BA (Hons) Graphic Design

About LCCA

For creative, innovative, and artistic individuals LCCA is the best place to kickstart your career. We offer a range of practical programs awarded by the University for the Creative Arts (UCA).

UCA was the highest-placed specialist creative university in The Guardian’s 2021 University League Table. From fashion and graphic design to business and hospitality, our undergraduate and postgraduate programs will help you get industry-ready.

The Course

The emphasis of this course is for you to develop ideas-based solutions to communication design tasks. This Graphic Design course encourages you to “think” and “reflect” as well as “do”.

The subject is framed in its historical and contemporary context. The course team ensures an understanding of the principles/ core issues of visual communication; and considers this to be their ‘equipment for a life’ in design practice and the creative industries. This is born out of the staff team's experience with contemporary communication design practices.

You are alerted to your social and ethical responsibility as future designers, as well as to issues of sustainability. You are encouraged to explore the boundaries of the subject and anticipate future developments, but still retain core skills in fundamental design practice. We emphasize your ability to ‘make’ and develop craft skills through both analog and digital design mediums.

You will develop conceptual-analytical skills as a lifelong transferable currency appropriate for the demands of the contemporary working environment. You will also consider skills and technology in the context that they will be applied, which is a vital consideration for any designer practicing within the ‘multi-platform mediums prevalent in contemporary culture. You are encouraged to explore making in a post-digital context developing both physical and digital skills that enhance and integrate.

This course will help you to develop appropriate, varied, transferable methodologies for both research and enterprise through taught units such as developing your practice in Yr2. You will be introduced to the complexities of creative industries and the varied choices you will engage in for employment and how best to develop a profile that will enable you to maximize opportunities for the future beyond the course.

The course prepares you for the increasingly complex decisions you will encounter after graduation for employment and entrepreneurship, through a wide range of visiting lecturers, specialist tutors, and ‘live’ brief activities.

Located in London, with ease of access to continental Europe and rich cultural and historic heritage, the course is ideally situated and attracts a varied range of students both nationally and internationally.

Course Requirements

We take a balanced approach to candidate assessment, taking both individual portfolios and exam results into account.

That’s why your portfolio is an essential part of your application to study with us – and we can help. Our academics can offer you expert advice on how to showcase your creative work and build a portfolio that will make your application stand out.

More advice on creating an exceptional portfolio and specific portfolio requirements for this course are also available here.

Along with your portfolio, the standard entry requirements** for this course are:

• 112 UCAS tariff points from accepted qualifications*, or
• Pass at Foundation Diploma in Art & Design (Level 3 or 4), or
• Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma, or
• Merit at UAL Extended Diploma, or
• 112 UCAS tariff points from an accredited Access to Higher Education Diploma in an appropriate subject, or
• 27 points in the International Baccalaureate, see more information about IB entry requirements

And 4 GCSE passes at grade A and grades 4-9 including English and Maths.

Other relevant and equivalent level 3 UK and international qualifications are considered individually, and we encourage students from diverse educational backgrounds to apply.

If your first language is not English, you need an IELTS score of 6.0 or equivalent. If you require a visa to study in the UK, you will also need a minimum score of 5.5 in each individual component.

*To see the accepted QCF qualifications, visit this website.

** We occasionally make offers that are lower than the standard entry criteria, to students who have faced difficulties that have affected their performance and who were expected to achieve higher results. In these cases, a strong portfolio is especially helpful.

Career Path

Studying graphic design with us will give you a highly transferable set of skills that are desirable across a broad range of creative industries.

Our graduates have landed exciting, fulfilling positions, including:

• Graphic designers
• Illustrators
• Art directors
• Picture editors
• Information designers
• Digital media and app developers
• Web and broadcast designers
• User Interface (UI) design
• User experience (UX) design
• Advertising and branding
• Animators
• Concept artists
• Creative directors
• Exhibition designer
• Fine artists.