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BA (Hons) Modelmaking
- Duration: 3 or 4 years full-time
- Placement year: Optional 1 year
- Course code: W291 (UCAS)
- Institution code: A66 (UCAS)
Career destinations
Our graduates enjoy successful careers in a range of industries that include film, architecture, animation, advertising, display, design, Formula 1, museum and heritage, medical, education and more. Many of our graduates have progressed to run departments and successful businesses.
BA (Hons) Modelmaking graduates design and make handheld props, sets and costumes in the film industry. In world-renowned architectural practices, they lead teams and run departments making a range of architectural models; in the world of animation, our graduates work for companies such as Aardman, making sets, props and puppets. From prototypes to wind tunnel test models, from prosthetic limbs to robotics and from science fiction to science research, our graduates excel in making models and artefacts that entertain, educate and communicate to global audiences.
Alumni
Discover what some of our alumni have got up to since graduating in the profiles below.
Bex Lowe – BA (Hons) Modelmaking
I'm a workshop and installation team leader at Merlin. I work with lots of theme parks, right now I'm working on scarcest for Alton Towers.
Thomas Hughes – BA (Hons) Modelmaking
My job is to turn concept art into real life props. It usually starts with a concept design for a weapon from the art department...
Tom Taylor – BA (Hons) Modelmaking
Here at Tailor-made Model Makers, we make high-quality architectural models for architects, designers, property, developers and marketing...
Awards
Our BA (Hons) Modelmaking students and alumni have gone on to win great things.
2025 New Blades
- Winner | Best in Show, Best Architectural Model, Best Finish – Izzi Hopper
- Winner | Best Use of Silicone – Stefanie van Dellen
- Winner | Best Use of 3D Printing, Best Modelmaking – Kit Jones
- Winner | Outside the Box Award, Most Ingenious – Inigo Robbins
- Winner | Best Product Model – Abbie Hume
- Winner | Sustainability Award – Niamh Sheppard
2025
- Winner | Alan Carr's Interior Design Masters – John Cooper (2002 graduate)
2024 New Blades
- Winner | Best in Show, Most Ingenious, Outside the Box award, Best Product Model – Ed Allen
- Winner | Best Use of Creative Materials, Workshop Award, Best Use of 3D Printing – Katrina Linderoth
- Winner | Best Architectural Model – Joan Serra Bofill
- Winner | The Richard Gregory SFX Award – Charlotte Couch
- Winner | Sustainability Award – Sally Feast
- Winner | M.A.D. Models Award – Sam Carroll
- Winner | Pretty Cool Award – Anthony Edgar
- Runner-up | Best in Show, Best Model Making – Immy Hughes
2023 New Blades
- Winner | Best in Show, Best Product Model, Best Finish, Best Use of 3D Printing – Maddie Fuggle
- Winner | Model Maker Group Fine Scale Model Award, Best Modelmaking – Holly Bignell
- Winner | Workshop Award – Christianna Altani
- Winner | Sustainability Award – Anna Rumary
- Winner | Howells Award – Sam Teanby
- Winner | Outside the Box Award – Jack Wase
- Runner-up | Best in Show, Best Use of Creative Materials – Jamie Lord
2020 APMM Art Hedlund Student Model Making Competition
- First place | Chris Bradbury
- Third place | Yudit Lee
- Honourable Mentions | Reba Bawden, Jonny Cavaciuti, James Picot, Shannon Sykes