MA Illustration and Visual Media at University of the Arts London

Programme overview

MA Illustration and Visual Media provides a critical space in which traditional definitions of the field can be challenged, deconstructed and reconfigured, preparing graduates for professional practice as autonomous artists.

Faculty: London College of Communication | Duration: 12 months full-time | Study mode: full-time | Intake: September 2027 | Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Units include The Emergent Image (40 credits); The Critical Image (20 credits); Collaborative Unit (20 credits); The Authored Image (40 credits); The Contemporary Image: Final Major Project and Thesis (60 credits).

Career pathways

Graduates are able to translate narrative images across media and deploy illustrative content in books, online, animation and interactive and environmental settings.

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Application information

Entry requirements

An honours degree in an image-led art and design subject, or equivalent qualifications or prior experiential learning. English language: IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking (or equivalent).

Domestic applicants: GBP 14,710 for the whole programme (2027/28). Home (UK) tuition fee for the course as listed; correct for entry in 2027/28 Source

International applicants: GBP 31,510 for the whole programme (2027/28). International tuition fee for the course as listed; correct for entry in 2027/28 Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 12 months full-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.arts.ac.uk/subjects/illustration/postgraduate/ma-illustration-and-visual-media-lcc

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