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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Illustration with Integrated Foundation Year
Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts
Entry requirements
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Course summary
What this course is about
UCAS code: W221
Here's what Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts says about its Illustration with Integrated Foundation Year course.
Our Integrated Foundation Year course is the ideal choice for a student looking to pursue an undergraduate degree in the creative arts. It will give you the grounding, tools, practical skills and confidence to succeed in the BA(Hons) Illustration degree at CSVPA with an enhanced knowledge and understanding of specialist techniques and materials.
You will take this one year course before progressing onto our BA(Hons) Illustration course at CSVPA. This initial year is designed to allow you to explore a broad range of media, approaches and concepts in arts and design, and to develop your own distinctive voice and direction for future success.
BA(Hons) Illustration Our BA (Hons) Illustration course gives students the freedom to explore personal expression through illustration. With the guidance of our expert teaching faculty, students are shown how to use illustration to entertain, communicate, influence, inform and educate. Bring ideas to life using various mediums such as pencils, paint, ink, moving image, animation, digital tools and more. Students will explore image making as a dynamic artistic practice, utilising clarity, vision and their own unique style. Our small class sizes ensure that you will receive frequent one-to-one guidance from our highly-skilled lecturers, allowing for a more tailored learning experience. Teaching comprises of studio-based design projects, set and live project briefs, self-initiated work, workshops and lectures. By the end of the course, you will be equipped with the tools to help define your future and find an individual voice within the field of illustration.
Please click the following link to find out more about the Integrated Foundation Year: https://www.csvpa.com/course/ba-hons-with-integrated-foundation-year/
To find out more about our BA(Hons) Graphic Design degree, click this link: https://www.csvpa.com/course/ba-hons-illustration/
Source: Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts
Course details
Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Department
Art and Design
Location
Main Site | Cambridge
Duration
4 Years
Study mode
Full-time including foundation year
Subjects
• Illustration
Start date
14 September 2026
Application deadline
14 January 2026
Tuition fees
| Location | Fees |
|---|---|
| England | £5,595 per year |
| Scotland | £5,595 per year |
| Wales | £5,595 per year |
| Northern Ireland | £5,595 per year |
| EU | £16,980 per year |
| International | £21,620 per year |
Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts student reviews
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National Student Survey (NSS) scores at Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts
The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts students who took the Illustration with Integrated Foundation Year course - or another course in the same subject area.
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Teaching on my course
91%
high
Teaching on my course
91%
high
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
94%
high
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
88%
low
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
88%
med
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
94%
high
Learning opportunities
90%
high
Learning opportunities
90%
high
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
94%
high
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
88%
med
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
94%
high
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
88%
med
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
88%
high
Assessment and feedback
85%
med
Assessment and feedback
85%
med
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
88%
med
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
88%
med
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
94%
high
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
81%
med
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
75%
low
Academic support
88%
med
Academic support
88%
med
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
88%
med
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
88%
med
Organisation and management
72%
med
Organisation and management
72%
med
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
75%
med
How well organised is your course?
69%
med
Learning resources
83%
med
Learning resources
83%
med
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
93%
high
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
80%
low
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
75%
low
Student voice
73%
med
Student voice
73%
med
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
62%
med
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
81%
med
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
75%
low
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
57%
low
Other NSS questions
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
75%
low
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
88%
high
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