Swansea College of Art at UWTSD

BA Graphic Design 🙌

On our Graphic Design degree you’ll explore typography, branding, visual communication, sustainable packaging and print through live industry briefs, and collaborative projects.

Combining traditional craft with contemporary digital practice, you’ll develop your own creative voice while building the skills, confidence and professional portfolio needed for a career in the creative industries.

With a supportive studio environment and guidance from experienced design professionals, you’ll learn to experiment, solve creative challenges and bring ideas to life.

🏆 UWTSD is ranked 5th in the UK for Art & Design (UniFreshers 2027).

📢 Applications are open through Clearing to start this September.

🔍 Search Graphic Design UWTSD

Graphic Design UWTSD

UWTSD has been ranked 2nd in the UK and 1st in Wales in Times Higher Education’s analysis of the National Student Survey (NSS), for the second-year running! 🎉

A huge thank you to our students for sharing their experiences and making this achievement possible. 💙

🎉 Huge congratulations to our Surface Pattern & Textiles 2026 graduate, Sophie Drew, on being shortlisted for the prestigious TEX +26 programme and selected as one of just 25 finalists to exhibit at Chelsea College of Arts, London.

We’re incredibly proud to see Sophie’s work recognised on such a prestigious platform. Wishing her the very best for the exhibition! ✨

Read more in our newsroom
https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/swansea-graduate-shortlisted-prestigious-tex-award

Surface Pattern & Textiles at UWTSD Swansea: Swansea College of Art

Congratulations Class of 2026! 🎓🎉🥳

At Swansea College of Art, we’re proud of our artist-educators 🙌

Professor Sue Williams, our Programme Manager for Fine Art: Studio, Site & Context, is currently in an especially active period of her practice, with involvement in six major exhibitions and publications this summer, alongside her role as a selector for the Glynn Vivian Gallery Swansea Open 2026.

Her contribution to contemporary art has been recognised through numerous accolades, including the Gold Medal for Fine Art at the National Eisteddfod, reflecting her significant standing within the Welsh and international art world.

Sue’s ongoing professional activity reflects something we value deeply at SCA: staff who are active within contemporary art practice, and who bring that experience directly into their teaching. It means our students are learning within a studio culture that is connected, current, and shaped by real creative practice.

For our students, this kind of engagement matters. It offers insight into the realities of sustaining a creative career - developing work for exhibition, working with curators, responding to opportunities, and contributing to wider critical conversations in contemporary art.

“Maintaining an active practice is fundamental to my involvement with our students. It allows me to bring current experiences, challenges, and opportunities directly into teaching, helping students understand not only materials, concepts and process, but how artists navigate the professional world. The relationship between practice and teaching is mutually enriching, and students benefit from being part of those ongoing conversations.” Professor Sue Williams

Read the full story in our news section
https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/professor-sue-williams-demonstrates-value-artist-educators

Sue williams-nomorepink Fine Art at Swansea College of Art, UWTSD Swansea

🎉 We’re at New Designers! 🎉

A huge congratulations to all of our talented students exhibiting their incredible work at New Designers 2026 in London this week.

We’re especially proud to celebrate some fantastic achievements:

🏆 Lauren Stokes has won the Romo Award for Innovation in Design and Colour, recognising exceptional creativity, a sophisticated sense of colour and an innovative approach to textile design. Lauren has also secured a six-month placement with Romo.
Romo, Fabrics & Wallcoverings

🌿 “Laura Ashley Loves Your Work” for Sophie Drew
Sophie Drew Laura Ashley

🌸 “Sanderson Loves” for Sarah Davies
Sanderson

Come and discover the next generation of creative talent from:

✨ BA Surface Pattern and Textiles
✨ BA Design Crafts: Glass, Ceramics and Jewellery
✨ BA Graphic Design
✨ BA Illustration
✨ BA Product & Furniture Design

📍 Business Design Centre, London
📅 1–4 July
New Designers

Congratulations to everyone exhibiting - we’re so proud of everything you’ve achieved! 💙

Surface Pattern & Textiles at UWTSD Swansea: Swansea College of Art Graphic Design at Swansea College of Art UWTSD Illustration at Swansea College of Art UWTSDDesign Crafts UWTSD Product and Furniture Design at Swansea College of Art UWTSD New Designers

Join us at New Designers next week ✨

📍 Business Design Centre, London
🗓 1–4 July

Featuring work from:

🎨 BA Surface Pattern and Textiles
🏺 BA Design Crafts: Glass, Ceramics and Jewellery
💡 BA Product & Furniture Design
✏️ BA Illustration
🖥 BA Graphic Design

Come and discover the next generation of creative talent.

www.uwtsd.ac.uk/summer-degree-shows

New Designers
Surface Pattern & Textiles at UWTSD Swansea: Swansea College of Art Graphic Design at Swansea College of Art UWTSD Illustration at Swansea College of Art UWTSD Design Crafts UWTSDProduct and Furniture Design at Swansea College of Art UWTSD

Proud to be ranked 5th in UK for Art & Design in the Unifresher University Awards 2027 🙌

University Freshers

Join us on Sunday 28 June for the next Swansea College of Art Open Day!

Explore our studios, meet our academics, and get a feel for what it’s like to study with us.

Book your place
www.uwtsd.ac.uk/open-days