Digital Design with a Year in Industry - BSc (Hons)
University of KentCanterbury, United Kingdom
Course overview
Are you excited by design and the creative possibilities of new technology? Digital Design at Kent combines both, allowing you to solve design challenges whilst gaining expertise to work in the creative industries. You'll take a practical and theoretical approach to digital design, allowing you to design and build interactive products and services of the future whilst equipping you with skills sought after by employers.
Your year in industry takes place between your second and final years. You can apply to companies offering either design or technology-oriented placements, depending on your own interests. As well as gaining invaluable workplace experience, you also have the chance to evaluate a particular career path, and, if your placement goes well, you may be offered a job by that employer after graduation.
Key highlights
- Year in industry between second and final years
- Choose design or technology-oriented placements to suit your interests
- Placement may lead to a graduate job offer
- Design and build interactive products and services
- Combines practical and theoretical approaches to digital design
- Prepares you for work in the creative industries
Entry requirements
- UCAS tariff points: 96-112 — Typical offer 96-112 UCAS points A level BBC Contextual offer: CCC Contextual offers consider personal circumstances as well as academic grades.
- A-level: BBC — Typical offer 96-112 UCAS points A level BBC Contextual offer: CCC Contextual offers consider personal circumstances as well as academic grades.
- A-level: CCC — contextual offer
- BTEC: DMM — BTEC DMM Contextual offer: MMM Contextual offers consider personal circumstances as well as academic grades.
- BTEC: MMM — contextual offer
- UCAS tariff points: 112 — IB 112 tariff points View all requirements
Scholarships
Kent Ambition to Succeed Scholarship
Scholarship holders can expect to receive between £500-£2,000 for each year of study (pro-rata for part-time students), subject to satisfactory academic progress.
Kent International Scholarship for Undergraduates
Scholarship value - £5,000
Up to £5,000KMMS Christopher and Henry Oldfield Academic Scholarship
Tuition fee waiver for 4 years at the home rate (£9, 790 for 26/27).
KMMS Christopher and Henry Oldfield Support Scholarship
Tuition fee waiver for 4 years at the home rate (£9,790 for 26/27).
KMMS Kingsman Scholarship
Tuition fee waiver for 4 years at the home rate (£9,790 for 26/27).
KMMS Widening Participation Scholarship
£1,500 maintenance per annum for a maximum of 5 years.
Up to £1,500Music Performance Scholarship
£1,000 awarded each year to talented instrumentalists and singers studying for any degree at the University of Kent.
Up to £1,000Sanctuary Scholarships
Tuition fees waived for the duration of your programme of study, or until you are able to access other Student Finance funding.
Careers this course leads to
- Digital designer
- UX designer
- Interaction designer
- UI designer
- Web designer
- Product designer
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,790 per year | International: £23,500 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 University of Kent, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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