BA (Hons) Entertainment Design at Birmingham City University

Programme overview

Our BA (Hons) Entertainment Design course prepares you to work across the dynamic and fast-growing entertainment industry where creativity meets experience. The scope and opportunities in entertainment design are boundless.

What you will study

This is a doing course. You’ll design, prototype, make, test, present, and refine. Every module offers a balance between developing academic knowledge, building technical skills, and harnessing creative autonomy, so you can develop a practice that’s both grounded and ambitious. Modules include What is Entertainment Design?, Tools & Techniques: Meaning, The Intersection: In Practice, Exploring Direction, The Intersection: as Discovery, Tools and Techniques: Communication, Identifying Direction, Industry Project.

Career pathways

From day one, BA (Hons) Entertainment Design is designed to prepare you for a career in a dynamic, competitive, and ever-evolving industry. Employability isn’t just an outcome of the course — it’s embedded in everything you do.

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Application information

Entry requirements

112-72 UCAS Tariff points. Applicants will also need to submit a good portfolio. If you are not studying a creative subject at Level 3, you can still apply for this course. Our portfolio guidance information includes alternative options for how you can show us your passion for art. A Level: 112-72 UCAS Tariff points / BBC-CDE (or equivalent). AS Level: Must be in a different subject to A Levels. A maximum of four subjects will be considered. International Baccalaureate Diploma: Obtain 28-24 points overall. English language: IELTS 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in each band.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). full-time, 3 years; annual tuition for the first year of study Source

International applicants: GBP 19,220 a year (2027/28). full-time, 3 years; annual tuition for the first year of study Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 3 years full-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.ucas.com/explore/courses/5244e3ce-046b-483f-86c5-7a476b56cc7e/course?studyYear=2027

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