29 Illustration BA Degree Programs

SCAD’s Illustration program helps students develop a unique artistic style and strong personal brand. Explore traditional and digital media while mastering concept creation, material selection, and professional business skills. Build a standout portfolio and gain the expertise needed to thrive in creative industries.

Drawing is your passion; you think in images. Our Berlin-based B.A. Illustration program will teach you to visualize messages and draft blueprints while developing your personal style. Learn to apply your drawing skills in a professional context.

The Bachelor of Arts in Illustration will help you improve on and enjoy studying illustration. To be successful within this program, you must possess an exceptional drawing ability. You will experiment with both digital and physical illustration mediums to develop your own unique illustration style.

On the BA (Hons) Illustration course, you will be given the freedom to explore personal expression through illustration. With the guidance of our expert teaching faculty, you will be shown how to use illustration to entertain, communicate, influence, inform and educate. Bring your ideas to life using various mediums such as pencils, paint, ink, moving image, animation, digital tools and more.

Begin your career in illustration and animation with the Illustration Animation BA (Hons) degree course from Kingston University. We are ranked No. 1 in London and in the Top 5 in the UK for Graphic Design* in the Guardian University Guide 2025 (*covers Graphic Design and Illustration Animation).

The Illustration program at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences (UE) combines the traditional arts such as painting, drawing, and printmaking with the fascination of contemporary design using modern, digital techniques. Illustrations visualize complex content in newspapers, magazines, infographics, advertisements, posters, websites, and apps. They tell stories in picture books and comics and create entire films or virtual worlds in storyboards and concept art.

Bachelor of Arts in Comics and Illustration is the curriculum of the Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design that prepares professionals to enter the world of comics and illustration and enables them to tell stories by giving shape to their own style and technique. Students acquire art skills such as composition, visual communication, inking, anatomy, and perspective.

The Illustration BA aims to provide an intellectual and creative space for students to explore and build skills in a range of traditional, digital and emerging image-making technologies. Industry modules enable students to develop transferable professional skills that support creative agility, resilience and adaptability for rapidly evolving professional opportunities. This course offers a flexible, interdisciplinary and multimedia approach to the study and practice of contemporary illustration and is developed through a range of industry-focused projects and self-defined contexts. A supportive studio environment and learning community nurture your individual development and distinctive voice as both an illustrator and creative practitioner in the wider field of visual communication. Studio-based projects, national and international competitions and live industry projects provide context and creative challenge, fostering experimentation and visual inquiry. You will have the creative space to explore and examine a range of processes and practices in both traditional and emerging technologies. The course has a strong professional focus and, in conjunction with the University’s award-winning Westminster Enterprise Network, supports all aspects of employability, from training and professional practice to self-promotion and networking opportunities.

The international illustration top-up course will facilitate students to undertake projects with an external professional and international focus, run in collaboration with a range of academic and professional partners.

Our unique academic program lets our students engage with exciting new trends in various creative disciplines, popular visual cultures, and cutting-edge design technologies. They begin with a foundation year where students have the opportunity to experience all of our visual disciplines: Graphic Design, Photography, Art Direction, Illustration, and Multimedia, before choosing a major visual subject to take through to their third year. This allows for a unique understanding of visual communication as well as an opportunity for our students to truly curate their learning according to their avenues of talent and interest. We combine this practice with subjects like Marketing, Business Leadership, Discourse, and Visual Studies, ensuring our students are at the forefront of an industry that is constantly evolving. The five majors (Applied Illustration, Art Direction, Graphic Design, Multimedia & Photography) focus on creative and industry-related practical knowledge and skills, with the remaining three components delivering vital context and theory that set our graduates apart in the South African job market.

BA (Hons) Illustration graduates progress to careers in a variety of industries such as publishing, publishing, advertising, children's books, art direction, graphic design, film and animation, fine art, digital media, teaching and web design; as well as those who go on to further study at the graduate level.

Become a skilled and versatile 2D or 3D animator, with a focus on illustration and storytelling, at Cambridge School of Art and turn your creative ideas into a rewarding career in animation and illustration. Our BA (Hons) Animation and Illustration course explores the connections between animation and illustration, helping you to create sequential narratives using a variety of methods – from the latest specialist 2D digital animation, 3D CGI used in industry and interactive techniques to traditional handmade image-making.

The Illustration BA (Hons) program is designed to help students develop their artistic skills and build a strong portfolio. It covers a wide range of illustration styles and techniques, from tradition...

Become a skilled and versatile 2D or 3D animator, with a focus on illustration and storytelling, at Cambridge School of Art and turn your creative ideas into a rewarding career in animation and illustration. Our BA (Hons) Animation and Illustration course explores the connections between animation and illustration, helping you to create sequential narratives using a variety of methods – from the latest specialist 2D digital animation, and 3D CGI used in industry and interactive techniques to traditional handmade image-making.

The Illustration (BA Hons) program is designed to help students develop their artistic skills and understanding of visual storytelling. Throughout the course, you'll explore various illustration techn...