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With space to create using both traditional and contemporary techniques and facilities, our Crafts courses are housed in our £8m Craft, Design and Fabrication workshops, including our Fab Lab, our Glass-blowing house, our open plan Ceramics space, our Metals workshop, and our Plaster room.

Crafts & Making

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Working with industry experts and world-renowned brands, our fashion, costume and textiles courses cover everything from designing and creating fabrics, to whole fashion collections or costumes for film and performance, through to styling, shooting and promoting brands. We create independently-minded thinkers and makers who are looking to influence change within the fashion industry.

Fashion & Textiles

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From studying photography as a contemporary art practice, to making films, soundscapes and animations, you will explore the craft and aesthetics of these subjects guided by industry professionals in fully equipped studios and workshops.

Photography & Film

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From Fine Art to Photography, and Drawing to Printmaking, we have a wealth of visual art focused degrees which are situated in fully equipped, purpose built studios run by practicing artists.

Fine Art, Drawing and Painting

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To produce meaningful design, whether it be an environment, product, service, or performance, requires a designer to balance and creatively reinvent the social interface between maker and end-user. Whilst good design shows how form solves problems or conveys complexity in beautiful ways, it simultaneously fosters a way of thinking about our world as a shared experience.

Visual Communication & Design

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Explore our state-of-the-art multimedia studio environment and learn skills across all aspects of this expansive technological sector, from using sound as a creative medium, to designing games and creating animations.

Games & Media

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Not quite ready for a degree? Our Foundation Diploma and our Extended BA programme are two different options that give you the chance to spend a year exploring various creative practices, preparing you for entry into Undergraduate study.

Foundation & Extended Degrees

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Undergraduate

Drawing

Fine Art

Painting

Printmaking

BA (Hons) Painting, Drawing & Printmaking

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Communication

Content Creation

Design

Digital Media

Fashion

Film

Marketing

Media

Photography

Production

BA (Hons) Content Creation

BA Hons Craft Material Practices

3D Design

Ceramics

Craft

Glass

Jewellery

Textiles

BA (Hons) Craft & Material Practices

J O Kane Dennis Rodman BA Hons Illustration

Illustration

BA (Hons) Illustration

Paul Hillon BA Hons Fine Art

BA (Hons) Fine Art

Charlotte Venn BA Hons Textile Design

Technologies

Interior Design

Technical

BA (Hons) Textile Design

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Sound

BA (Hons) Film & Screen Arts

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Graphic Design

Publishing

BA (Hons) Graphic Design

Corey Hyne BA Hons Fashion Media Marketing

Styling

BA (Hons) Fashion Media & Marketing

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Curation

BA (Hons) Interior Design & Styling

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BA (Hons) Fashion Design

Matthew Vos BA Hons Animation Games

Animation

Game Arts

BA (Hons) Game Arts & Animation

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BA (Hons) Photography

Rae Hildbrand BA Hons Costume Production

Costume

BA (Hons) Costume Production

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CertHE Ceramics & Glass

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Business

CertHE Business & Management for Creatives

Max Wilson Extended BA

Education

Extended BA (Hons) Degree

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Pre-Degree

Art History

Critical & Cultural

UAL Foundation Diploma in Art & Design

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Our Courses

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As an MA student at Arts University Plymouth you will join our Postgraduate Centre, an active, cross-disciplinary community of makers and thinkers.

Postgraduate

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Looking for an art college experience after GCSEs? Find your course at an Arts University doing things differently.

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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

Our Courses

Undergraduate

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