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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.

Woman in denim jacket and mint top stands behind two blue architectural models with miniature trees and buildings on white surface.

Tasha Diamond’s journey from modelmaking to viral illusion cakes

Tasha Diamond graduated from Arts University Bournemouth’s BA (Hons) Modelmaking course in 2010 with a love of making movie props that...

model of three feet

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.

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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...

student looking at a model

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.

2026 New Blades

  • Winner | Best of Show – Abi Page
  • Winner | People's Choice Award – Dylan Shaw
  • Winner | Storyteller Award – Ella Ireland
  • Winner | Compass Award – Lola Lowe
  • Winner | Best Interaction Model – Rachel Hemming
  • Winner | Pioneer Award – Nina Hill
  • Winner | The Mastery Award – Esther Grew
  • Runner-up | Best of Show – Esther Grew

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