User Experience Design (UX) BSc (Hons)
Norwich University of the Arts
Key Course Facts
Student Reviews
Below you can see course specific reviews for 10 graduates of User Experience Design (UX) BSc (Hons) at Norwich University of the Arts for each of the survey questions in comparison to the average for all UK degree courses in Computer Science.
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Salary
Salary of all UK Graduates of Computing
15 months after graduation | 3 years after graduation | 5 years after graduation | |
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Median salary | £29613 | £25152 | £29839 |
25-75 percentile range | £24654 - £35452 | £18875 - £32927 | £21691 - £41062 |
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Course Description
OVERVIEW
User Experience Design at Norwich University of the Arts (Norwich) is a forward-facing contemporary Communication Design degree in which you will create interactive products including websites and app prototypes, digital imagery, video and motion graphics, and designed research outputs.
You will explore the technologies and people involved in providing the systems and services behind the interfaces and investigate the different ways users experience a design depending on their circumstances.
You will identify users’ goals and needs and map their emotional journeys. User research, user interface design, copywriting, typography, motion, and interaction design will all feature in the work you make.
As a UX Design student at Norwich, you join students from the other graphics courses in an industry-rich, employer-focused curriculum that places engagement with professional designers and agencies right at the heart of the course. Your opportunities to meet and work with industry, in a wide variety of ways, are unparalleled.
- KEY FEATURES
- Share your first year, and then continue to work alongside graphics students, allowing for a unique cross fertilisation of knowledge, skills and experience.
- Become adept at problem-solving through understanding and deciphering project briefs, conducting discovery research, generating ideas, developing prototypes, testing, and iterating these into successful concepts, and presenting the final work.
- Participate in workshops and classes run by external professionals, undertake project briefs initiated and taught by designers from industry, and enter national and international design competitions judged by the design industry.
- Industry engagement including portfolio reviews and surgeries, talks from practising alumni focused on portfolio development and employability, interview practice and graduate portfolio showcase events.
- Develop your project management, communication and collaborative working skills so that you leave with a standout CV and portfolio.
- Work with a team of expert staff, who are talented educators and designers. Many of whom are practising designers working with clients week in, week out.
- YOUR FUTURE
The practical studio projects are designed to mimic the type of briefs you would be given in a design agency, resulting in outcomes that genuinely prepare you for the real world of work.
Your work throughout the course will generate case studies for your portfolio that showcase your knowledge of user research, user interface design and interaction design to copywriting, typography and motion.
By the time you finish the course you will have a developed a portfolio and have a strong sense of where you want to work within the industry.
You will also create a range of employment-focused tools including a CV, email/covering letter and a career overview and strategy.
During the summer break between second and third year, and after completing the course, students have taken up internships and joined graduate schemes which frequently lead to full-time employment.
Our graduates have gone on to become employees at digital design agencies including Foolproof, The User Story, Other Media and Cheddar Creative, and in-house positions e.g., at National Grid, Stardust, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Tata Consultancy Services
- OUR STUDENTS’ 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.
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Jobs of graduates of this course (15 months after graduation)
Example below based on all graduates of User Experience Design (UX) BSc (Hons) at Norwich University of the Arts
25% | Elementary occupations |
15% | Business and public service associate professionals |
10% | Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation |
5% | Teaching Professionals |
5% | Teaching and Childcare Associate Professionals |
5% | Leisure, travel and related personal service occupations |
5% | Science, engineering and technology associate professionals |
5% | Sales occupations |
5% | Artistic, literary and media occupations |
0% | Process, plant and machine operatives |
Grading & Study Time
Entry Requirements / Admissions
UCAS Tariff of Accepted Students for Computing
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Requirements for international students / English requirements
IELTS academic test score (similar tests may be accepted as well)
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- 6.5
- Others
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- 6.5
- Graduate Degrees
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- 6.5
- Undergraduate Degrees
Costs
Tuition Fees User Experience Design (UX) BSc (Hons)
EU | £18000 | year 1 |
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England UK | £9250 | year 1 |
Northern Ireland | £9250 | year 1 |
Scotland | £9250 | year 1 |
Wales | £9250 | year 1 |
Channel Islands | £9250 | year 1 |
Ireland | £9250 | year 1 |
International | £18000 | year 1 |
Average student cost of living in the UK
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.
How to apply
Application deadline:
January 1, 2025
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Possible Entry Points:
- year 1 (Default entry point)
- year 2
- year 3
University Rankings
Positions of Norwich University of the Arts in top UK and global rankings.
Rankings of Norwich University of the Arts in related subject specific rankings.
Computer Science
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- #82
- #103
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- Computer Science
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CUG The Complete University Guide - By Subject
[Published 08 June, 2023]
See all 6 university rankings of Norwich University of the Arts
About Norwich University of the Arts
Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) has maintained its strong reputation in Arts, Design and Media education since its establishment in 1845. NUA is located in Norwich, one of Britain’s greenest, safest cities which incidentally, and perhaps not coincidentally, also has a thriving Art and Music Scene. Norwich has been named one of the best places to live in the UK by The Sunday Times for numerous years consecutively, due to its energetic and young population, colourful outdoor markets, and reasonable cost of living compared to many parts of the UK.
List of 36 Bachelor and Master Courses from Norwich University of the Arts - Course Catalogue
Student composition of Norwich University of the Arts
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Total number of students enrolled at Norwich University of the Arts by level Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
- undergraduates:
- 2535
- postgraduates:
- 90
- Total:
- 2625
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Number of students enrolled in courses of subject “Design”: 1490 Academic year 2021/22 - Full-time equivalent student enrollments published by Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) on February 2022
Where is this programme taught
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Ranking publishers
The University League Tables
- Published:
- 08 June, 2023