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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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Short Courses and Masterclasses

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3D Design

Animation

Ceramics

Costume

Communication

Craft

Design

Digital Media

Drawing

Fashion

Film

Fine Art

Game Arts

Graphic Design

Illustration

Interior Design

Jewellery

Media

Painting

Photography

Printmaking

Publishing

Styling

Sound

Textiles

Commercial Photography

Online Learning Taster Course (Dec 2023)

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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 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

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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