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Together we make, experiment and innovate. <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/apply">Apply now</a> to start studying at our specialist <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/courses/pre-degree">Post-16 campus</a>, choose a <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/courses">BA (Hons) degree</a> with options available for <a href="https://www.plymouthart.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/january-starts-and-distance-learning">January 2024</a> and <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate">September 2024</a> starts, or explore the <a href="https://www.aup.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate">Postgraduate courses</a> we have available.

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Postgraduate

Ceramics

MA Ceramics

Lottie Bond flatlay MA 2018

Printmaking

MA Printmaking

Eleanor Gooch

Jewellery

MA Jewellery

3D Design

Animation

Costume

Communication

Content Creation

Curation

Craft

Education

Technologies

Design

Digital Media

Drawing

Fashion

Film

Fine Art

Game Arts

Glass

Graphic Design

Illustration

Interior Design

Marketing

Media

Painting

Photography

Publishing

Production

Styling

Sound

Technical

Textiles

Art History

MA by Research

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MA Glass

A member of the public visiting the Another Crossing exhibition at The Box Plymouth in collaboration with Arts University Plymouth and Fuller Craft 2022

Museum Studies

MA Museum Studies

From Water by Mary Trapp MA Fine Art

Master of Fine Art (MFA)

Becky Dodmancrop

MA Textile Design

CLOD by Cassandra Agazzi Brooks MA Painting

MA Fine Art

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MA Visual Communication

Alan Braidford

MA Craft & Material Practices

Hannah Mumby

MA Illustration

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MA Drawing

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MA Painting

Striking aerial photography by Tim Gundry

MA Photography

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Our Courses

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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.

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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

Early student work from Foundation Diploma in Art and Design students in the new Palace Studios

Our specialist post-16 study programmes offer ambitious creatives a dedicated art college campus within a UK award-winning university. Students develop their unique perspective, meet like minded people and gain the sought-after skills, confidence and UCAS points needed to progress to their university of choice or to the UK's booming creative industries.

Pre-Degree & Sixth Form

Elliot Rowe building to scale ship for short film BA Hons Animation 1

Short Courses and Masterclasses

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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.

Young Arts