* Item Cost Kit (Uniform and Equipment) £15 Materials. Per year Field Trips £500 Field trip to Europe. Other: Printing & Exhibition Costs £150 Year 3
In general, international applicants will need to have achieved an overall IELTS grade of 6.0 with a minimum score of 5.5 in each component.
This Advertising Design degree is one of only a few specialist advertising courses in the UK. We focus on creative ideas, technical skills, and understanding contemporary digital culture.
You’ll explore the areas of art direction, copywriting and strategic development, as well as how to design campaigns for all forms of advertising, including via social media, motion and traditional print-based designs.
Your studies will help you gain creative and technical skills, as well as the confidence to work in the fast-paced and ever-changing world of the advertising industry.
We have strong links with the creative industry and you’ll work with creative professionals through ‘live’ projects. Recent projects have included companies such as Brains Beer, Cadburys, Welsh Water, Fanta, Ben & Jerry's, Nike, Google, Eurostar and Chanel.
We’re also actively involved in the D&AD New Blood (Design & Art Direction) and YCN education schemes, which provides the students opportunities to showcase their work to advertising agencies.
Past graduates have gone on to work for Cardiff / Bristol based agencies S3 and Epoch Design, as well as global agencies such Digitas LBi, Adam & Eve, Revolt, Cult Ldn, Isobar, Ogilvy, Havas Hellas and MullenLowe London.
USW ranked Top 25 in the UK for Design and Crafts, Guardian League Table 2021.
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Year One: Advertising Design degree
The Creative Process
Advertising for Print
Advertising Fundamentals
Advertising for Audio and Video
Copywriting
The Advertising Industry
Year Two: Advertising Design degree
Customers and Consumers
Advertising for Digital and Experience
Marketing Strategy
Building Brands with Advertising
The Agency
Emerging Technologies: Opportunities and Trends
Year Three: Advertising Design degree
Professional Project
Compete for Success
Advertising Collaboration
Case Study
International Advertising
The dynamic nature of the Advertising Design course allows graduates to have excellent opportunities throughout a range of advertising, design and creative careers. Graduates can also progress to postgraduate study.
Recent graduates of the Advertising Design course have gone into roles such as:
Creative Director
Copywriter
Motion Artist
Account Handler
Researcher
Planner
Media buyer
Digital Marketer
Creative Technologist
PR
Graphic Designer
Photographer
Brand Manager
Ad Director
Advertising Creative
Graphic Designer
Web Designer
Art Director
Advertising Account Executive
Insurance - Single: 300GBP/ year
