BA (Hons) Foundation in Art and Design
Robert Gordon UniversityAberdeen, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our foundation curriculum is a comprehensive first year experience that explores your understanding of our subject areas through a wide variety of creative activities and opportunities. We will enable your journey through the creative landscape by supporting your investigations and discoveries. You will experience diverse ways of thinking, doing, making, drawing and designing.
Key highlights
- Comprehensive first year exploring a wide range of art and design subjects
- Learn through a wide variety of creative activities and opportunities
- Develop diverse ways of thinking, doing, making, drawing and designing
- Supported investigation and discovery across the creative landscape
Entry requirements
- Scottish Highers: BCC — to include Art & Design (or a creative design and/or media subject e.g. Graphic Comm
- A-level: CC — to include Art & Design (or a creative design and/or media subject e.g. Media Studies
- International Baccalaureate: 24 — to include
- Additional condition: interview — All applicants with the appropriate qualifications (or due to sit appropriate qualifications) will be invited to attend a portfolio review/interview and participate in a selection process.
- Additional condition: portfolio — All applicants with the appropriate qualifications (or due to sit appropriate qualifications) will be invited to attend a portfolio review/interview and participate in a selection process.
- Scottish Highers: CCC — to include to include Art / Design (or a creative design and/or media subject such as Graphic C; minimum (widening access) offer
Scholarships
Alumni Discount
A 20% discount is provided exclusively on tuition fees and not to any associated course costs.
Up to 20% of feesInternational Students Emergency Fund
The fund aims to help students with basic living costs such as food, utilities and rent.
RGU Early Deposit Payment Discount
Self-funding students paying an international fee joining in the September 2026 intake who pay their deposit will receive an additional £500 discount.
Up to £500RGU Golf Scholarship
Up to £8,500 per year
RGU International Student Discount for Undergraduate Students
£2,000 discount on each year of study of undergraduate tuition fees.
Up to £2,000RGU SPORT Scholarship
Financial assistance is awarded to support travel, training, equipment and competition expenses accrued during the academic year.
Vice-Chancellor's Undergraduate Scholarship
Careers this course leads to
- Artist
- Graphic designer
- Illustrator
- Product designer
- Textile designer
- Art teacher
Cost of study
UK/Home: £1,820 (Scotland), £9,535 (rest of UK) | International: £18,940
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 Robert Gordon University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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