Art and Design

Explore your creativity and master traditional and digital making skills, using a range of materials, including glass and ceramics. Utilise outstanding facilities, participate in competitions, public exhibitions and live commissions. Become an artist, designer, maker and work in diverse art, design and making contexts.

Fine Art will give you the skills and knowledge to join the ever-growing creative industries. You’ll have the freedom to explore your creative interests across a broad range of Fine Art practice, including painting, printmaking, digital photography, film, sound, drawing, sculpture and performance. Work towards live outcomes, building your confidence as an artist to promote yourself and your art, understanding the impact you can have as an artist in society.  

BA (Hons) Photography, Video and Digital Imaging provides you with the wide-ranging skills needed for success in today’s photographic industries and beyond. Learn how to make high quality digital and traditional images in our state-of-the-art facilities. Tell compelling stories about the things that matter to you with guidance from our expert team of practising photographers. Develop your own distinct visual language and acquire the skills and contacts to get your work out into the world.

Animation and Games Art allows you to explore and develop both traditional and new techniques, learning key digital skills in 2D and 3D, as well as the core principles of character-led animation. You'll have the opportunity to work on industry-led briefs and entries for festivals and competitions, and the creative freedom and flexibility to develop your specific areas of interest, gaining transferable skills crucial for employability in the animation, games and VFX industries.

Fashion Design and Promotion is a course that gives you skills and crucial understanding in both fashion design and fashion promotion and marketing. Develop concepts; explore materials; design full fashion collections; develop an understanding of the manufacturing processes and gain the skills you’ll need to construct garments. Consider fashion markets; analyse future trends; develop brands; gain an understanding of visual merchandising; create promotional materials; and plan and manage events.

Join our Graphic Design course and gain access to fantastic facilities and teaching that focuses on employability and cutting-edge professional skills. We combine teaching with professional practice in fields including graphic design, branding, illustration, exhibition and experience design, editorial, print, web and mobile interface, packaging, 3D (digital/physical/Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR)), animation and motion graphics.

Illustration and Design will cultivate your talent, creative ideas and passion about drawing. We blend traditional techniques with computer technology, such as virtual reality and 3D design, and encourage you to push the boundaries of illustration. You’ll develop your own style, pursuing a specialist study of illustration during your second and final year, before entering the inspiring world of professional illustration.

Study a wide range of modules to suit your interests, including Fine Art Media Skills, History of Art and Fine Art Contemporary Practice which will culminate with an exhibition in your final year giving you the opportunity to showcase your work to a public audience.

Work alongside like-minded students within a creative and supportive environment, and gain work experience through projects and commissions managed by our Photography department.

Do you want to make animation and games industries? Use digital software such as Maya, Toon Boom and After Effects as part of this degree. Learn the core principles of character-led animation. Showcase your creativity to a public audience in the final year Degree Show.

Work on live projects set by fashion industry professionals. Focus on a wide range of options to suit your interests such as design and manufacture, photography, styling, branding and magazine design. Undertake industry-relevant modules such as Fashion Product and Promotion and Design Theory. Create a personalised fashion portfolio. Graduate work-ready and pursue a career in a range of industries including, design, brand development, fashion publishing, production, Public Relations and fashion retail.

This is a four-year version of our popular BA (Hons) Graphic Design course, with an integrated foundation year. Study a wide range of modules with flexible options to suit your interests, such as Visual Communication, Motion Graphics and Branding, Position and Identity. Acquire valuable skills relevant to a career in Design, and work alongside like-minded students within a creative and supportive environment. Graduate with a portfolio of work to showcase your creativity and impress prospective employers.

Are you passionate about drawing and full of creative ideas? If so, our Illustration and Design degree is for you. Benefit from generous studio space and well-equipped workshops. Flourish in a creative environment, working alongside like-minded students and showcase your work to a public audience in your final year Degree Show.

Work on live projects set by fashion industry professionals. Focus on a wide range of options to suit your interests such as design and manufacture, photography, styling, branding and magazine design. Undertake industry-relevant modules such as Fashion Product and Promotion and Design Theory. Create a personalised fashion portfolio. Graduate work-ready and pursue a career in a range of industries including, design, brand development, fashion publishing, production, Public Relations and fashion retail.

Benefit from Sunderland’s expert teaching without leaving your home region. You’ll study a wide range of modules with flexible options to suit your interests, including Visual Communication, Motion Graphics and Branding. Acquire valuable skills relevant to a career in Design, while working toward a BA (Hons) degree.

Benefit from Sunderland's teaching of Advertising and Design on a course based in Malaysia and Greece. Develop your own style and engage your personal creativity. It has core practice-based modules that include developing advertising campaigns, computer skills, creative portfolios, branding and identity.

Do you want to make animation and games industries? Use digital software such as Maya, Toon Boom and After Effects as part of this degree. Learn the core principles of character-led animation. Showcase your creativity to a public audience in the final year Degree Show.

Pick and choose the modules you want to study to build a tailor-made course. Available at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, this course allows you to gain a qualification that closely matches your particular needs.