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BA (Hons) Photography, Video and Digital Imaging with Integrated Foundation Year

Join us at the Northern Centre of Photography and develop your photographic skills in state-of-the-art facilities. Be guided by our photographic experts and specialist technicians. Gain the confidence, knowledge and skills to start a successful career in the creative industries.

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UCAS codeW655
Duration4 years
Fee (UK)£10,050
LocationOn campus

Course summary

BA (Hons) Photography, Video and Digital Imaging provides you with a wide range of skills. Skills that give you everything you'll need for success in today’s photographic industries and beyond. You’ll learn how to tell compelling stories about the things that matter to you using high-quality digital and traditional images.

Use our professional photography studios, digital production suites and photographic darkrooms. Develop your own visual language with guidance from our expert team of photographers.

Our students have gone on to work in a whole range of areas, from medical to music and from sports to events. Careers our students have started include:

  • Studio and gallery assistants
  • Curators
  • Running commercial photography businesses
  • Teaching
  • Community and social work
  • Publishing.
Why Sunderland for Art and Design

Integrated Foundation Year

This course is available with an Integrated Foundation Year, an extra year of your degree. This route offers a supportive way of transitioning into university study. It may be suitable for you if you:

  • Have valuable work or life experience but no formal qualifications
  • Are returning to education after a break
  • Want to change direction or explore a new career path
  • Have just missed the entry requirements for the three-year course.

We’re enhancing our Integrated Foundation Year to give you an even stronger start to your degree. The updated modules will align more with your chosen subject area. This will help you build the knowledge, confidence, and skills you need for your studies. We'll share full details soon and can't wait to tell you more.

Please note, this route isn’t available to international students.

Josh Gawthorpe

Since graduating, my career has been incredibly fulfilling. My acquired skill set and passion for digital imaging and photography led me to work with the police as a digital imaging editor. It’s a fantastic professional career which is both challenging and rewarding."

Josh Gawthorpe

Read Josh Gawthorpe's story

What you'll study

Many of our courses include a range of modules you can choose from. Some options may only be available if you’ve already studied specific modules. If you’re not sure what you need before picking a module, your course leader can help.

Undergraduate module credits should total 120 credits per academic year. If optional modules are available, choose an amount that totals 120 credits.

How you'll learn

You'll explore different approaches and styles of photography and moving image. You'll build your skills, your creative approaches, and your understanding of the practice as you develop your own aesthetic and intellectual position as an image maker.

You'll have opportunities to experiment and challenge yourself, present your ideas to your peers, and test your work in the real world.

Entry requirements

Fees and finance support

UK£10,050

Undergraduate fees are set according to rules from Government in line with forecast inflation. If you're a Home fee-paying student, the fee for your first year of study for 2027/28 will be £10,050. You'll pay tuition fees for every year of study. Fees may increase every year based on the Retail Price Index.

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Full-time UK/Irish/EU settled/EU pre-settled students may be eligible for financial support. This would cover your fees for the full four years. UK and EU settled students may also be eligible to receive a maintenance loan.

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Disclaimer

We want to make sure you have clear and accurate information about our courses. Our website always shows the latest updates. If you’ve applied and you're offered a place, we’ll contact you in writing if anything important changes.

For more information, view our programme specifications. These include course content, learning outcomes, and the skills you'll gain.

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