VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Entry requirements
MA applicants are normally expected to have an undergraduate degree at 2:2 or above. However, the strength of your creative practice and other forms of experience will be taken into account at the interview stage and we encourage you to start a conversation with us.
Months of entry
October
Course content
Our MA Visual Communication programme encourages the development of an individual and distinctive contemporary graphics practice through considered engagement with current contexts, audiences and outputs.
This programme brings together design-led and research-driven approaches to take a critically informed and widely experimental approach to the production, form and circulation of the ‘message’.
The programme is ideas-driven, and devised to assist you in developing your unique approach within the broad field of contemporary communication-led practices, including graphic design, advertising, packaging design, branding, and more.
You will engage in design thinking and research centred projects, developing contextual thinking and visual literacies through iterative design, working with complexity and ambiguity, enabling you to assimilate diverse ideas and dynamic outcomes.
We’ll support you in articulating your ideas, developing your working methods and creating independent work, through individual tutorials, lectures, subject-specific seminars, studio and gallery visits and group critiques with access to our rich workshop areas and technical resources across the university.
Information for international students
Our International Fees* are very competitive and are less costly than many of our competitors – yet our facilities are world-leading.
*Excluding costs for international students who need a pre-sessional English course and ongoing in-year English language support.
Fees and funding
Read more on Arts University Plymouth funding here
Masters degree and MA by Research (UK students)
Full-time - £8,900
Part-time - £4,985
Masters degree and MA by Research (EU & International students)
Full-time - £16,500
Part-time - £8,800
Alumni Progression Award: 15% discount on MA or MFA fees for Undergraduate, Pre-Degree and FAD graduates who go on to postgraduate study with us.
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MA
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Admissions
- admissions@aup.ac.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)1752 203434