Digital Design with a Year Abroad - 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 abroad is taken between your second and final years. This gives you an excellent opportunity to develop multidisciplinary skills through experiencing a new culture, and to discover how your subject is taught in a different environment. You are taught in English and destinations may include universities in the US, Singapore and Australia.
For current destinations please see our
Study abroad
Course List.
Key highlights
- Combines creative design with expertise in new digital technology
- Practical and theoretical approach to designing interactive products and services
- Year abroad taken between second and final years
- Study abroad destinations may include the US, Singapore and Australia
- Teaching during the year abroad is delivered in English
- 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
- UI designer
- Interaction designer
- Product designer
- Web 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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