BA (Hons) Making & Material Futures at Cardiff Metropolitan University

Programme overview

BA (Hons) Making & Material Futures is a hands-on, studio-based degree combining creative making with technical experimentation, material exploration and applied design thinking. Students work across workshops, studios and digital fabrication environments, exploring materials, technology, sustainability and contemporary creative practice.

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

What you will study

Year 1 modules include Materiality & Skill, Design & Making, Research Basics and Interdisciplinary Understanding. Year 2 includes Applied Design & Making, Engineering Science, Real-World Contexts and a Research Proposal. Year 3 comprises Making a Maker, Positioning in Practice and Contribution.

Career pathways

Graduates may progress into design, fabrication, creative production, materials innovation, technical making and the wider creative industries, independent artistic practice, exhibition and installation work and creative technology, teaching via a PGCE, or postgraduate study.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typical offer: 96-120 tariff points. A levels: minimum three, no specific subjects (Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as a third subject). BTEC National / Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma: MMM-DDM. IB Diploma: 24 points. Access to HE Diploma, T Level, Irish Leaving Certificate and Scottish Advanced Highers: no specific subjects. GCSE: preferably five at grade C / 4 or above including English Language / Welsh First Language and Mathematics / Mathematics-Numeracy. Successful portfolio review required. International applicants: Academic IELTS 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in all elements, or equivalent. Contextual offers are available.

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: 2027

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

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