Illustration and Visual Media

About this course

Illustration has always occupied a fascinating position in the visual arts, combining storytelling, image-making and communication in ways that range from intimate hand-drawn work to large-scale digital production. Visual media extends this further, asking how images, moving or still, function across platforms, contexts and audiences. Together they form a practice-based discipline that equips you not only to make compelling work but to understand how visual language shapes meaning and culture. At University of the Arts London you will spend three years developing your practice across a full-time programme that includes a sandwich year, giving you structured industry experience alongside your studies. You will work with a broad range of media and techniques, building a personal visual language while also engaging critically with the history and theory of illustration and image-making. Th

Where its graduates go

The 5 largest scored destinations, covering 85% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 65 / 100Web and Multimedia Design Professionals · 30% of graduatescards →
• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Sales occupations · 15% of graduatescards →
• 40 / 100Science, engineering and technology associate professionals · 5% of graduatescards →
• 32 / 100Artistic, literary and media occupations · 20% of graduatescards →

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