as your sponsor and will invoice them for the appropriate amount.
• We must receive notification of sponsorship in writing as soon as possible, and before enrolment, confirming that the sponsor will pay your tuition fees.

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How We Compare

• Find out how our course is rated on Discover Uni, the official website for comparing UK higher education courses

Sandwich Course

• 100%say staff value students views and opinions about the course
• Data for courses in Design studies at University of Wolverhampton
• 95%of students say teaching staff have supported their learning well.
• Data for courses in Design studies at University of Wolverhampton
• 80%in work or doing further study 15 months after the course.
• Data for courses in Design studies at University of Wolverhampton

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• University: City Campus | Sandwich | 4 years | 15 September 2025 | Apply via UCAS

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