Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Jewellery & Silversmithing
- 3 years
- Duration
- 17,500 GBP/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Bachelor
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Farnham / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
On our BA (Hons) Jewelry and Silversmithing program at UCA Farnham, students combine the traditional with the contemporary to produce magnificent creations.
We support a variety of approaches to jewellery and silversmithing and give you the specialized technical and artistic abilities you need to develop your ideas and give them life.
As you participate in international contests, placements, and industrial initiatives, you will acquire invaluable practical experience. With accolades including the Guild of Enamellers' Bursary Award, the Goldsmith's Company Award, and Bright Young Gems, our gifted students have a stellar reputation in the industry.
You will have access to our fully-stocked workshops and cutting-edge jewelry studio during your studies, giving you the chance to experiment with a variety of materials like metal, ceramics, glass, wood, polymers, and fabrics.
All of your lecturers are renowned designers, makers, or researchers, so you can be sure that everything you learn on the course will be applicable to real-life working contexts. Along the way, you will learn from true authorities in the field.
You can enroll in an Integrated International Foundation Year, which was created especially to give international students English language and creative skills before they start their first year of study.
As part of this degree, you can also choose to complete a Professional Practice Year. You will have the chance to reach your full professional, academic, and personal potential as a result, giving you the tools you need to operate confidently and enthusiastically in creative environments. These abilities are highly recognized by employers, and a sizable percentage of placement students receive graduate-level employment offers or continue on to postgraduate study.
Program structure
Year 1
- Launch Week
- Maker and Materials
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion 1
- 2D CAD Cam
- Opportunity Week
- Form and Surface
- Professional Communication
- 3D CAD Cam
Year 2
- Launch Week
- Body, Object, Space
- The Conscious Practitioner
- Sustainability
- Opportunity Week
- Audience and Context
- External Context
- Exhibiting
Year 3
- Launch Week
- Minor project: Exploratory Research and Development
- Professional Practice
- Opportunity Week
- Major Project: Realisation
Price
Fee for two semesters (1 year) is 17,500 GBP for international students
We have offer a range of scholarships and fee discounts.
Requirements for applicants
If you do not have qualifications from the United Kingdom, we will accept equivalent qualifications from your native country for admittance into our programs.
In addition to academic credentials, some of our courses require a portfolio of previous work.
For our Bachelor's courses, we usually require that you have:
- High school leaving certificate or equivalent.
- A transcript showing successful completion of one year of a Bachelor's degree from a recognised university with CGPA 3.8.
English Language requirements for BA/BSc courses:
- IELTS UKVI or Academic - Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5, Total 6.0
- Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT - Listening 17, Reading 18, Speaking 20, Writing 17, Total 80
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) - Listening 59, Reading 59, Speaking 59, Writing 59, Total 59
- Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) or Cambridge English Proficiency - Listening 162, Reading 162, Speaking 162, Writing 162, Total 169
- Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE) - Listening Merit, Reading Merit, Speaking Merit, Writing Merit, Total ISE III
- LanguageCert International ESOL SELT - Listening 33, Reading 33, Speaking 33, Writing 33, Total B2 Communicator High Pass
Portfolio requirements
For these course, you must perform an individual piece as an audition. This piece can be up to two minutes long and can be one of the following: a brief modern text (play or screenplay); a short piece of Shakespeare; or an original work you have composed.
About the university
The UCA team firmly believes that creativity enhances the vitality, innovation, and humanity of global communities. That is why the university has been a fervent supporter of creative research and teaching for the past 160 years.
Architecture, crafts, fashion, graphic design, illustration, fine art, photography, film, media, the performing arts, and creative business are among areas of study offered by the university. Employers in the creative sector hold a high regard for this programs because of their excellent teaching standards.
We want to inspire people to use their creativity to drive change, overcome challenges and improve the lives of others.
So we’ve designed our university to be an inclusive, dynamic environment. Our campuses across Surrey and Kent, our Institute for Creative Innovation in Xiamen, China, and our homes within partner organisations such as the Maidstone Television Studios all have one thing in common: they are places to forge inspiring partnerships, make work with purpose and build real solutions to human problems across the globe – whether that’s as part of our vibrant teaching and research community, or as a student on one of our courses.
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