Course Overview

On the MA Illustration degree, you will develop your professional skills as an Illustrator. You will work with design professionals of international standing. This master's degree gives you the opportunity to work in professional and industrial contexts. The MA Illustration degree is designed to develop your imaginative, creative and technical potential as an illustrator. It provides an opportunity for you to examine a range of media in the fields of illustration, including the role of image-making in new and traditional media, and illustration's relationships with fine art and digital media. This master's degree gives you an opportunity to develop advanced knowledge and skills in the use of narrative storytelling and its relationship to illustration, as well as illustrative conventions in children's and adult literature, comics, and other media. We encourage you to develop the entrepreneurial and commercial skills necessary to help develop your work to its full potential and to equip you with the practical and intellectual skills to thrive as a practicing artist.

General Eligibility

An honors degree (2:2 or above) in a field relevant to the award you want to study. If you do not have a degree, you will need to show you have appropriate professional experience and skills to benefit from the course. We may also be able to take into account accredited prior learning (APL) or accredited prior experiential learning (APEL). If your degree is in a different field, you will need appropriate knowledge, skills, or experience in the field you wish to study or be able to show that you are prepared for intensive new learning. In all cases, you will need to demonstrate through a portfolio or interview your preparedness for study at the postgraduate level.

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• If English is not your first language, you will need a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent.