Illustration and Visual Media (Hons) University of the Arts London (UAL)

Overview

The Illustration and Visual Media (Hons) programme at the University of the Arts London (UAL) seeks to challenge existing preconceptions and definitions of illustration, and encourages students to view themselves as thinkers as well as image makers.

What can you expect?

The course offers you the intellectual and creative space to examine existing definitions of illustration whilst exploring future directions. This enables you to work in a broad range of media, processes and techniques.

Image based storytelling is the basis for what we do and we do not purely follow the figurative drawing base of traditional illustration courses, instead we encourage you to work in a broad range of media, processes and techniques.

The course is not defined by a medium or material and not limited to a style but fuelled by a desire to communicate by whatever means are appropriate. This can be presented as sculpture, typography, photography, film, animation, digital, print based or a combination of all of these.

The course is led by a team of practising artists, designers, researchers and academics who will support you in becoming well informed and critically engaged.

Careers and alumni

After graduation, our students enter into a wide and varied range of professional practices working in art, illustration or graphic design, for international and UK based companies including Alexander McQueen, Airside, Pentagram, John Brown Publishing, Vault 49 (New York) and Prologue (LA). Students also set up their own companies, operating as freelance illustrators or exhibiting artists and designers, or go on to study at MA level.

Our graduates have gone onto great success within the industry, highlighting the diverse, transferable skills and breadth of expertise they take with them into an increasingly diverse and interdisciplinary market.