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Art, design and fashion

Explore your creativity without limitations. From digital media or graphic design to fashion, illustration, and model design (special effects), you will be free to explore your ideas through a range of media. Supported by our team of experts, each bring their unique experiences and interests directly into their teaching.

Learn using our fantastic facilities and studio spaces that will help foster your natural talent, allowing you full creative freedom as you work on individual and group projects to help showcase your natural flair to prospective employers.

Many of our students in recent years have been nominated or have won international competitions on our Art, Design and Fashion courses. Such as, Folio Society Book Illustration Competition, Penguin Random House Student Design Awards and Design & Art Direction Association New Blood Awards.

Why choose this subject area?

  • 1st in the UK (and 5th in the world) for Best Design Education Institution (World Brand Design Society - Student Design Awards, 2022-23)
  • benefit from close working relationships with well-known brands, including Ted Baker, F&F, Maria Grachvogel and Ally Capellino
  • experience teaching in spacious and contemporary studio spaces with access to fantastic facilities and equipment including digital and 3D printers
  • fashion students will be able to enhance their designs and learning through access to industry standard software, Fashion CAD

Undergraduate courses
Course title UCAS 2023 tariff UCAS code
BA (Hons) Architecture K100 in Clearing
BA (Hons) Character and Creative Effects (2024 entry)
BA (Hons) Comics and Concept Art W619
BA (Hons) Digital Media Design W212 in Clearing
BA (Hons) Fashion and Fashion Business W231 in Clearing
BA (Hons) Graphic Design W210 in Clearing
BA (Hons) Graphic Design Advertising and Branding W215 in Clearing
BA (Hons) Illustration W221 in Clearing
BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design W251 in Clearing
BA (Hons) Model Design (Character and Creative Effects) W452 in Clearing
BA (Hons) Model Design (Model Effects) W292 in Clearing
BA (Hons) Model Design (Special Effects) W451 in Clearing
BA (Hons) Model Design and Special Effects (2024 entry)
BA (Hons) Visual Merchandising, Styling and Promotion (top up) W202 in Clearing

Foundation courses
Course title UCAS entry tariff UCAS code
FdA 3D Design 48 W201 in Clearing
FdA Graphic Design 48 W216 in Clearing
FdA Visual Merchandising 48 WN22 in Clearing

Preparatory courses
Course title
University Certificate Arts Therapies and Wellbeing Foundation
'The University of Hertfordshire truly shaped me personally as well as my career. I can guarantee that no other University would have provided me with the same opportunities they did and I can confidently say that if I had not studied here, I wouldn’t be as happy in my career as I am today.'

Sam Sampson

BA (Hons) Digital Media Design