Illustration

Course Overview

Offered by University of Gloucestershire, the PgDip Illustration provides a comprehensive postgraduate education in creative arts and design. Based in Cheltenham, England, this programme combines theoretical knowledge with practical application, with a 1-year full-time and part-time structure. Illustration gives you the opportunity to navigate your practice within a supportive creative community, build confidence in your work, develop visual storytelling skills and succeed with a sustainable creative profession. You’ll have access to excellent creative facilities and your own studio space to question, challenge and explore your image-making skills. Underpinning the course is visual storytelling, as well as practice-as-research. A minimum ielts score of 6.0 is required for admission. Graduates from this programme benefit from strong career prospects, with 80% of graduates in employment or further study.

What You'll Learn

Tuition Fees & Funding

Start date Location Course code Fee (UK)Total fee Fee (international) Total fee Sep 2026 Francis Close Hall, Cheltenham — £10,120 £18,490 Sep 2027 Francis Close Hall, Cheltenham — TBC TBC International students can benefit from a range of scholarships and bursaries across many undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. Find out more

Graduate Outcomes

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