MA Graphic Design at Leeds Arts University

Programme overview

We offer an opportunity for designers to build or extend their creative practice into an exciting and innovative graphic design portfolio. The course allows you to build on your existing creative and practical skillsets by applying theory, research, and critical thinking skills to your design practice. You will refine and develop your design skillset through experimentation and speculative design approaches, engaging with contemporary advances, challenges, and debates within the field.

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September | Location: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Alongside your creative and practical development, your postgraduate studies are supplemented by opportunities to engage with industry professionals through talks, workshops, and studio visits. The course combines specialist subject modules with transdisciplinary core modules in research methods and business shared with all MA students, taught across three teaching blocks per year.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A 2:2 UK honours degree or international equivalent, or a degree-equivalent postgraduate diploma/professional qualification; applicants with a degree in another discipline or relevant experience may be considered through Recognition of Prior Learning. Personal statement, one academic or creative-practitioner reference and 10-15 portfolio pieces, followed by a written component discussing the portfolio. International applicants: IELTS 6.5 overall with no component below 5.5 (UKVI-approved centre).

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,200 a year (2026/27). Home full-time fee; part-time £5,100 per year over two years. Leeds Arts University BA graduates within three years pay £9,200 full-time / £4,600 part-time. Source

International applicants: GBP 18,900 a year (2026/27). International full-time fee; alumni rate £17,010. Source

Intake: September

Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time

Apply through the official page: https://apply.leeds-art.ac.uk/

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