Overview

Throughout the Illustration (Hons) (with Foundation Year) course from Teesside University you work on live briefs that mirror industry challenges, whether that’s creating illustrations for online or printed publication briefs, designing striking posters, developing characters for comics or games, and much more.

Key Facts

Whether you're drawn to book cover illustration, children’s book illustration, editorial illustration, comics and graphic novels, printmaking, or vibrant poster design, this course at Teesside University is designed to bring your creative ideas to life.

Guided by industry professionals with experience in book illustration, comics, motion design, and editorial work, you gain the practical skills needed to succeed in today’s competitive creative industries. With career-focused modules, you explore the diverse fields of illustration, learning how they operate, who drives them, and how to thrive in them.

Career opportunities

You have a wide range of career opportunities including illustrator, designer, artist, creative producer, propmaker, or working in heritage, public engagement, marketing, advertising, packaging design, publishing, workshop facilitator, teaching and motion design.

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Programme Structure

Courses included:

Contextual Studies

Portfolio Project

Research and Analysis

Specialism Project

Thinking Through Drawing

Thinking Through Making

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Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-28 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-25 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

5.5

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Credits

480 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Design Graphic Design View 214 other Bachelors in Graphic Design in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

PTE Academic

59

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IELTS

5.5

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Other requirements

General requirements

Any combination of Level 3 subjects and/or relevant experience will be considered on a case by case basis.

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Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

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Non-residents

17000 GBP / year

≈ 17000 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

9790 GBP / year

≈ 9790 GBP / year

Living costs

Middlesbrough

United Kingdom

600 - 1000 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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Programme Structure

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Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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What students do after studying

Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

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Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic Applies to you

Living costs

Middlesbrough

Funding

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Scholarships Information

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