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This unique course is one of the first to bring together comic and concept art. Throughout this degree, you will refine your design, drawing and digital visualisation skills to create believable worlds and bring to life immersive stories from your imagination. Using emerging technologies and industry standard software, you will develop your design and planning skills alongside comic and concept art outputs.
Discover your own design aesthetic and create a fashion collection and portfolio that showcases your individual energy and talents. This practice-based degree course embraces the diversity of fashion design in the 21st century. Join a community of passionate students, all focussed on becoming informed fashion-design creatives. Together, you will explore and learn this multifaceted design discipline, it’s historical and contemporary context alongside broader factors that influence fashion design, including global fashion narratives, gender, sustainable practice, and ethics.
Acting for Screen encompasses a range of contemporary performance disciplines, from drama for feature film and presenting for television, through to promotion and influencing on the web and through social media. This course offers the opportunity to develop the skills and attributes to excel in these areas whilst studying amongst a thriving community of diverse creatives. You will experience working in a film studio with access to production equipment and rehearsal space. You will also have the opportunity to work with experienced industry professionals, who will provide you with feedback and guidance on your work.
Our BA (Hons) Games Design encompasses the creative and technical aspects of designing interactive and immersive game experiences. It focuses on crafting engaging gameplay elements, creating levels and challenges, and developing compelling narratives. Games designers collaborate with concept artists, games artists, writers, and musicians to bring their vision to life. They consider player psychology, user experience, and game mechanics, refining their designs based on feedback. Games design utilises specialised software and tools to prototype and visualise game concepts. This course provides a platform to combine creativity and technical expertise and to collaborate with a vibrant community of diverse creatives.
Calling all music enthusiasts and creative minds, ready to study at the heart of a thriving music and media community. Our BA (Hons) Music Production course offers a range of practical and creative experiences that will ignite your passion. Working alongside our BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance course, the programme focuses on studio production, live sound engineering, original music composition, and sound design – the essential building blocks for your musical journey. We’re on the lookout for talented student engineers, recordists, and beatmakers who want to hone their skills and flourish as music production professionals and artists.
On this carefully focused degree, you will learn to produce ‘Ideas That Work’. Our tutors nurture individuality through collaboration and practices modelled on real-life creative agencies. Develop new skills, gain hands-on experience and learn to pitch your ideas. Our tutors have considerable industry experience spanning marketing communications, brand development, strategy, advertising, art direction and copywriting. They will support you to understand how communications work, so that you can use creative thinking to help brands connect with consumers. Tutors spend time working with students one-to-one, giving constructive feedback, and nurturing creative potential to create business solutions.
About Us
We have a diverse and thriving international student community, welcoming students from all over the world each year. Our students have opportunities to learn through collaboration with others, from filmmakers to fashion designers, and photographers to musicians.
As a small specialist university, our excellent staff:student ratios mean that you will benefit from expert advice and feedback to achieve your goals. You will learn in our award winning, industry standard facilities from our fantastic professors, all highly experienced in their disciplines and many of them are still practicing creatives.
Our contacts within the creative industries give you the chance to learn from, and network with, some of the best names in your chosen fields to prepare you for life after university.
Leeds Arts University Entry Requirements
Foundation Diploma
Successful completion of the USA High School Diploma with an overall minimum GPA of 2.8
You will also need:
• A reference to support your application from an academic teacher, tutor, or counsellor
• Examples of work or audition to demonstrate your interest and ability in art, design, and/or technology
UG
Successful completion of the USA High School Graduation Diploma with an overall minimum GPA of 3.0
Plus one of:
• ACT test results with minimum scores of 24
• 2 AP exam results with a grade of 3 or higher
• SAT I (Reasoning) scores of at least 1100
An overall higher GPA in your High School Graduation Diploma may exempt you from any additional requirements. We will consider each application on a case-by-case basis, adopting a flexible and inclusive approach to students who have been unable to access standardised tests. We will consider honors classes, IB courses, or university/community college credit-bearing courses in lieu.
You will also need:
• A portfolio (examples of work) or audition
• One reference to support your application from an academic teacher, tutor or counsellor
Notable alumni - Damien Hirst - English artist and art collector
Adi Granov, Iron Man comic book artist, has an honorary degree & visited to share knowledge with students
Outside of London, Leeds offers the country’s best paying jobs!
At the forefront of art and design education since 1846 - teaching the creative arts ever since
Based in the heart of Leeds - Leeds has been voted the UK’s Best Student City!
Highest-ranked specialist arts university for student satisfaction! Plus, we have won the WhatUni Student Choice Award for Best facilities 3 times!
Test optional - We will consider each application on a case-by-case basis, adopting a flexible and inclusive approach. Alongside standardized tests, we will take into consideration honors classes, IB courses, or university/community college credit-bearing courses.
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