International Illustration (Top Up) - BA (Hons): Fees & Entry Requirements at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

International Illustration (Top Up) - BA (Hons)

UK

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What will I learn?

The BA (Hons) International Illustration top-up will support you to think innovatively and respond to global trends in design. The course will expand your critical and conceptual thinking and encourage an understanding of wider global and creative professional design practice, whilst enabling you to develop an individual positioning for your professional design practice.Collaboration is at the heart of the course - you will undertake design practice units with current final year students, work on projects with external industry and academic research partners, and exhibit your final projects as part of our annual Degree Shows events.The one year programmes offer direct entry into the final year of a Bachelor’s degree to students who have successfully completed a relevant HND (or equivalent), or who have completed the second year of a relevant undergraduate degree, who wish to further develop their knowledge and skills in design.

Which department am I in?

Dept of Design

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
£20,000.00 (21,79,124) per year
Accommodation Fees - HALL(ARCHWAY, ROOM TYPE(Ensuite) 185, WEEKS-44

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

October 2026

Venue

Manchester Metropolitan University

Ormond Building,

Lower Ormond Street,

Manchester,

Lancashire,

M15 6BX, Northern England, United Kingdom

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
Information not available

Please check with institution

Start date

September 2026

Venue

Main Site

Academic Division,

Oxford Road, All Saints,

Manchester,

M15 6BH, Northern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

Meeting the typical entry requirements for an undergraduate degree course does not guarantee an offer of a place. We take account of several factors in your application, including: your grades grade predictions reference personal statement relevant experience, where appropriate IELTS (Academic) Or IELTS for UKVI (Academic) Or IELTS Online (Academic) - 6.0, with no component below 5.5 IELTS 6.0, with no component below 5.5 TOEFL IBT Overall score: 79 With no individual test score below: Listening: 17 Reading: 18 Speaking: 20 Writing : 17

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Manchester Metropolitan University

Manchester Metropolitan is ranked 46th for universities in the UK (Times Higher Education Rankings, 2025).

  • One of UK’s largest universities, with around 40,000 student
  • Triple accredited business school
  • GBP 400 million in ongoing investment
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