A route into Undergraduate degrees in Animation, Art and Design, Fashion, Film and Media Production, and Music and Sound.
About the Foundation Year
This Level 3 programme is your launchpad into higher education and the creative industries. Designed to build confidence and capability, it gives you the time and space to grow as a creative practitioner before continuing into specialist degree-level study.
Through hands-on projects, critical thinking and collaboration, you'll explore how creativity connects to culture, society and industry. We’ll help you to develop the essential skills in making, researching and communicating ideas that underpin every creative career.
You'll join the degree pathway you're most interested in from the start, while having the freedom to explore other creative disciplines across the department. If your interests shift, you'll have the flexibility to switch pathways before progressing to Level 4, so you arrive at your degree knowing exactly where you belong.
A proven alternative to the traditional Art and Design Foundation Year
Built on the success of our L3 Art and Design Foundation Year provision, this programme has expanded into the wider creative industries, giving students a broader, more flexible entry point into creative higher education. It also means you can explore which degree speciality most closely meets your interests, passions and goals. You’ll then go on to study the main degree programme that fits you perfectly.