Welcome, future graphic designers! Our course is the perfect place to start your design journey. We'll teach you the skills, theories, and technologies you need to succeed in the field. But we're not just about the technical stuff – we know that learning should be fun, too! Our course is full of engaging activities and real-world projects that will keep you inspired and motivated. You'll get the chance to collaborate with other designers and receive feedback from industry professionals. So join us on this exciting adventure and discover your full potential as a graphic designer!

Will Hill
Course Director

Key dates

Course start date: 16 September 2024

Academic Calendar: Semesters

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2024-25 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays.  

Welcome and induction

Your Welcome Week is an essential introduction to your course and student life at CCCU, helping you to feel confident and prepared for your studies right from the very start.

It is important to check your Welcome Schedule for all the activities you are required to attend during the week.

If any of your welcome activities are in groups, your course team will contact you before your arrival to let you know which group you will be in.

Your teaching timetable 

UniTimetables provides an overview of all teaching activities on a course. Your individual timetable will be available via MyTimetable and is personalised to show you what modules and groups you are expected to attend.

Your individual student timetable can only be produced once you have engaged with online registration and created your computing account. It is essential you complete these tasks when invited, so that your course team can assign you to your teaching activities and publish your individual timetable.

Find out more about all aspects of timetabling for new students including user guides.

Welcome

Our degree program offers a diverse and dynamic learning experience led by industry-experienced teachers. We pride ourselves on offering a variety of teaching methods, including engaging demonstrations, group workshops, seminars, lectures, real-life briefs, and one-on-one sessions, so you can learn in the way that suits you best.

The course is taught in our dedicated graphic design studio spaces in the Daphne Oram building where you will have access to industry-standard software and a range of art and design technologies.

Your sessions will be led by a team of graphic design industry specialists who care about your passions, your interests and your work.

The staff and students on the degree are part of a wider community of creative practitioners in the School of Creative Arts and Industries that includes performers, composers, producers, game designers, photographers, and dancers, and we hope you’ll take advantage of the opportunity to gain inspiration from this diverse group to help expand and enhance your own creative practice.

Join us on this exciting journey and unleash your full potential as a graphic designer!

You can see some student work from the School here: School of Creative Arts and Industries

Join us on Instagram @cccugraphicdesign

Getting started

There are no pre-course materials for you to complete, however as creative practitioners, if not already, start looking at the work and ideas of others in the lead up to joining the course. This might be in publications, exhibitions, posters, logos, branding, social media or books. Find the work that you love, that inspires, that made you want to study Graphic Design and revel in it and your own practice will flourish.

If you don’t know where to look why not try these,


Creative online blogs and journals are a great way to keep up to date with latest trends and current creative news.

And of course, there is a wealth of content via YouTube and Podcasts to ease your curiosity before the course starts.

During Welcome Week, there will be several fun activities for you to get to know the teaching team and your fellow students. This is also where you will be told about your timetable and assigned a Personal Academic Tutor. This is a fully immersive course and you will need to work hard both in and out of class, but we know that you will enjoy the work a great deal, and that the things you will learn will help you achieve success.

Your welcome and induction will be w/c 16 September 2024 - we look forward to meeting you then.

Pre-course reading

There is no set reading that you need to do before you join the course. We have a fantastic range of new and old books in our library that you will have full access to when you join.

If you did want to start reading and getting a head start you could pick up one of the following;

It is useful to note that the University Bookshop offers 10% discount on most titles in print and have some price-beating book bundles. They also price match Amazon on core texts recommended in the module handbooks you will receive when you start in September.

International student success programme

International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.