Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Advertising and Brand Design

at Ravensbourne University London United Kingdom

This fashion degree in London, UK, has a glowing international reputation for creating highly-employable graduates with distinctive design identities. One of the top student-accredited fashion design courses in the country, with 93% student satisfaction*, you will graduate with an industry-ready fashion toolkit.

Why study this photography degree course?

• Exceptional academic team, including couture designers, Saville Row cutters and experienced fashion brand manager
• Access the latest camera equipment and video editing software
• Establish and nurture your design signature and identity from the get go
• Unrivalled industry connections will make you industry ready
• Get involved in live project briefs from the outset
• Opportunities for internships in the world’s fashion capitals
• Work with and be inspired by some of fashion's greatest labels
• Collaborative working opportunities across the institution
• Option to take the digital technology for fashion pathway in second year
• Access The Institute for Creativity and Technology in London’s design district

Discover your fashion design identity

This flagship fashion course in London, UK, offers budding fashion designers the opportunity to study both traditional and innovative practices in fashion design, development, pattern cutting, sampling and digital design. You will explore how computer-aided design and emerging digital technologies are helping to innovate the fashion creation process – from idea through to production.

You’ll develop an enviable skillset across the fashion design spectrum. This degree in fashion is geared towards developing fashion designers with industry-ready skills who have a firm grasp of research and concept development methodologies. You’ll add an academic backbone to your natural design flair, discover and develop your distinctive creative identity, and hone the techniques and knowledge you’ll need to stand out from the crowd.

You’ll have constant industry engagement, be involved in live project briefs, and receive help to secure an accredited work placement for one term of the course. Students typically secure work placements in London, Antwerp, Paris, Milan and New York. They’ve been given a taste of life at some of the world’s most prestigious fashion brands, including Givenchy, Viktor & Rolf, AF Vandevorst, Haider Ackermann and Calvin Klein. 

These opportunities will broaden your horizons in fashion and beyond

During the fashion design degree, you will also work on industry-led design briefs and competitions, including VF Corporation, which encompass Timberland, Wrangler, Lee and North Face and Kingpins denim. 

Excuse the name drops, but the name on the label is pretty important in this business, and why shouldn’t you learn from – and aspire to be – the best? 

When you study the BA Hons Fashion degree, you will work collaboratively across disciplines to learn how the latest 3D and design technology is helping to transform processes and innovate fashion creation. You will consider your design signature from the get go. Our course leaders will oversee your growth as a fashion designer and be ably supported by other staff and visiting professionals.

This year zero course is a preparatory year as part of a four-year BA (Hons) Games Development course. Aimed at students who want more time before year one to develop their skills, this is an ideal entry-level course for aspiring game makers who wish to create imaginative games through a variety of mediums. An entertaining career in games design and computer gaming starts here. 

Why study this games development degree?

• Get prepared for progression to year one of BA (Hons) Games Development
• Gain a command of the essential, practical, intellectual and transferable skills needed to enter into the world of games development
• Develop hardware and software knowledge suitable for games development 
• Learn the broad cultural contexts of the creative industries
• Gain visual awareness and experience with a range of media 
• Enhance your technical ability related to games development

Year 0 in games development encourages creativity, imagination and new ways of making, thinking and documenting. 

The course focuses on giving students a solid understanding of games development, the creative process, and the technical knowledge to realise it. The course explores the contemporary gaming industry across a broad range of experiences – from the latest console blockbusters to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).

Year zero is an excellent entry point into our BA (Hons) Games Development course, which may suit you if:

• You feel you will benefit from developing your skillset prior to entering an undergraduate degree course
• You will struggle to fulfil the entry requirements

This Master's Degree in Computer Science offers modules in the likes of artificial intelligence, cyber security, cloud computing, Internet of Things and leading-edge ‘Web3’ technologies, such as Blockchain. In tackling these fields, the curriculum takes a systems architecture approach, encouraging students to work both within and across these technologies.

Why study this Master's in Computer Science?

• Develop highly desirable skills in computer science
• Gain masters level skills in systems architecture, artificial intelligence and cyber security
• Build highly desirable skills in cloud computing and the Internet of Things
• Learn about cutting-edge technologies that are shaping the next iteration of the web
• Develop your skills in innovation and knowledge of social responsibility
• Gain business and entrepreneurial skills that will enhance your employability
• Experience a learning-by-doing approach to computer science education
• Improve your future employment prospects
• Enhance your professional network by meeting people with similar interests and different skill-sets
• Be part of a tech-literate, creative community

Ravensbourne has an established international reputation for innovation at the intersection of design and digital media. Our suite of MSc programmes, of which MSc Computer Science is an integral part, seeks to capitalise on and consolidate these past successes.

It aims to expand on Ravensbourne’s activities from its current position as an innovative user of technologies to a leading-edge creator of technologies.

The course invites prospective postgraduate students to be part of that journey, empowering them to draw on and learn from this rich history of innovative design thinking and apply this to the creation of new technologies.

Study for a UI/UX design course in London and create intuitive digital products and ingenious apps for the platforms of the future. With access to gold-standard facilities, you’ll become a master of functionality by creating effective design solutions for the user of tomorrow.

Why study this cyber security degree?

• This field represents a huge area of opportunity
• Inspire positive digital change 
• Develop a multidisciplinary design and digital skillset
• Explore design thinking, human-centred design and technology
• Learn from the best minds in the industry
• Tap into exceptional industry connections
• Design products and services that optimise user experience
• Develop a portfolio that showcases your creative and technical skills

A world of opportunity for the digital creative

User-experience and user-interface design is all around us, from the screens we tap and swipe to the services we rely on. UX and UI design is an emerging field of multidisciplinary skills and activities designing future-facing platforms. This includes: apps, websites, digital products and services, augmented and virtual reality experiences, installation design, wearable technology and the Internet of Things. 

This practice-led UI/UX design course in London, UK, looks at the fundamentals, including user research, experience design, interaction design, visual design and information architecture – and how these components can be professionally identified, investigated, informed and interrogated. It explores design thinking, human-centered design and the creative and innovative use of technology to boost organisations and inspire positive change.

When you graduate in BA (Hons) User Experience and User Interface Design at Ravensbourne University London, you will learn from the leading minds in the industry. You will combine theory with practice to understand user behaviour and design products and services that optimise the user’s experience. 

This UX design course explores the importance of designing for the end-user experience with intuitive user interfaces. You will develop an individual portfolio of projects based on user-centred research and design experimentation, which will showcase your creative, analytical and technical expertise.

UX/UI designers are in huge demand across all sectors, and owed to our exceptional industry connections, this course is designed to make you truly industry ready.

Are you an aspiring musician, sound designer or composer looking to develop your music and sound production skills? With access to cutting-edge equipment, the music and sound design degree in London delves into the creation and production of sound and music across different contexts and industries, providing you with a diverse, industry-ready skillset and portfolio. 

Why study this music and sound design degree?

• Develop specialisms and find your musical niche 
• These include: composition, production, sound engineering and songwriting
• Add technical understanding to your natural creativity and inner storyteller
• Direct preparation for work in the creative industries
• Collaborative course will boost your leadership and teamwork skills 
• Teaching staff and visiting professionals with strong industry experience

Music and sound design make a vital contribution to not only media and communications, but culture as a whole. Music moves people; it defines eras, shapes personalities, sells products and adds meaning to moving imagery on our screens. 

This music degree in London, UK, is for aspiring musicians and sound designers who wish to supercharge their sound and music production skills and apply them in a wide range of roles in the creative industries. 

You will develop specialisms which could include audio production, sound engineering, sound design, songwriting, composition and soundtrack creation for film, television, games and immersive media, such as virtual reality and augmented reality (VR/AR).

When you graduate from this three-year music and sound design course, you will add technical understanding to your own natural creativity, including skills in critical listening, editing, arranging, composing, producing, technical and storytelling. 

Practically-focused, you will get an understanding of audio, sound arts and music as distinct specialisms, as well as how they intersect with storytelling and the moving image. Ultimately, you will be encouraged to apply the technical and creative aspects of sound and music production in a project-based learning environment.

Ready to bring your ideas to life? This award-winning Product Design degree in London enables you to explore ergonomics, aesthetics and sustainability to produce an industry-ready portfolio

Why study this product design degree?

• Award-winning product design course 
• Strong industry links, live client projects and internships
• Great staff to student ratio with unrivalled access to tutors
• Cutting-edge, open-access prototyping studios
• Gain industry ready skills

In this hands-on Product Design course at Ravensbourne University London, you’ll define problems and opportunities through cutting-edge research and analysis, develop original ideas with creative thinking, and deliver detailed designs ready for production. 

Predominantly project-based, you’ll study the functional and market-led requirements of product design from concept to production, looking at ergonomics, aesthetics, usability, sustainability, intellectual property and the application of technology. You’ll also learn to communicate your design work engagingly through prototypes, sketches, design documents, renders and pitch presentations.

Live projects with illustrious brands will give you real-world design experience. Our professionally-active lecturers and technicians will offer exceptional industry insight and enable you to identify areas where design could have a significant and positive impact in social, economic and environmental contexts. You will also gain access to unrivalled, state-of-the-art prototyping and 3D printing equipment. 

When you graduate from BA Hons Product Design, you will have the tools to develop products that push boundaries, so you can thrive in this innovative sector.

Motion graphics is at the forefront of visual communication. With the growth of digital culture, motion graphics has become one of the fastest expanding areas of design. A BA (Hons) in Motion Graphics will open up opportunities for all budding designers with an interest in graphics, animation and film. Learn to combine these disciplines and realise your personal creative potential

Why study this motion graphics degree?

• This is a long established, forward-looking course with a unique focus on all aspects of motion graphics.
• Students develop a wide range of practical skills and theoretical knowledge to underpin their creative design work.
• The syllabus is aligned to industry but also promotes creativity and individuality.
• Across all years, students have access to the course’s outstanding industry contacts.
• As well as developing their design skills students explore the history, context and future potential of motion graphics.
• Being based in London, the course can provide many opportunities to visit design studios, postproduction houses, major broadcasters, exhibitions and industry events.
• On graduation our students have excellent employment opportunities.

The Motion Graphics degree course at Ravensbourne University London combines digital technology and creative design to equip you with the full range of practical and theoretical skills required to build a successful career within the creative industries.

The three-year undergraduate course encompasses key skills including animation, storytelling, graphic design, 2D and 3D graphics, video production and experiential design, as well as exploring the history, context and future potential of motion design.

Combining these skills with industry-standard software including After Effects and Cinema 4D, you’ll create motion graphics for film, television, online, mobile, music and live events.

Through the course’s well-established industry connections, you’ll be introduced to a wide range of guest speakers and visit design studios, post production houses and major broadcasters.

In your final year you will be given individual advice by industry experts on how to develop your portfolio and prepare for the job market.

You will graduate agile and industry ready – as proven by our excellent employment record.

With access to state-of-the-art facilities and strong industry links, the illustration for communication degree course will enable you to sharpen your skillset, promote your craft and prepare you for industry

Why study this illustration degree?

Our challenging and exciting illustration course in London takes an innovative, experimental and critical approach to the broad practice of illustration. The three-year BA Honours degree will help you to develop new skills, encourage different ways of thinking, enable you to find your individual visual voice, and prepare you for the ever-moving creative landscape.

Working in a collaborative studio environment, you will have opportunities to
apply your skills across a range of illustrative applications, including: editorial, publishing, packaging, product, print, advertising, character and film.

Illustration for communication at Ravensbourne University London spans the creative spectrum, turning illustrators into contemporary visual storytellers. As it crosses so many creative boundaries, there are unparalleled opportunities for contemporary illustrators to work with time-based, sequential and narrative forms. This includes graphic design, advertising and publishing, fashion and product design, animation and games design.

Ready to find your visual voice and develop your own personal style? If you study this illustration degree you will work with text, drawings, moving images and printmaking to develop concepts for multiple industries – from commercial graphic design to fashion and animation.

Students of our award-winning Graphic Design degree will develop a critical eye for design and a knowledge of different design approaches and creative problem solving techniques. You will develop both the vision and the resilience to succeed in the creative industries.

Why study this Graphic Design degree?

• Award winning and internationally recognised 
• Taught by staff who are current design professionals
• Innovative, forward-thinking and industry-focused
• Excellent employability rates and highly successful alumni 
• Great career prospects with graphic designers in high demand

This degree in Graphic Design allows you to work cross-media and explore the subject from a number of critical perspectives, challenging the different roles graphic designers can take. We value individualism and encourage concept-driven work, showing a clear understanding of design problems as well as the production of visual languages.

During this BA Hons Graphic Design degree in London, UK, you will explore novel ways of design thinking, including format, context, materials and medium. You will sharpen your creative skills and reimagine methods of communication through numerous visual platforms and environments, such as typography, editorial design, data visualisation and much more. 

With access to cutting-edge facilities, you’ll work with industry practitioners to explore creative design thinking across a range of briefs. In dedicated studio spaces, you will study a blend of practice and theory-based learning strategies, including lectures, workshops, tutorials and live projects. Senior lecturers and visiting professionals will offer invaluable industry insight, as well as support your future career choices. 

Our urban landscape architecture degree will enable you to combine creativity, curiosity and technical skill to explore how we reimagine the natural and built environment. With access to state-of-the-art facilities and expert teaching, you will develop planning and architectural design skills to plan urban landscapes and understand how environments can shape our mood and behaviours.

Why study this landscape architecture degree?

• Work in state-of-the-art design studios
• Tackle social, economic and ecological needs to enhance livelihoods 
• Take part in international events, competitions and live projects
• Visit and study contemporary towns – at home and abroad 
• Level-up your practical design knowledge
• Learn from experienced academic staff and practising designers
• Explore the functional, expressive and social impact of new construction tech
• Understand the interactions between people, activities and places
• Learn how environment can influence mood and behaviour

Urban landscapes are changing dramatically. Cities worldwide are implementing plans to maintain the vitality of metropolitan areas and make them attractive and sustainable to residents, business and tourism. Here lies your enthralling challenge.

If you study this degree in urban landscape architecture, you will be given a diverse education across urban planning and landscape architecture – from cityscapes to coastlines. As Ravensbourne University London has excellent links to industry, we place great emphasis on teaching you the tricks of the trade that will truly prepare you for the professional environment. 

In studying this innovative combination of architecture and urban planning, you will consider how people use space across a diverse range of urban environments. You will examine the key challenges facing the industry and contemplate the solutions presented by some of the greatest architects and urban designers in the field. 

You will develop your cityscape architecture and planning skills and learn how to balance national trends, regional characteristics and local traditions. By the end of this urban landscape architecture course in London, you will have the know-how to create structures and spaces that meet a multitude of social, economic and ecological needs.

Throughout your undergraduate studies, you will build up a portfolio of work which showcases the breadth of your urban landscape architecture design skills. You will investigate the complexity of contemporary urban aspects, design innovation, and advance conversations around how we build and inhabit cities in the 21st century.

Graduates jump into employment across a multitude of areas, including landscape design, management, planning, community development and urban design consultancy. Working in private practice or government offices, many are helping to create thriving communities and sustainable places in industries such as: film and TV, leisure and games design.