Graphic design and illustration

Choose Brighton for graphics and illustration and you will enter professional life ready to communicate, collaborate and generate creative responses to any brief.

Our staff of designers, illustrators, artists and film-makers will guide you in developing your own visual language and building the skills and connections required to become a confident, creative professional.

Art and design at Brighton is ranked 8th in the UK and in the top 40 globally by the QS World University Rankings 2019.

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Last chance for campus tour this year!

Campus tours offer a great opportunity to visit the campus where your course is based and get a feel for what it will be like to be a student here.

Brighton graduate Helen Cammock is (one of four!) Turner Prize winners

In an unexpected announcement the 2019 Turner Prize has been shared between all four nominees, including Photography graduate Helen Cammock, who said “they wanted to make a “collective statement” at a time when there was “already so much that divides and isolates people and communities”.

“It is both very challenging and exciting. The tutors are so inspiring, friendly and extremely helpful”

Hanna Jujka, a first year BA(Hons) Illustration student who has won a national Christmas card competition, talks about her tutors at Brighton.

Win an artist’s residency in Italy

Open to students and recent graduates, a new partnership between the University of Brighton and Mahler & LeWitt Studios means an artist has a unique opportunity to develop their practice with a residency in Italy followed by an exhibition at Brighton’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) between May – September 2020.

Choose Brighton

Join our creative community

You'll be part of a community of artists in a dynamic city that is home to many creative and digital companies and hosts England's leading arts festival and an annual digital festival.

You'll have many opportunities to exhibit your work, most notably in the Graduate Show that attracts around 12,000 visitors each year.

Learn with practising artists

You'll learn from course tutors that include graphic designers, film-makers, video artists, animators, illustrators, writers and game developers, working in a learning environment equipped with professional-standard facilities and dedicated studio space.

Unlock your potential

Our courses open up a range of disciplines to our graduates within the contemporary creative industries, from advertising to branding to design consultancy, in addition to postgraduate study or work as an exhibiting artist.

Alumni have gone on to work for the BBC, Pentagram and M&C Saatchi, Becks and Macmillan.

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Graphic design and illustration