Course Overview

You'll enter an intensive environment replicating a full-service advertising agency, where you'll develop the creativity and critical skills to forge a successful advertising career.

Working collaboratively in teams, you'll create innovative advertising from your first week, tackling real agency briefs. While developing a keen understanding of conception and strategy, you'll learn the vital skills essential to any creative advertising role — IT training, negotiation and presenting ideas.

You will:

Graduate equipped with a professional portfolio and the contacts you need to win the job you want

Have the chance to exhibit your work at the D&AD New Blood competition

Interact with top international agencies and get advice from leading creative directors, strategists, planners and former students

Create links with the world's best advertising agencies

General Eligibility

We welcome applications from those with relevant equivalent Level 6 qualifications or relevant equivalent experience and a demonstrable interest in the subject.

We also welcome your application if you have formal or 'certified' 'earnings (such as training courses not run by universities or colleges) and learning from work experience or self-study. This is called Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) and should have been gained within the last five years and be equivalent to the learning outcomes of our minimum entry qualifications.

APL applicants using experience to apply should note a £200 application fee for entry with advanced standing or with exemption from specific modules or credit.

Part Time Work Details

Twenty hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• If English isn't your first language, you'll need to demonstrate English language skills that are sufficiently developed for the successful completion of your studies. We accept a range of recognised English language qualifications equivalent to the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Academic minimum score of 6.5 overall, with a minimum of 6.0 in Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening.

  International applicants who require a student visa to study in the UK must take a recognised language test approved and vouched for by the University. Our Applicant Services Team can help with questions about study visas or suitable language tests.