BA (Hons) Illustration at University of Gloucestershire

Programme overview

Learn from your fellow students and course teachers as you explore your creative ideas in our well equipped studios boasting cutting-edge technologies. We make space for the creation of wonderful ideas. Students and teachers learn from each other in our studio as we explore where we want to go and what we want to do.

Department: Art | Duration: 3 years full-time; part-time no fixed duration | Study mode: full-time, part-time | Intake: September 2027; September 2028 | Location: Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Compulsory modules. Level 4 (Year 1): Introduction to Animation, Drawing Lab, Process Lab, Theory/Critique, Tools & Machines, Words and Pictures; Level 5 (Year 2): Practice as Research, Sequential Illustration, Entrepreneurship & Markets (with Placement), Olio Publication; Level 6 (final year): Final Major Project Development, Portfolio Skills, Research/Dissertation, Exhibition, Final Major Project.

Career pathways

Some have a freelance practice, others work in-house. Illustration graduates might become art directors, concept artists, surface pattern designers, or they might create new jobs and careers that we cannot imagine yet.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typical offer: 96 – 120 UCAS tariff points (A-level CCC – BBB; BTEC MMM – DDM; T-level Pass). GCSE in English Lang/Lit and Maths at grade 4/C or above are usually required. UCAS code W220.

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). First-year tuition fee for the full-time course; fees increase for subsequent years. Placement-year fee charged separately. Source

International applicants: GBP 17,950 a year (2026/27). International undergraduate fee (fee band C) per taught year; 2026/27 table, inflationary uplifts may apply in later years. Source

Intake: September 2027; September 2028

Duration: 3 years full-time; part-time no fixed duration

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