Why study BA Illustration (Hons) at Middlesex University?

The BA Hons Illustration degree is an independent, studio based programme, which looks specifically at illustration as a profession. Few disciplines have such scope to explore the impact of visual communication. As an illustrator, you have the opportunity to be satirical, witty or poignant, to question the political wisdom of the day, to show the absurdities of our everyday lives, to delight and entertain, to describe and inform. When an illustration is working, one cannot imagine the message without it, it becomes an essential part of the communication. We hope our enthusiasm for the subject will enable you to gain a deep understanding and develop a passion for Illustration and that you graduate feeling confident in your ability to become successful in your chosen career.

For our BA Illustration degree we have created a studio space that is lively, stimulating and productive. There is a strong emphasis on drawing, both communicative and expressive, and your drawing skills will be developed through classes in life and observational drawing each week throughout your three years of study. Your individual visual work will be developed through a variety of themed projects and image-making processes including print making, animation, typography, bookbinding and digital media.

Course highlights

• You will be taught by experienced professional artists
• We provide each student with an individual work place, something we have identified as essential to the creative happiness of our students
• We are based in The Grove, an £80m state-of-the-art learning facility withÊart editing and digital publishing labs
• Visiting illustrators, agents, publishers and designers come to our campus to show their work and discuss your portfolios - some students will get the opportunity to get work or be published before they graduate
• In your second and third year, you'll be entered for competitions such as the Macmillan's Children's Book Prize
• At the end of your degree, you will exhibit your work at ourÊDegree Show,Êwhich is a great opportunity to show off your talents to creative industry employers
• As a student of this course you'll receive aÊfree electronic textbookÊfor every module.