There is a growing need for graduates from courses like this, designers who have experience and a range of digital software as well as traditional drawing and communication skills.
Oliver Wright
Design Manager,
Sony Entertainment
Futureproof your career - pick up many of the skills highlighted by Microsoft as the 'future of work'.Our Design & Crafts courses ranked 8th in the UK for 'Satisfied with Course' and 3rd for 'Satisfied with Teaching' in The Guardian University Guide 2020Receive ongoing support to find placements and work experience.Show your work to industry professionals at our end-of-course degree show.Live and work in Cambridge, at the forefront of the digital revolutionStudy abroad for one semester in the Netherlands, and apply for funding to help cover the costNew technology and changing platforms means there is a constant demand for people with the skills to design and create new and engaging interactive content for advertising, online businesses and social media. Our course will help you develop your artistic vision for the future of digital content, while giving you research and analytical skills to underpin your innovative and creative ideas.
You will follow briefs and challenges that come straight from industry, as well as having the chance to work with students from other courses in team-based collaborative projects. You will study in the culturally and artistically rich community of Cambridge School of Art, with access to all our industry-standard facilities. Cambridge is at the forefront of the digital revolution, with many digital agencies and digitally-reliant companies starting up or opening divisions here in recent years, including Sookio, Onespacemedia and Amazon.
Our teaching staff and technicians will support you to develop your skills in drawing and visual communication; core design skills; interactive design; video; digital photography; web design; mobile apps; sound design; user interfaces; and digital animation, as well as highly sought after transferable skills such as team work, project planning, digital portfolio creation and marketing.
At the end of the course you will showcase your work as part of our annual Degree Show, which is attended every year by industry professionals and recruitment agencies, as well as parents, friends and alumni.
Course Leader: Tina Burton
