Arts University Plymouth

Courses

Our art, design, craft and digital media courses will equip you with the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive at the forefront of the creative industries. From Animation, to Fashion, Sound Arts to Fine Art, with over 20 courses to choose from there will be something to start your creative journey.

Our courses cover the following subject areas

• 3D Crafts
• Creative Technologies
• Fashion, Textiles and Costume Design
• Film & Screen Arts
• Fine Art
• Games and Animation
• Graphic Design
• Illustration, Painting and Drawing
• Interior Design
• Media and Marketing
• Photography

We continue to invest heavily in new studios and workshops that redefine the relationship between media, fine art, digital technology and handcrafted traditions.

We believe in an open-door policy in regards to our state-of-the-art facilities, and encourage our students to explore facilities outside of their subject area. We use Wednesdays as a day where our students, when not in timetabled teaching, are free to explore creative skills outside their usual programme of study. Both online and on-campus, our students are able to choose from a rich, rolling menu of workshops led by our excellent technical and Learning Lab colleagues, offered free of charge.

Facility highlights include:

• Workshop Wednesdays
• Film & Photography studios - dark rooms, product studio, process room, media studios
• Fab Lab kitted out with the latest in digital design technologies - from 3D printers to 3D scanners, a vinyl cutter, CNC milling machine, CNC router and laser cutter.
• Imprint Lab & Digital Print Bureau - is the only 2D printing and mark-making workshop in the South West, including etching, collagraph, lino, letterpress, mono print, engraving, intaglio, lithograph up to A0, and bookbinding
• Fashion Studios & Sew Lab - Specialist industrial and domestic sewing machines, a range of knitting machines, flatbed sewing machines, pressing stations, fuse presses, sit alongside a media and marketing Mac suite, a fully operational CAD cutting facility.
• Materials Lab - facilities for specialist welding and brazing as well as a plasma cutter, 24 soldering stations, industry-standard vacuum metal casting, electroforming, enamelling kilns, hydraulic press-forming, micro-scale welding.

Arts University Plymouth works with its recommended accommodation provider, Host, to provide stylish, safe, and fun places to live in the city centre. There are five halls of residence available:

• Frobisher House
• St. Thomas Court
• Discovery Heights
• The Old Dairy
• Central Point

All of these are located in Plymouth city centre, with The Old Dairy being located right next door to the university and the others being no more than a 15-minute walk away. They are also convenient for enjoying student life, with plenty of shops, restaurants, pubs, and clubs right on the doorstep. Plymouth’s historic waterfront is also within walking distance of the main campus, where you’ll find bars, cafes and restaurants, independent shops, and Tinside Lido, a lovingly restored art deco outdoor swimming pool.

All halls are modern, bright, and spacious, with a number of room options available, including classic and premium en-suite rooms, with hi-spec shared kitchen/dining areas; studio rooms (standard, premium, deluxe, platinum, and penthouse); and 2-bed apartments.

At all sites, there are common rooms for all residents, plus onsite laundry rooms and bike storage. Some sites even include outdoor courtyard and garden spaces for students to enjoy.

Rents range from £95 to £117 per week and include all bills, insurance, and WiFi. For students’ peace of mind, there are staff onsite 24/7. In addition, accommodation provider Host offers students a variety of guarantees as well as rent payment plan options and a No Place No Pay scheme that ensures students that if they are not offered a place that they do not have to pay.

For students who chose not to live in Host halls, Plymouth has a wide variety of student houses and flats available to rent both in and out of the city centre.