BA (Hons) Fine Art and Illustration

This course will provide you with the opportunity to explore both fine art and illustration, giving you a unique skillset that is highly sought after by employers. You'll learn from experienced staff who are practising artists and designers themselves, and have access to excellent facilities and resources. Our graduates go on to work in a variety of fields, including publishing, advertising, and freelance illustration. With our strong industry connections, you'll also have the chance to gain valuable work experience through internships and work placements.

Additional Information

We welcome applications from students who are passionate about fine art and illustration, regardless of their background or qualifications. Our course is designed to be flexible, so you can tailor your studies to suit your interests and career goals. We also offer a range of extra-curricular activities, including visiting lectures, workshops, and exhibitions, which will help you build your portfolio and connect with potential employers.

Unlock Your Creativity at University of Worcester

The University of Worcester has an excellent reputation for providing high-quality art and design education. Our staff are experts in their field and have a proven track record of producing successful graduates. We offer a supportive and stimulating learning environment, with state-of-the-art facilities and resources at your disposal. Plus, our central location makes it easy to explore the surrounding area and gain inspiration for your art and design projects.

From the outset, Fine Art students work using diverse processes and methods, with critical and contextual studies, drawing, object making, and online and time-based media integral to learning. In your first year, you review your previous experience and engage with art-making through personal experimentation, workshops, and set projects. In your second year, ongoing critical inquiry develops your individual 'language'. This is consolidated in the third year through the development of work for public exhibition and of the curatorial skills required to present your own and others' practices. The course focuses, throughout, on individual progress and on supporting you to explore and articulate your own work and your aspirations for it: the aim is to enable you to become confident about presenting your practice and ideas to others - a vital skill when you graduate.

Graduates from the Fine Arts aspect of the course have had success in a variety of careers in the arts as well. Increasingly, graduates are undertaking a variety of freelance commissions. Often they progress to setting up their own creative businesses or undertaking postgraduate study at some of the UK's most prestigious institutions. Illustrators are in increasing demand as the media industries expand.

Options for the professional illustrator include newspapers and magazines, books, advertising, exhibiting independent work, television, and the internet. All these fields are potential showcases for graduates' work. Our interdisciplinary approach gives flexibility and a wider view of the world that is attractive to employers. Graduates will find career opportunities not only in illustration but also in television motion graphics, graphic design, story writing, studio management, and advertising.

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.