This course is for international students who want to study at postgraduate level in the UK but do not have the academic or English level required to gain direct entry. This course will give you practical skills in your chosen subject area to enable you to progress to postgraduate level study.

Pre-masters Diploma: Art & Design Practice

Students at work, UCA Rochester

Student working, UCA Farnham

Cai Griffith, BA (Hons) Graphic Design New Media, UCA Epsom

Fashion studio, UCA Rochester

University Library, UCA Farnham

Mac computer room, UCA Farnham

University Library, UCA Epsom

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This course will:

• progress you to postgraduate level study in the areas of Fashion & Textiles or Graphics & Illustration, and
• improve your English language IELTS* score by 1.0

This course is ideal for students who already have a recognised undergraduate degree-level qualification (or equivalent), and acts as a conversion course for students who are interested in studying one of the following subject areas at Masters level.

• MA Fashion: Design & Atelier
• MA Fashion Promotion & Imaging
• MA Graphic Design
• MA Graphic Design & Communication.

Successful completion of Pre-Masters Diploma: Art & Design Practice guarantees progression on to one of these courses at UCA. You will be particularly suited to this course if you already have a degree or previous experience of Fashion or Graphic Design related subject areas.You will need a practical portfolio of work to be eligible to apply for this course.

These courses help you to:

Develop your existing practical skills in your chosen subject to enable you to progress to MA level study. You will also learn about British culture and public arts institutions, and study a range of current cultural and theoretical debates in the visual arts.

• Develop your study and research skills to help you successfully progress onto postgraduate level
• Introduce you to creative arts study in the UK
• Improve your academic English for studying on creative arts courses
• Improve your IELTS* score by a maximum 1.0
• Increase your confidence as a creative arts student in the UK
• Help you to understand more about living and studying in the UK

*or equivalent UKBA recognised qualification

please note: the location of this course is subject to change

Accommodation at UCA Epsom

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