Illustration Degree Courses in the UK - Bachelors & Masters

Program University Student satis­faction Unem­ployed Drop­out Tuition (UK) Tuition (Inter­national) UCAS Tariff City
Illustration BA (Hons) York St John University 75% 5% 17% £9250 £14000 134 York On campus Full-time
Illustration (including Year 0) BA (Hons) Norwich University of the Arts 76% 5% 6% £9250 £18000 134 Norwich On campus Full-time
Illustration (Extended Degree) BA (Hons) Plymouth College of Art 86% 5% 6% £9250 £16500 126 Plymouth On campus Full-time
Illustration (with Professional Practice Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time Sandwich
Illustration BA (Hons) University of Cumbria 83% 0% 10% £9250 £13250 143 Carlisle On campus Full-time
Illustration with Art & Design Foundation Year BA (Hons) Southampton Solent University - 0% 0% £9250 £13020 £14000 126 Southampton On campus Full-time
Illustration and Animation BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University 20% 5% 0% £9250 £19250 144 London On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of Derby 73% 0% 10% £9250 £14900 126 Derby On campus Full-time
Illustration with Foundation Year BA (Hons) University of Derby 80% 5% 12% £9250 £14900 111 Derby On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of East London 77% 6% 10% £9250 £13920 £14580 113 London On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) The University of Edinburgh 78% 0% 5% £9250 £34800 187 Edinburgh On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Norwich University of the Arts 76% 5% 6% £9250 £18000 134 Norwich On campus Full-time
Illustration and Design BA (Hons) University of Sunderland 64% 15% 5% £9250 £16000 151 Sunderland On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of Huddersfield 70% 10% 5% £9250 £16500 140 Huddersfield On campus Full-time Sandwich
Comic & Concept Art (with Integrated Foundation & Professional Practice Years) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of Brighton 52% 5% 8% £9250 £13842 158 Brighton On campus Full-time
Concept Art for Games and Film (with a Foundation Year) BA (Hons) Staffordshire University 85% 7% 0% £9250 £16750 117 Stoke-on-Trent On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Staffordshire University 88% 10% 5% £9250 £16750 126 Stoke-on-Trent On campus Full-time
Illustration (with Integrated Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - 5% 11% £9250 £15000 £15150 122 High Wycombe On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Middlesex University 100% 10% 15% £9250 £15100 £16600 127 London On campus Full-time
Illustration with Graphic Design BA (Hons) De Montfort University 72% 15% 10% £9250 £9250 £15750 £16250 115 Leicester On campus Full-time
Illustration (Swansea College of Art) BA (Hons) University of Wales 75% 5% 0% £9000 £13500 168 Cardiff On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Birmingham City University 93% 30% 7% £9250 £16085 158 Birmingham On campus Full-time
Graphic Design and Illustration BA (Hons) Liverpool John Moores University 75% 10% 6% £9250 £9250 £16100 £18250 183 Liverpool On campus Full-time
Comic and Concept Art BA (Hons) Leeds Arts University 77% 5% 4% £9250 £16700 £17500 150 Leeds On campus Full-time
Illustration with Placement BA (Hons) University of Cumbria 61% 0% 5% £9250 £13250 139 Carlisle On campus Full-time
Concept Art for Games and Film BA (Hons) Staffordshire University 88% 15% 5% £9250 £16750 146 Stoke-on-Trent On campus Full-time
Illustration with a Foundation Year BA (Hons) Birmingham City University 83% 10% 13% £9250 £16085 137 Birmingham On campus Full-time
Concept and Comic Arts BA (Hons) De Montfort University 75% 4% 11% £9250 £9250 £15750 £16250 133 Leicester On campus Full-time
Illustration (with Integrated Foundation & Professional Practice Years) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Graphic Design (Graphic Illustration) BA (Hons) University of Suffolk 100% 0% 0% £9250 £9250 £13992 £15210 125 Ipswich On campus Full-time
Illustration and Animation (with preparatory semester) BA (Hons) London Metropolitan University 80% 5% 8% £9250 £19250 120 London On campus Full-time
Graphic Design and Illustration (Visual Communication) BA (Hons) University of East London 77% 6% 7% £9250 £13920 £14580 98 London On campus Full-time
Comic & Concept Art (with Professional Practice Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time Sandwich
Comics and Graphic Novels with Foundation Year BA (Hons) Teesside University 100% 10% 10% £9250 £15000 £17000 134 Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Comic & Concept Art BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Graphic Design (Visual Communication & Illustration) BA (Hons) University of West London 92% 0% 5% £9250 £16250 114 Ealing On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 68% 5% 3% £9250 £17500 151 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Southampton Solent University - 0% 0% £9250 £15000 £16125 126 Southampton On campus Full-time
Animation and Illustration with foundation year BA (Hons) University of Bolton 70% 15% 10% £9250 £51000 £63800 114 Bolton On campus Full-time
Illustration with Foundation BA (Hons) University of Westminster 58% 15% 5% £9250 £15400 142 London On campus Full-time
Comic & Concept Art (with Integrated Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 76% 6% 3% £9250 £17500 144 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Studio Practice (Illustration) (Top-Up) BA (Hons) University for the Creative Arts 66% 4% 3% £9250 £16950 145 Canterbury On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Leeds Arts University 66% 5% 4% £9250 £16700 £17500 173 Leeds On campus Full-time
Illustration and Design with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) University of Sunderland 68% 15% 11% £9250 £16000 129 Sunderland On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of South Wales 64% 15% 0% £9000 £12600 145 Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Illustration and Animation BA (Hons) University of East London 77% 6% 7% £9250 £13920 £14580 98 London On campus Full-time
Cartoon and Comic Arts BA (Hons) Staffordshire University 78% 8% 9% £9250 £16750 124 Stoke-on-Trent On campus Full-time
Illustration (with integrated foundation year) BA (Hons) University of Cumbria 61% 0% 5% £9250 £13575 139 Carlisle On campus Full-time
Comics and Graphic Novels BA (Hons) Teesside University 100% 10% 10% £9250 £15000 £17000 134 Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Illustration with Foundation Year BA (Hons) Buckinghamshire New University - 5% 11% £9250 £15000 £15150 122 High Wycombe On campus Full-time
Illustration BDes (Hons) University of Dundee 70% 3% 0% £9250 £20900 £21900 174 Dundee On campus Full-time
Illustration for Communication BA (Hons) Ravensbourne University London 65% 10% 0% £9250 £16500 £17000 132 London On campus Full-time
Concept Art with Foundation Year BA (Hons) Teesside University 82% 15% 4% £9250 £15000 £17000 129 Middlesbrough On campus Full-time Sandwich
Concept Art BA (Hons) Teesside University 82% 15% 4% £9250 £15000 £17000 129 Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Illustration (with Foundation) BA (Hons) University of Gloucestershire 58% 3% 14% £9250 £15000 £15450 £16600 126 Cheltenham On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of Gloucestershire 43% 10% 10% £9250 £15000 £15450 £16600 132 Cheltenham On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Arts University Bournemouth 73% 15% 5% £9250 £17950 163 Poole On campus Full-time
Illustration and Animation BA (Hons) Hereford College of Arts 47% 10% 5% £9000 £13475 - Hereford On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Coventry University 79% 5% 2% £9250 - 157 Coventry On campus Full-time Sandwich
Illustration [with Placement year] BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University 69% 25% 5% £9250 £9250 - 118 Cambridge On campus Full-time Sandwich
Illustration BA (Hons) University of Lincoln 58% 7% 10% £9250 - 135 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of Central Lancashire 89% 0% 10% £9250 - 134 Preston On campus Full-time
Digital Animation with Illustration BA (Hons) Futureworks 79% 0% 10% £9250 £17000 142 Salford On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) The University of Northampton 80% 10% 20% £9250 - 111 Northampton On campus Full-time
Animation and Illustration [with Foundation Year] BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University - 25% 5% £9250 - 118 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Illustration Animation BA (Hons) Kingston University 85% 7% 1% £9250 - 178 Kingston upon Thames On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Leeds Beckett University 86% 4% 2% £9250 - 123 Leeds On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Wrexham Glyndwr University - 10% 10% £9000 - 134 Wrexham On campus Full-time
Illustration with Arts Foundation Year BA (Hons) University of Lincoln 81% 7% 15% £9250 - 131 Lincoln On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University 89% 25% 5% £9250 - 129 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Animation and Illustration [with Placement year] BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University - 25% 5% £9250 - 118 Cambridge On campus Full-time Sandwich
Illustration BA (Hons) Hereford College of Arts 50% 10% 0% £9000 £13475 - Hereford On campus Full-time
Animation and Illustration BA (Hons) Anglia Ruskin University - 25% 5% £9250 - 118 Cambridge On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of Hertfordshire 94% 15% 5% £9250 - 118 Hatfield On campus Full-time
Comics and Concept Art BA (Hons) University of Hertfordshire 76% 5% 1% £9250 - 150 Hatfield On campus Full-time
Comics BA (Hons) Wrexham Glyndwr University - 10% 13% £9000 - 134 Wrexham On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of the Arts London 52% 15% 0% £9250 - 163 London On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Plymouth University 77% 10% 0% - - 154 Plymouth On campus Full-time
Graphic Design & Illustration BA (Hons) South Essex College of Further and Higher Education 70% 10% 20% £8000 - - Southend-on-Sea On campus Full-time
Illustration for Commercial Application BA (Hons) The Northern School of Art 90% 5% 15% £9250 - - Middlesbrough On campus Full-time
Illustration with Foundation Year BA (Hons) University of Wolverhampton 74% 10% 8% - - 117 Wolverhampton On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) East Sussex College - 15% 20% £7995 £9000 - Eastbourne On campus Full-time
Graphic Design and Illustration BA (Hons) University of Worcester 81% 5% 10% - - 131 Worcester On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of Wolverhampton 100% 0% 10% - - 130 Wolverhampton On campus Full-time
Illustration (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) University of the West of England 84% 3% 0% - - 111 Bristol On campus Full-time
Illustration FT BA (Hons) Nottingham Trent University 77% 1% 5% £9250 £17900 136 Nottingham On campus Full-time
Illustration (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) The University of Northampton 80% 10% 20% £9250 - 111 Northampton On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of Worcester 81% 5% 10% - - 133 Worcester On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Newcastle College 89% 0% 0% £9250 - - Newcastle On campus Full-time
Illustration FdA University of South Wales - - 5% £7500 £12300 - Pontypridd On campus Full-time
Concept Art FD Leeds City College 73% 20% 25% £8745 - - Leeds On campus Full-time
Illustration and Visual Media BA (Hons) University of the Arts London 59% - 1% £9250 - 139 London On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) Falmouth University - 6% 8% - - 150 Falmouth On campus Full-time
Creative Writing and Illustration BA (Hons) University of Worcester 62% 10% 0% - - 126 Worcester On campus Full-time
Illustration BA (Hons) University of the West of England 84% 3% 0% - - 186 Bristol On campus Full-time
Illustration with Integrated Foundation Year BA (Hons) Falmouth University - 6% 8% - - 150 Falmouth On campus Full-time
Fine Art and Illustration BA (Hons) University of Worcester 74% 0% 5% - - 129 Worcester On campus Full-time
Graphic Design and Illustration FD Leeds City College 73% 15% 15% £8745 - - Leeds On campus Full-time
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Student Reviews

Overall student satisfaction
75 /100
91296 total respondents

Primarily based on data from undergraduate degree students.

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Source: National Student Survey NSS 2023. The Overall student satisfaction data point is from 2022 (latest available year). The Office for Students made the unfortunate decision to discontinue collecting overall student satisfaction data points per course.
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Primarily based on salary data of undergraduate students

Salary of all UK Graduates of Illustration

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £22025 £20113 £23568
25-75 percentile range £19981 - £25071 £15144 - £24676 £17604 - £29974
Source: Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) by UK Department for Education Dec 20, 2022
All Illustration courses in the UK

Salary of all UK Graduates of all subjects

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £22178 £20914 £24774
25-75 percentile range £19675 - £25027 £16034 - £25439 £18391 - £30927
Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Jobs & Career Perspectives

Career perspectives for Illustration

15 months after graduation, graduates of this subject were asked about their current circumstances of employment, what they do, and whether their activities and perspectives are directly related to their studies.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Current jobs

Among graduates of Illustration who indicated that they are working, the percentage below represents the number who “agree” or “strongly agree” with the statements about their job.

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Source: HESA - Graduate Outcomes Survey Oct 10, 2023

Typical employers for graduates of Illustration

  • Animated Commercials
  • Television/Film Industries
  • Advertising and Marketing Agencies
  • Publishers
  • Graphic and Web Design Companies

Specialisations within Illustration

  • Graphic Design
  • Marketing
  • Animation
  • Advertising
  • Design Management
  • Communication Management

Jobs of graduates of Illustration (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University

30% Elementary occupations
10% Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation
10% Design occupations
10% Administrative occupations
10% Managers, directors and senior officials
5% Media Professionals
5% Business and public service associate professionals
5% Sales occupations
5% Web and Multimedia Design Professionals
5% Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation
Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023

Grading & Study Time

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Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Illustration

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Source: Unistats by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Oct 10, 2023
Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Illustration, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

FAQ

Illustration is the study of/training in the use of artistic techniques effectively to communicate ideas and information to business and consumer audiences via drawn or painted images.

The median salary of graduates of Illustration was £22025 15 months after graduation, £20113 3 years after graduation and £23568 5 years after graduation.

  • The following degrees are offered for Illustration studies:
  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - BA (Hons)
  • Bachelor of Design (Honours) - BDes (Hons)
  • Foundation Degree in Arts - FdA
  • Foundation Degree - FD