Manchester Metropolitan University

International Graphic Design (Top Up)

Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester, United Kingdom

Course overview

The BA (Hons) International Graphic Design top-up will support you to think innovatively and respond to global trends in design. The course will expand your critical and conceptual thinking and encourage an understanding of wider global and creative professional design practice, whilst enabling you to develop an individual positioning for your professional design practice. Collaboration is at the heart of the course - you will undertake design practice modules with current final year students, work on projects with external industry and academic research partners, and exhibit your final projec

Key highlights

  • Design practice modules taken alongside current final year students
  • Projects with external industry and academic research partners
  • Develops critical and conceptual thinking in response to global design trends
  • Builds an individual positioning for your professional design practice
  • Final projects exhibited publicly

Entry requirements

  • Additional condition: portfolio — We will ask for a portfolio of your work as part of your application.

Scholarships

  • International Undergraduate Scholarships

    £2,000 for each year of your degree.

    Up to £2,000
  • Sanctuary Scholarship

  • Sports Scholarship

    The total package is worth up to £10,000 per year. Additional support is available for exceptional applicants.

  • Vice-Chancellor’s International Regional Scholarship

    Value: 50% of tuition fees in the first year of study.

    Up to 50% of fees

Careers this course leads to

  • Graphic designer
  • Brand designer
  • Art director
  • Digital designer
  • Creative designer
  • Freelance design practitioner

Cost of study

UK/Home: £9,535 per year | International: £21,500 per year

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Manchester Metropolitan University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

Ready to start?

Book a free consultation and we'll map your fastest route to a September 2025 place.

Apply Now
Download Free Guide