London Metropolitan University
Visual Communication: Graphic Design MA
London Metropolitan University

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Key Course Facts

Student Reviews

Below you can see course specific reviews for 20 graduates of Visual Communication: Graphic Design MA at London Metropolitan University for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in Management, Leadership.

Overall student satisfaction
97 /100
20 total respondents
The NSS is commissioned by the Office for Students

Salary

Salary of all UK Graduates of

  15 months after graduation 3 years after graduation 5 years after graduation
Median salary £29138 £27297 £31519
25-75 percentile range £24848 - £35191 £20174 - £35659 £22788 - £43702

Course Description

Why study this course?

Pursue your ambitions as a graphic designer with this specialised visual communication master’s degree. Based at The Cass, you’ll benefit from everything our revered school of art, architecture and design has to offer – from its central London location and the collaborative, multidisciplinary nature of the School to the esteemed visual communication staff and their strong industry networks. Completing our Visual Communication: Graphic Design MA course will enable you to hit the ground running as you begin a career in your chosen field.

More about this course

Our Visual Communication: Graphic Design course will allow you to develop a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to your practice as a visual communicator whose specialist expertise lies in graphic design.

With an emphasis on research, experimentation and creative risk-taking, the course will empower you to graduate as a professional practitioner at the forefront of your field. You’ll leave the course with a clear sense of your own role as a designer in the world.

During this master’s degree in graphic design you’ll find theory and practice meet and inform one another as you implement an interconnected approach to research and design. In turn, this will help you to refine your portfolio of professional-level work and thus demonstrate your advanced problem solving, creativity and critical thinking skills.

This course will expand your critical thinking abilities through design practices, which will enable you to work both speculatively and on fully realised outcomes. Through design research methods and design project development you will develop a project proposal to complete as your final major project.

With a particular focus on socially-engaged design, our Visual Communication: Graphic Design course will encourage you to explore the social, cultural, ethical and economic impacts of graphic design practice.

The course will provide opportunities for:

  • professional industry practice – take part in live project briefs with industry partners
  • situating your practice – learn about formulating a clear direction for your practice
  • complex problem solving and critical thinking
  • collaborative and multi-disciplinary working
  • building knowledge through research and development
  • challenging your approach to communicating and presenting your thinking and outcomes
  • exhibiting your work

Jobs & Career Perspectives

15 months after graduation, graduates of this course were asked about what they do and, if they are working, about their current job and their perspectives.

Current jobs

Required skill level of job after 15 months

Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)

Example below based on all graduates of Visual Communication: Graphic Design MA at London Metropolitan University

25% Caring personal services
15% Sales occupations
15% Managers, directors and senior officials
10% Administrative occupations
10% Customer service occupations
10% Teaching Professionals
10% Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation
10% Customer service occupations

Grading & Study Time

Your written, visual and physical project work and research will form a portfolio that best represents your skills, interests and abilities, and that will be used to assessed you. These projects will relate to the specific practice requirements of graphic design and visual communication. Your MA will come to an end in the form of a final major project. This is a chance for you to pursue your interests and devise an argument or stance from which you will produce an independent body of work. Whilst challenging your creative ambition, this project will help you demonstrate your relationship with the area that interests you. Your final graphic design project will be exhibited at the MA graduation show hosted at our central London campus.

Entry Requirements / Admissions

UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for this course

Requirements for international students / English requirements

IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)

    • 6.5
    • Graduate Degrees
    • 6.0
    • Undergraduate Degrees
Get advice on which foundation courses are best for you to still study Visual Communication: Graphic Design, MA, if you do not meet the minimum requirements in terms of UCAS score, A levels, or English language requirements.

You will be required to have:

a good lower second class honours degree (2.2) in a relevant field (eg graphic design, illustration, animation, branding, photography, architecture, marketing, 3D design, multimedia, interiors), or an equivalent EU/international qualification

You will also be expected to present a portfolio and provide a statement demonstrating your ambition for the subject area and for studying at postgraduate level.

Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL)

If you don’t hold one of the qualifications outlined above you may be considered based on proven related academic or work experience, a strong personal statement and/or academic or professional reference.

Costs

Tuition Fees Visual Communication: Graphic Design MA

England UK £10500
Northern Ireland £10500
Scotland £10500
Wales £10500
EU £18150
International £18150
Channel Islands £18150
Ireland £18150

Additional fee information

Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees. Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.

Average student cost of living in London

Rent £518
Water, gas electricity, internet (at home) £50
Supermarket shopping £81
Clothing £35
Eating out £33
Alcohol £27
Takeaways / food deliveries £30
Going out / entertainment (excl.alcohol, food) £24
Holidays and weekend trips £78
Transport within city £17
Self-care / sports £20
Stationary / books £13
Mobile phone / internet £13
Cable TV / streaming £7
Insurance £51
Other £95
  
Average student cost of living £1092

London costs approx 34% more than average, mainly due to rent being 67% higher than average of other cities. For students staying in student halls, costs of water, gas, electricity, wifi are generally included in the rental. Students in smaller cities where accommodation is in walking/biking distance transport costs tend to be significantly smaller.

University Rankings

Positions of London Metropolitan University in top UK and global rankings.

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About London Metropolitan University

Founded in 1848, London Metropolitan University is located in the urban setting of North London. LMU is just a 40-minute walk to Camden Town or a 20-minute tube ride from central London. Some of the benefits that students can expect when choosing LMU include a variety of residence halls at distinct price points, reputable career guidance services, and orientation services for recently-arrived international students. This institution has a selective admissions standard, so it’s recommended to prepare for your interview well in advance.

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Student composition of London Metropolitan University

undergraduates:
9920
postgraduates:
1440
Total:
11360
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