Graphic Design

Graphic design is a discipline concerned with visual communication, using typography, image, colour, and layout to convey information, create identity, and engage audiences across print, screen, and environmental contexts. It is one of the most commercially pervasive of the design professions, shaping the packaging on supermarket shelves, the interfaces on our phones, the publications we read, and the signage of the built environment. But graphic design is also a tool for social and cultural change, used by campaigners, cultural institutions, and community organisations to communicate ideas and values as well as products.

Roehampton University's three-year full-time BA Graphic Design has a foundation year and a typical entry tariff of 88 points, making it accessible to students from a range of backgrounds. The programme also includes a sandwich year and work placement opportunities, giving you substantial professional experience before graduation. As the course itself describes, a defining feature of the degree is its commitment to socially responsible design, multidisciplinary collaboration, and real-world engagement, with these values embedded throughout the curriculum.

You will develop strong technical and creative skills while also learning to apply design as a tool for meaningful social and cultural impact. You will work across digital and print media, developing proficiency in industry-standard software alongside design thinking, visual research, typography, and the ability to communicate your ideas and decisions clearly.

Graphic design graduates work as graphic designers, brand designers, digital designers, UI designers, packaging designers, typographers, art directors, and creative directors, across agencies, in-house design teams, publishers, broadcasting companies, and as freelancers. The social design dimension of Roehampton's approach also opens doors in the charity and public sectors, where the ability to communicate complex information accessibly and compellingly is in particular demand. Postgraduate study in graphic design, user experience, or visual communication is an option for those wanting to develop deeper expertise.