BA Graphic Design in London

I'm applying for graphics at Middlesex because the course looks really broad and looks like there's opportunity to specialise in a few different areas =) And they're gonna have a new campus for art and design students from September 2011 so the facilities and everything will be good. And its really close to London! However, the tutors didn't seem as impressive as other places that i've seen.
Chelsea's course looks sooo good! Apparently its got really good links with industry and the course looks quite broad.
I've heard that Ravensbourne's graphics course is mainly digital, which put me off but it might be good if thats what you like doing =)
Hope this helps a bit =)

So I am not sure what unis are good for graphics and what aren't, i have been reading most of the uni prospectuses with the course details and unfortunatetly left oepn days till last minute as I did not decide on graphics till later so now all of htem are fully booked. I would like to go into advertising but keeping my options open for now, I like courses with good teacher to student communication.

So far I have looked at:
Kingston University
Ravensbourne
Middlesex
UAL Univeristys like Camberwell, Chelsea or CSM not LCC as I didn't like their foundation so I'm guessing I wont like their BA course. I know csm is very competitive so I might pick between chelsea or camberwell maybe but its is too close to home and would liek to be further away form my parents.
UCA Epsom

as I have strict parents I have to go to unis in london and none of them can be too far.

Hey thanks for the reply, what other unis are you applying for, middlesex seems a bit far to me, wheres the new building going to be. I've been doing alot of reading on unis and I think I am going to apply for chelsea, ravensbourne maybe kingston and need one more choice to make 4

I'm at Ravensbourne at the moment, although not studying the course you want to do. However as the above poster said, it's very digital. Like literally I don't even bring a pencil or pen to uni anymore because everything is based on computers. You may like that, you may not. Guess it depends on what kind of stuff you're into. I'm definitely not applying there next year.

All the UAL colleges are decent for Graphics Design, they're all slightly different though so look into that.
I think Chelsea said that it doesn't give students the chance to specialise in certain areas during the course, unlike the other colleges like CSM and LCC which offer pathway stages, usually in 2nd year.

CSM is very competitive, it has about 150 BA Graphics Design places. And about 40% of those go to International Students.

You should look at LCC, you might like the Graphics Design course. It gives you the option to specialise in Graphics for Advertising which seems to be what you want.

Kingston is suppose to be good aswell so it's an option.

I'm at Ravensbourne at the moment, although not studying the course you want to do. However as the above poster said, it's very digital. Like literally I don't even bring a pencil or pen to uni anymore because everything is based on computers. You may like that, you may not. Guess it depends on what kind of stuff you're into. I'm definitely not applying there next year.

I am currently on my foundation at college as I left LCC as I did not like their foundation so I'll feel like a hypocrite if i apply for their BA course lol plus I thinK they take too many people into their uni and most workshops always get filled up so I'm not too sure about that. Do you have any more information on what the kignston course is like?

I was looking at your spoiler to try and work out your subject xD and i'm guessing are you doing photography at ravensbourne?

What course are you doing, foundation? I don't mind it being too digital aslong there are some opportunities to go away from it here and there but I hear its pretty good for graphics.

Hehe I'm just doing a foundation. The architects designed the building so that there's massive windows in the photography studio (big no-no) so currently there is no useable studio That's one reason why I won't be studying there (I am looking to study photography). Oh, and the doors broke the other day. In fact, out of three sets of doors only one now works, though it's a revolving door and you have to push it the wrong way in order for it to work. So much for spending £70 million or whatever on the building! (Sorry for the rant, I'm just very annoyed at them at the moment as you can probably tell )

What's wrong with LCC?? haha... a lot actually. Especially with the new head of college, you would wanna stay away from it as far as possible. But then I am returning for a MA... Anyway, CSM graphic is very conceptual and Camberwell is very arty, LCC is probably the most practical but then you are right, UAL as a whole does take on too many students.

I heard that Ravensbourne doesn't do anything on paper anymore which echo one of the replies: very digital. They have gotten all the letterpress, and old crafty stuff, so I have heard.