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Advertising and Brand Design

Entry requirements


A level

C,C

Access to HE Diploma

P:45

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

24

OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma

MPP

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

MPP

T Level

Pass (D or E)

UCAS Tariff

64

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About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Graphic design

Do you want to explore how the design of communication can influence perception and change behaviour? On this advertising and brand design course, you will develop ideas for brand communication, social media content, marketing strategy, and explore interactive experiences. Explore how visual stories are told to bring products and services to life. Develop and refine your own practice through engagement with evolving industry practice and emerging technologies. Work with world-renowned brands like Apple and take your place within one of the fastest-growing sectors of the UK economy.

**Why study this course?**

- You’ll be guided by industry professionals throughout your study

- Benefit from fantastic industry links. Tap into internship opportunities with Apple, Sky Creative Agency and Barclays

- Examine diverse areas of marketing, branding and advertising

- Become an expert in pitching, team working and project management

- Explore cutting-edge digital and communication technologies

- Develop a professional portfolio through a carefully structured learning journey.

**Career pathways**

Graduates from this course are ideally positioned to take their place within rapidly expanding areas of the creative industries. They work as creative directors, copywriters, digital designers, brand strategists, brand communicators, creative technologists and social media content creators.

**For more information, please visit our website.**

Modules

You'll explore branding & identity design, copywriting & creative strategy, campaign development, social media content creation and strategy, team-working & project management and interaction design. For more information, please visit the course page on our website.

Assessment methods

You will be continually assessed through project submissions and receive feedback via peer review, tutorials, and industry presentations. Each module has a Formative and a Summative assessment point, where feedback and advice are provided to develop and complete projects and a final grade is awarded. For more information, please visit our website.

Tuition fees

Select where you currently live to see what you'll pay:

Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
EU
£16,500
per year
International
£16,500
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Ravensbourne University London

Department:

Ravensbourne

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

66%
Graphic design

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Design studies

Teaching and learning

79%
Staff make the subject interesting
78%
Staff are good at explaining things
77%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
74%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

63%
Library resources
76%
IT resources
77%
Course specific equipment and facilities
52%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

82%
UK students
18%
International students
42%
Male students
58%
Female students
73%
2:1 or above
7%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
B
B

After graduation


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Design studies

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£19,500
high
Average annual salary
97%
high
Employed or in further education
59%
med
Employed in a role where degree was essential or beneficial

Top job areas of graduates

33%
Design occupations
19%
Artistic, literary and media occupations
12%
Sales assistants and retail cashiers

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Design studies

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£17k

£17k

£22k

£22k

£27k

£27k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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