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BA (Hons) International Craft (Top Up)

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Manchester Metropolitan University

United Kingdom , Manchester

Key Facts

Program Level

Bachelor

Study Type

Full Time

Delivery

On Campus

Course Code

ICR6

Campuses

Manchester

Program Language

English

Start & Deadlines

Next Intake DeadlinesSeptember-2026

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Duration 1 year(s)

Tuition Fee

GBP 21,500 / year

Next Intake September-2026

BA (Hons) International Craft (Top Up)

About

The BA (Hons) International Craft 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 modules 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 equiva

Course information

The core modules you will study for BA (Hons) International Craft Top Up are below.

Requirements

Entry Requirements

Entry requirements

We will ask for a portfolio of your work as part of your application.

Further information

International students will be required to achieve an IELTS score of 6.0 with no component less than 5.5. English language qualification in line with the University’s entry requirements is required for students whose first language is not English. Further information for international students for application with non-UK qualifications can be found on our international website http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/international/

Applicants and returners from industry seeking recognition for prior learning will be assessed in line with the University’s RPL policy on their ability to meet the pertinent learning outcomes.

We will ask for a portfolio of your work as part of your application.

IELTS score required for international students

6.0 overall with no individual element below 5.5

There’s further information for international students on our international website if you’re applying with non-UK qualifications.

Further information

Applicants and returners from industry seeking recognition for prior learning will be assessed in line with the University’s RPL policy on their ability to meet the pertinent learning outcomes.

English Program Requirements

BA (Hons) International Craft is a one-year top-up degree programme for applicants who have previously studied and successfully completed a relevant HND (or equivalent), or Level 5 of a relevant undergraduate degree. International students will be required to achieve an IELTS score of 6.0 with no component less than 5.5. English language qualification in line with the University’s entry requirements is required for students whose first language is not English. Further information for international students for application with non-UK qualifications can be found on our international website http://www2.mmu.ac.uk/international/ Applicants and returners from industry seeking recognition for prior learning will be assessed in line with the University’s RPL policy on their ability to meet the pertinent learning outcomes.

Career

Career prospects

Graduates of our design courses go on to establish their own creative businesses as self-employed practitioners, or pursue careers as product designers, furniture designers, ceramicists, jewellers, retailers, gallery owners, retail buyers, design managers, design consultants, teachers and lecturers.

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