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Together we make, experiment and innovate. <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/apply">Apply now</a> to start a <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/courses">BA (Hons) degree</a>, with options available for <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate">September 2023</a> and <a href="https://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/january-starts-and-distance-learning">January 2024</a> starts.

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Short Courses and Masterclasses

Full Time

This 3 day portfolio-building course, for 15-18 year olds, will help you to create a diverse range of work and build the skills you need to present a creative portfolio to your university of choice.

Build Your Portfolio (Free)

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Our Courses

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Creativity doesn’t just happen in the studio, workshop or darkroom. It’s a way of life. A lot has changed here since we started out over 160 years ago, but this simple equation of making and living still shapes everything we do.

Undergraduate

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Our postgraduate programmes invite you to explore and refine your creative practice by critically engaging with the cultural, technological and economic changes that are shaping our world.

Postgraduate

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Our specialist post-16 study programmes offer ambitious creatives a dedicated pre-degree campus to develop their unique perspective, meet like minded people and gain the sought-after skills necessary to progress onto degree-level study or industry.

Pre-Degree

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Arts University Plymouth’s Young Arts programme was established in 1988. Young Arts feature the university's renowned Saturday Arts Clubs and for over 30 years has worked to bridge the gap in arts provision for young people created by increasingly limited access to creative activity in schools.