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Graphic Design (Professional Placement Year) BA (Hons)

UK

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What will I learn?

**Combine the key areas of graphic design and illustration practice in this broad-based Graphic Design course.**- Understand design conventions to challenge them, working across print, screen and interactive media.- Learn through carefully structured modules taught by supportive, experienced staff.- Experience working with clients and solve real production problems through Live Briefs.- This is a four-year course which includes a Professional Placement Year.Graphic Design at the Bath School of Design is a well-established course with an excellent reputation and employment record. You’ll learn through a comprehensive making-based experience, designed to equip you with the full range of skills you’ll need to thrive in the dynamic and interconnected creative industries.You’ll develop works across print, screen and interactive media, and be taught by a team of full-time and visiting tutors, who are design specialists, illustrators or graphic design practitioners.You’ll be supported through excellent workshop facilities in specialist areas such as letterpress, photography, screen printing, etching, lithography and digital design, and through our course-specific lecture series, delivered by highly-regarded national and international designers and illustrators.**More about the Professional Placement Year**A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in multiple placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team. The PPY Bursary can make work experience more accessible, with students undertaking a PPY able to receive between £500 and £1,500 to be used towards placement costs such as travel, food, workwear or accommodation.

Which department am I in?

Bath School of Design

Study options

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
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Start date

September 2025

Venue

Main Site

Newton Park,

Bath,

Bath And North East Somerset,

BA2 9BN, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For students from Hong Kong

Grades BBC-CCC including Grade C in Art & Design or Graphics or related subjects preferred.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Bath Spa University

Bath Spa aims to be a leading university in creativity, innovation, and enterprise, offering superb teaching and stunning campus locations.

  • Small class sizes and high quality of teaching
  • Bath rated as the second safest city in the UK
  • Voted “University of the Year for Social Inclusion†in 2024
  • Work placements available in various well-known companies