Portfolio requirements

Thank you for your application to the University of Brighton.

To complete your application, we would like to see an online portfolio of your work. Click on the links below to find specific portfolio requirements for the course you have applied for.

Your online portfolio needs to be submitted as a single website link on Student View through Your Tasks.

Check out our advice and guidance on how to create and present your portfolio.

We recommend you send us your portfolio link as soon as possible, but at least within three weeks of receiving our request.

Select your course below to view the portfolio requirements:

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Architectural and Urban Design MA

Your portfolio should be a maximum of 20 pages / images showing examples of projects from previous or current academic studies and including recent work you may have undertaken in practice.

Please note and take into consideration that it is useful for the course leader to see your range of representational skills as well as your approach to design.

Architecture RIBA Part 2 MArch

Please can you provide us with a sample portfolio of around 20 images compiled into a single document such as a combined PDF file to support your application.

Fine Art MA

Your portfolio should contain 15–20 images of your work, to include evidence of ideas in any format, for example: paintings, drawings, sculpture, site-specific artwork, links to audio works, stills and/or links to video work, performance, sketchbooks. It is useful to include images showing how you generate and develop ideas, and how you are passionate and inquisitive about the subject.

Along with your portfolio please also include a 500-word Research Plan. This is a provisional plan and if accepted, you would have the opportunity to develop and change this by agreement with your tutors. 

A research plan should include the following: 

  • detail about your interests as an artist, 
  • a description of what the work will involve 
  • how you would start your research for the work
  • possible technical requirements
  • include a short bibliography
  • include a timeline of what you plan to achieve on the course over the year (or two years if intending to study part time)
  • any other information that you think is relevant.

Graphic Design MA

Your portfolio should contain 15-20 still images of your work that includes the following: 

  • completed project(s): it is essential that at least one of these projects should be accompanied by all its development work
  • evidence of your ability to use maps, plans, diagrams and rough sketches to discuss large projects before you start them
  • sample pages from scrapbooks, sketchbooks, notebooks that show your ability to visually research any subject
  • evidence of independence (projects and work other than those required by academic or client demands)
  • interests outside your particular subject or discipline.

Interior Design MA

Your portfolio should be a maximum of 20 pages / images showing examples of projects from previous or current academic studies and including recent work you may have undertaken in practice.

Please note and take into consideration that it is useful for the course leader to see your range of representational skills as well as your approach to design.

Photography MA

Your portfolio should contain: 

  • 15-25 images of photography work demonstrating independent creative exploration of ideas
  • moving image work, although this is not a requirement
  • awareness of the current context for contemporary photographic practices within the visual arts
  • evidence that you can explore an idea through the development of a body of photographic work. 

Please also include a 500-word Personal Statement. We would like you to think about: 

  • how will studying at MA level benefit your creative development
  • what would you like to tell us about your current and former practice
  • how will your practice develop over the duration of the course
  • will you be developing a project you have already initiated, or departing from your existing practice
  • how would you demonstrate your current knowledge of historical and theoretical literature on photography
  • why have you chosen to apply for the Photography MA at the University of Brighton.

Sequential Design/Illustration MA

Portfolio

Your portfolio, together with your project proposal and personal statement will enable us to determine your suitability for the course.

The portfolio should contain a minimum of five projects (approximately 30 images in total). This work can be from academic, self-initiated or professional practice. Please include a brief, written explanation of each project and include edited visual documentation of your experimentation, exploration and thinking and making process. If you would like to include video, web projects or other media, please provide links in your portfolio.

Project proposal

Please provide a description of your area of interest, field of study and the particular focus of your intended project. This should include an overview of how you intend to research and produce the project and your methodology.