Digital Design - 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.
Creativity is at the heart of our course. You develop your design and technical skills allowing you to showcase your creativity. You'll work with a broad range of design assets and the latest in interactive and immersive technologies, creating new experiences for audiences, while setting yourself up for an exciting and fulfilling career in technology or the creative industries.
Both the technology sector and creative industries are rapidly expanding and evolving areas. The dual focus on our digital design course means you'll develop the well-rounded expertise, confidence and knowledge to take advantage of these expanding fields and make your ambition count - where that is, is up to you. Digital Design showreel
Key highlights
- Combines practical and theoretical approaches to digital design
- Design and build interactive products and services
- Work with the latest interactive and immersive technologies
- Create new experiences for audiences using a broad range of design assets
- Develops both design and technical skills for creative and tech careers
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
- UX designer
- Interaction designer
- Digital designer
- Web designer
- Immersive experience designer
- Creative technologist
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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