BA (Hons) Artist Designer: Maker at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Programme overview

BA (Hons) Artist Designer: Maker combines traditional making skills with digital fabrication across design crafts, decorative arts and sculpture. Students work with metal, glass, ceramics and wood alongside 3D printing, laser cutting, 3D modelling, scanning, Arduino/electronics and augmented reality. Teaching is by practising artists, designers and makers in a studio-based, interdisciplinary environment at the Llandaff Campus.

Faculty: Cardiff School of Art & Design | Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years full time with a year-long sandwich placement | Intake: Entry year 2027 | Location: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 covers Groundings (40 credits), Individual Project, Research Basics and Interdisciplinary Understanding; Year 2 covers Create, 21st Century Challenges, Real-World Contexts and a Research Proposal; Year 3 covers Making a Maker, Positioning in Practice and the Contribution module. Optional routes include business experience, an industry placement, a research project or study abroad.

Career pathways

Graduates are prepared to work as artists, designers or makers, through placements, live briefs, building contacts and support in forming their own business.

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Entry requirements

Typical offer for Year 1 entry: UCAS tariff 96-120. GCSE: Preferably five GCSEs at Grade C / 4 or above including English Language / Welsh First Language and Mathematics / Mathematics - Numeracy. A level: Minimum three A levels; no specific subjects required; Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as a third subject. BTEC National / Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM-DDM. T Level: No specific subjects required. Access to Higher Education Diploma: No specific subjects required. International Baccalaureate Diploma: 24 points; no specific subjects required. Irish Leaving Certificate: No specific subjects required (Higher level subjects only considered with a minimum grade H4). Scottish Advanced Highers: No specific subjects required. Combinations of qualifications are accepted if they meet the minimum requirements. Contextual offers are available. International applicants: Academic IELTS 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in all elements, or equivalent. A Foundation Year route is available for applicants who do not meet the entry requirements. Successful portfolio review is required.

Domestic applicants: GBP 9,790 a year (2026/27). Full-time home undergraduate tuition fee; may increase by any level permitted by the Welsh Government. Source

International applicants: GBP 16,000 a year (2026/27). Full-time international undergraduate tuition fee. Source

Intake: Entry year 2027

Duration: 3 years full time; 4 years full time with a year-long sandwich placement

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