Our entry requirements indicate standard and Minimum qualifications with which we usually accept students. However, competition for places varies yearly, and you aren't guaranteed a business if you meet the minimum qualifications.
Minimum year 1
SQA Higher
Standard Entry Requirement
BBBB to include one of the subjects: Design, Art & Design, Music, Photography, Media, Graphic Communication, or Design and manufacturing.
National 5 Grade C in English.
Minimum Offer Entry Requirement
BBCC to include one of the following subjects: Design, Art & Design, Music, Photography, Media, or Graphic Communication.
National 5 grade C in English.
A Level
BCC to include one of the subjects: Design, Art & Design, Music, Photography, Media, or Graphic Communication/Moving Image Arts.
GCSE Grade C/4 in English.
Irish Leaving Certificate
Pre-2017 Grading System:
B1, B1, B3, B3 at Higher Level to include one of the following subjects: Design, Art & Design, Music, Photography, Media, or Graphic Communication.
Ordinary Level English at C2.
New Grading System:
H2, H2, H3, H3 at Higher Level to include one of the subjects: Design, Art & Design, Music, Photography, Media, or Graphic Communication.
Ordinary Level English at O4.
BTEC (QCF) Extended Diploma Level 3
Minimum grades DMM (Distinction, Merit, Merit) in a related subject.
GCSE Grade C/4 in English.
BTEC Diploma
Minimum grades D*D (Distinction*, Distinction) in a related subject.
GCSE Grade C/4 in English.
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Award of Diploma with 28 points overall with three HL subjects at grades 6, 5, and 4 to include one of the following subjects: Design, Art & Design, Music, Photography, Media or Graphic Communication at minimum grade 5.
Grade 4 in SL English.
European Baccalaureate
Pass at 70% or above with grade 7 in three subjects to include one of the following subjects: Design, Art & Design, Music, Photography, Media, or Graphic Communication.
Grade 6 in English.
T Levels
Merit - T Level with additional A Level in Design, Art & Design, Music, Photography, Media, Graphic Communication, Moving Image Arts grade B
GCSE Maths and English grade C/4
Minimum year 2
HNC
Pass HNC in a related subject with a grade of B in the graded unit.