211 Bachelor Programs in Design Studies in United Kingdom for 2024

The Art & Design (General Foundation) BA (Hons) / BDes (Hons) focus of the first year of this course is centered on learning independence and finding your individual path. It also develops your practical skills and critical thinking. You will undertake a diverse range of projects throughout the year, that will each offer different challenges and opportunities. The course content will help you to decide on your choice of Honours degree specialism for the remainder of your course.

If you choose BA (Hons) Advertising at London College of Communication you will be exposed to a variety of platforms. The course will prepare you as a multi-skilled communicator, developing your own unique creative voice and forward-facing approach.

BA (Hons) Computer Animation and Visual Effects is a practice-led, concept-driven course which will enable you to explore the creative process through a range of digital technologies. You will be introduced to a range of 2D and 3D digital tools that are key to developing your conceptual, creative and technical skillset.

BA (Hons) Cordwainers Fashion Bags and Accessories: Product Design and Innovation is delivered with employment in the industry in mind. This course focuses on producing graduates who can make an innovative and visionary contribution to accessory design and product development within the fashion industry.

BA (Hons) Cordwainers Footwear: Product Design and Innovation is delivered with employment in the relevant industry in mind. You will study a range of units that will equip you with the relevant professional, communication and business skills.

BA (Hons) Costume for Performance prepares students for a career working with costume and fashion in the performance industry, by learning a specialist subject in the heart of a thriving cultural capital city.

The course at Wimbledon views costume as a broad, developing and ever-changing industry. Both specialisms will encourage you to explore and build confidence in both traditional and innovative approaches to costume design and realisation, through new and emerging media and digital presentation techniques.

Design isn’t just a way of making and doing; it’s a way of understanding and engaging with the world.

On BA (Hons) Design Management you’ll gain valuable insights into how design management is expanding in diverse contemporary contexts, while applying your skills and knowledge through a range of live projects.

BA (Hons) Design for Art Direction is a unique course that explores the practical, conceptual and communications skills related to design and art direction.

BA (Hons) Design for Climate Justice places design action and ecological literacy at the centre of your learning.

Design for Event, Exhibition and Performance specialises in creating 'storytelling spaces', whether for a brand, a collection, or an idea. This ambitious and wide-ranging programme aims to prepare you for a future career in the 21st Century experience economy and offers opportunities to work on a wide range of creative briefs.

BA (Hons) Fashion Pattern Cutting focuses on innovative cutting, fabric sourcing and digital technologies in the development of structured and unstructured clothing. Students learn design research and interpretation, 3D realisation, fit alteration, pattern drafting and adaptation, construction and manufacture. There will also be a focus on trend investigation and market analysis.

BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Knit focuses on inventive approaches to the development and realisation of contemporary fashion textiles. We believe that technology and skills inform the design process and foster creativity. Students on this specialist knitwear textiles pathway explore surface pattern and texture for fashion fabrics through knitted structures.

BA (Hons) Fashion Textiles: Print focuses on inventive approaches to the development and realisation of contemporary fashion textiles. We believe that technology and skills inform the design process and foster creativity. The print pathway celebrates the hand-rendered ‘handwriting’ of each designer, through creative drawing and technical production techniques.