MA Illustration at University of Gloucestershire

Programme overview

The MA in Illustration gives you the opportunity to navigate your practice within a supportive creative community, build confidence in your work, develop visual storytelling skills and succeed with a sustainable creative profession. You’ll have access to excellent creative facilities and your own studio space to question, challenge and explore your image-making skills.

Faculty: School of Arts, Culture & Environment | Department: Art | Duration: MA: 1 year full-time; MA: 2 years part-time; PgDip: 1 year full-time; PgDip: 2 years part-time; PgCert Full-time Short (6 months); PgCert: 1 year part-time | Study mode: full-time, part-time | Intake: September 2027; September 2028 | Location: Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Compulsory modules. Level 7: Research Methods, Major Research Project, Visual Narrative: Drawing and Process, Visual Storytelling: Audience and Collaboration, The Professional Illustrator.

Career pathways

Graduate career-ready and discover a range of exciting roles in illustration. Work independently as a freelance illustrator, design for graphic novels, games art, animation, storyboarding and visualisation for production design.

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Application information

Entry requirements

You should hold at least a 2.2 Bachelors degree with honours. Interview (possible attendance) You will be required to attend an interview. Please refer to our interview guide for further information. Essential portfolio The portfolio may include a variety of work including but not limited to past academic work, professional work and/or personal projects, as well as sketches and roughs. Our postgraduate illustrators arrive from many disciplinary backgrounds so there is no real limitation on what you can send for consideration, if in doubt, please email the course leader: [email protected]. The portfolio can be sent as a PDF or URL link to an online collection of your work. Please include arou

Intake: September 2027; September 2028

Duration: MA: 1 year full-time; MA: 2 years part-time; PgDip: 1 year full-time; PgDip: 2 years part-time; PgCe

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