Undergraduate Pathway in Art and Design

Why study this pathway programme?

• The University’s Faculty of Arts, Design and Media features nine dedicated schools, including the historic Birmingham School of Art.
• Birmingham School of Art boasts links with a range of prestigious institutions including Tate Liverpool, Ikon Gallery, and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
• The International Project Space offers the opportunity to exhibit your work to external audiences, giving you valuable professional exposure.

Birmingham City University is #24 in the UK for Art (The Guardian, 2018)

Workshops for art students at Birmingham City University's Margaret Street from Navitas on Vimeo.

Stage 1: University Foundation

Portfolio requirements

You will need to submit a portfolio for an Art and Design programme if:

• you want to enrol onto a 2-semester art and design programme*
• you have no academic background in art and design
• you have a Level 5 qualification (such as an HND or a Dazhuan).

* Providing your academic grades meet our minimum entry requirements.

Modules

• Creative Workshop*
  
• Critical Thinking*
  
• Extended Media Experimentation
  
• Information Research, Recording and Responding In Art & Design
  
• Interactive Learning Skills and Communication*
  
• Interactive Learning Skills and Communication & Preparation and Progression in Art and Design
  
• Knowledge & Understanding Of Creative Practice In Art & Design
  
• Mass Communication*
  
• Media Experimentation in Art and Design
  
• Personal Combined Experimental Studies In Art & Design
  

* Additional four modules in the three-semester programme.

Birmingham City University Degree Pathways

• BA (Hons) Art and Design
  
• BA (Hons) Fine Art
  
• BA (Hons) Graphic Communication
  
• BA (Hons) Illustration
  
• BA (Hons) Photography

Special entry requirements

Students must submit a portfolio if they are entering the two-semester Art and Design programme. Students must also submit a portfolio if they do not have an academic qualification in Art and Design.

Important:

All students accessing the 3D workshops, plaster room, glass room, water-jet cutting room and the kiln room will need to wear safety footwear that has toe caps. Such footwear can be purchased from any safety footwear provider – including Sports Direct – and can be as cheap as £12. The shoes should be S1P and comply with EN 20345.

There is no long-term storage facility for personal items in the workshops, so students are advised to bring the safety footwear with them each day they are accessing the workshops.