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BA (Hons) Illustration

  • Duration: 3–5 years full-time
  • Placement year: Optional 1 year
  • Course code: W220 (UCAS)
  • Institution code: A66 (UCAS)
Illustration of an overground train on a bridge over a street, with people in the carriages and city buildings either side.

Overview

On BA (Hons) Illustration, you'll experiment, test and develop your creative practice, set in our dynamic studio environments to create rich visuals through eclectic image-making.

Digital illustration of blocky humanoid figures in pink and peach tones. One holds white rectangular object, another has red cubic head. Green textured background.

Learn in dynamic studio environments.

At AUB, you’ll learn to experiment, test and develop your illustration practice.

Box with parts of a detective card game, illustrated characters and blue/yellow theme.

Explore a range of processes and strategies.

Find your medium, from drawing, painting, and printmaking, photographic image, digital painting, moving image and motion graphics, CGI, interactive media and more!

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Want to know more about the kind of work our students are working on? Browse the gallery below to explore the work of our current BA (Hons) Illustration students.

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Latest from BA (Hons) Illustration

Close up of O. Erdenlig with a copy of the Minecraft Official Blocks Guide partly visible in the lower half of the image.
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BA (Hons) Illustration graduate contributes to the Minecraft Official Blocks Guide
Comic-style illustration grid with blue, red, pink panels showing figures in masks, protest scenes, police tape, and prison bars.
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BA (Hons) Illustration students exhibit at LUSH Spycops event in Soho
L Ruggli smiling behind wooden table with two clear acrylic awards featuring pink and blue text. Framed artwork on white wall.
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World Illustration Awards recognise new talent in graduate Léane Ruggli
Scrapbook page showing child's weather craft activity with handmade paper clouds featuring smiley faces and hanging raindrops in various colours.
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AUB to host three stands at Arts by the Sea Festival 2025

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