BA (Hons)

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Key facts

  • Program
    Bachelor's
  • Duration
    3 years
  • Program
    On campus
  • Pace
    Full-time
  • Annual tuition fee
    9,250GBP
  • Start date
    Sep

Program overview

What Cardiff Metropolitan University says about their program:

Illustrations are active images; they always have a purpose, making sense of complex ideas. As illustrators, you will work to enable understanding of the everyday - from enriching literature and poetry, to responding to societal issues from science and medicine to politics and economics. You will develop rich imaginative responses to build your unique practice, inviting your audiences in.

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Admission requirements

Undergraduate academic requirements

  • Nigeria

    Students with 5 or more West African Senior School (WAEC) subjects at B3 or above including Mathematics and one Science, can be considered for direct undergraduate degree entry.

  • India

    Students with good grades in their Higher Secondary School Certificates - Indian School Certificate (ISC) / Intermediate Certificate / Higher School Certificate / Higher Secondary Certificate / All India Senior School Certificate / Pre-University Course - awarded on completion of Standard XII

  • UK (A-levels)

    Tariff points from 112+

  • USA

    We are test optional as long as you have an average GPA of 3.0/4.0. Some of our majors have pre-requisite requirement which can be met by subject level tests/classes (APs, honors, community college, IB).

  • IB

    Student will be expected to achieve a minimum of 24 points (made of HL and SL exams)

  • Colombia

    Bachillerato with a pass mark of excellence and the ICFES pass 200+ (Higher Education Entrance Exam)

  • Mexico

    Bachillerato General with a pass mark of 8+

Postgraduate academic requirements

  • Most courses require you to have a minimum of an equivalent to a UK Degree with a 2

    2

English proficiency

Undergraduate

  • TOEFL iBT

    72

  • IELTS

    6.0

  • PTE

    56

  • CAE

    169

  • Trinity London

    ISE II pass with merit in each skill

Graduate

  • TOEFL iBT

    83

  • IELTS

    6.0

  • PTE

    62

  • CAE

    176

  • Trinity London

    ISE II pass with distinction in each skill

English proficiency waivers

Undergraduate

  • Student comes from native English country
  • IB HL 4
  • University English proficiency test
  • Previously completed an academic qualification equivalent to a UK degree which was taught in a majority English speaking country which you are not a national of

Graduate

  • Student comes from native English country
  • IB HL 4
  • Previously completed an academic qualification equivalent to a UK degree which was taught in a majority English speaking country which you are not a national of
  • Successfully obtained an academic qualification (not a professional or vocational qualification) from an educational establishment in the UK, which is a bachelor’s degree or above.

Documents required

Undergraduate

  • Application form
  • Academic transcripts
  • Diploma of previous studies
  • Translations
  • Proof of language proficiency
  • Reference letters
  • Portfolio (if applicable)
  • Passport identification page
  • Motivation letter / Statement of purpose
  • Sports courses only, evidence of personal sporting achievements

Graduate

  • Application form
  • Academic transcripts
  • Diploma of previous studies
  • Translations
  • Proof of language proficiency
  • CV
  • Motivation letter / Statement of purpose
  • Passport identification page
  • Portfolio (if applicable)
  • Reference letters
  • Sports courses only, evidence of personal sporting achievements
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Fees and funding

Funding

Global Wales Scholarship

  • Amount

    £10,000

  • Requirements

    Only open to full time postgraduate students from USA, Canada, India, Europe and Vietnam. An external scholarship awarded by Global Wales. Applications open in February for the September intake.

MBA Scholarship

  • Amount

    £1,500

  • Requirements

    Based on academic and/or professional, evidenced work experience

Vice Chancellor Scholarship

  • Amount

    £1,500

  • Requirements

    Based on academic and/or professional, evidenced work experience

​South East Asia Scholarship

  • Amount

    50% Tuition Fees

  • Requirements

    Students from South East Asia are eligible to apply for the Cardiff Met 50% tuition fee scholarship. This is a competitive scholarship award, based on an application and interview.

Alumni scholarship

  • Amount

    25% reduction in course fees

  • Requirements

    Awarded to all students who have completed a Cardiff Metropolitan undergraduate degree enrolling on taught postgraduate programs in Cardiff.

Fee information

  • Undergraduate tuition

    £16,000 per year

  • Graduate tuition

    £17,600 per year

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