BA (Hons) Ceramics & Glass at University for the Creative Arts

Programme overview

Let fire, material, and curiosity shape who you become as a maker on our BA (Hons) Ceramics & Glass degree course. Our workshops are among the most comprehensive at any UK university – a fully operational glass hot shop, lampworking stations, kilns for casting and fusing, potters' wheels, hand-building spaces, glaze technology rooms, and 3D clay printers. You can also access wood, metal, digital fabrication, and printmaking, opening up cross-disciplinary possibilities. Taught at UCA Farnham.

Duration: 3 years full-time | Study mode: full-time (optional placement year; optional integrated foundation year) | Intake: September 2027 | Location: Farnham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

The BA (Hons) Ceramics & Glass course offers a dynamic and future-facing approach to craft education, rooted in material exploration and critical making. You will develop a deep understanding of ceramics and glass through hands-on practice, combining traditional techniques with emerging technologies to shape innovative and sustainable creative outcomes. Your first year focuses on building confidence in making, material understanding and creative research.

Career pathways

We enjoy close links with a range of professional organisations who are able to benefit our students in the form of work experience and deeper collaborations. We work with a range of Worshipful companies and other organisations who are able to benefit our students in the form of bursaries, awards, seminars, workshops, commissions and competitions. Our students have also taken part in competitions with the Lighting Industry Association and the British Art Medals Society. Other links include: Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass, Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers, Bullseye Glass of America, Gaffer Glass UK, 318 Ceramics, The Crafts Study Centre, Grayshott Pottery, Froyle Tiles.

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Application information

Entry requirements

The standard entry requirements for this course is one of the following: 112 UCAS tariff points Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4) Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma / BTEC National Extended Diploma Merit at UAL Extended Diploma 112 UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in appropriate subject 27 total points in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program with at least 15 IB points at Higher Level (HL) And four GCSE passes at grade 9-4/A*-C including English (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2). Other relevant and equivalent Level 3 UK and international qualifications are considered on an individual basis, and we encourage students from diverse educational backgrounds to apply. For both the BA (Hons) course and Integrated Foundation Year course we will need to see your portfolio, see the portfolio requirements section for more details. English language (IELTS or equivalent): 6.0 overall with no less than 5.5 in any section. UCAS course code W266 (institution code C93).

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Tuition for the course as listed on the course page; UK home fee Source

International applicants: GBP 19,800 a year (2027/28). Tuition for the course as listed on the course page Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 3 years full-time

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