Integrated Foundation with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Graphic Design

A four year route beginning with a foundation year in art and design before progressing into graphic design, covering typography, brand identity and digital and print production.

Graphic design hiring is entirely portfolio driven, and the foundation year is where that portfolio starts rather than a delay before it.

Integrated Foundation with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Graphic Design is taught at Bath Spa University, a public university in England with full degree awarding powers. Because the graphic design foundation route is a degree, it supports an application under the UK Graduate Route, which gives two years of unsponsored work in Britain after you finish. No job offer or sponsor is needed for the graphic design foundation route, but you must be inside the UK on a valid student visa when you apply. Your student visa covers the length of the graphic design foundation route plus a short period afterwards. UK rules from January 2024 bar a dependant partner or child on taught courses, so the graphic design foundation route does not support a family move.

Admission to Integrated Foundation with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Graphic Design requires a recognised post-secondary certificate or equivalent at 50 percent. The English requirement is IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, and tuition for the graphic design foundation route is recorded at GBP 19,330. Bath Spa charges no application fee, and no scholarship is recorded against the graphic design foundation route. The graphic design foundation route lists three entry windows, one September start in each of three consecutive years. Apply Study Visa manages your the graphic design foundation route application, the deposit, the offer, the CAS and the UK student visa as one process.