Creative Computing (BSc)

Please contact our enquiries team if you're not sure that you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course.

Email: enquiries@southampton.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000

You can choose modules that suit your interests and career goals.

You can focus on programming skills, user experience design, or building digital projects through sculpture and fabrication, textiles or 3D printing. Whatever you decide, you will gain experience in team production.

Want more detail? See all the modules in the course.

The learning activities for this course include the following:

• lectures
• classes and tutorials
• coursework
• individual and group projects
• independent learning (studying on your own)

Course leader

Julian Stadon is the course leader.

Your course allows you to focus on your career ambitions, whether it is as a developer, designer, artist or project manager.

Areas you could go into include:

• user experience design (UX)
• creative AI and robotics design
• digital media production
• app design
• brand development and management
• installations and UX for museums, galleries and heritage sites
• game development
• project management
• art practice

You will prepare for your career by:

• creating prototypes, give presentations and have the chance to exhibit
• gaining an understanding of your industry’s professional standards and values
• working to commercially relevant briefs
• making contacts at our industry partners throughout the course

We are a top 20 UK university for employability (QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2022). Our Careers, Employability and Student Enterprise team will support you. This support includes:

• work experience schemes
• CV and interview skills and workshops
• networking events
• careers fairs attended by top employers
• a wealth of volunteering opportunities
• study abroad and summer school opportunities

We have a vibrant entrepreneurship culture and our dedicated start-up supporter, Futureworlds, is open to every student.

Between years 2 and 3 you can choose to take a year in employment.

You can also opt to take short industry internships between semesters.

What your fees pay for

Your tuition fees pay for the full cost of tuition and standard exams.

Find out how to:

• pay your tuition fees
• calculate your student finances

Accommodation and living costs, such as travel and food, are not included in your tuition fees. There may also be extra costs for retake and professional exams.

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• accommodation costs
• living costs
• budgeting advice
• fees, charges, and expenses regulations 

If you're a UK or EU student and your household income is under £25,000 a year, you may be able to get a University of Southampton bursary to help with your living costs. Find out about bursaries and other funding we offer at Southampton.

If you're a care leaver or estranged from your parents, you may be able to get a specific bursary.

Get in touch for advice about student money matters.

You may be able to get a scholarship or grant to help fund your studies.

We award scholarships and grants for travel, academic excellence, or to students from under-represented backgrounds.

The Student Hub offers support and advice on money to students. You may be able to access our Student Support fund and other sources of financial support during your course.

Funding for EU and international students

Find out about funding you could get as an international student.

When you apply use:

• UCAS course code: W280
• UCAS institution code: S27

Apply for this course

Portfolio guidance

Your portfolio is one of the most important parts of your application. It is your opportunity to show us your work, and our opportunity to find out more about you. You may not have presented your work before, so here is some guidance with preparing your portfolio.

What do you want to see in my portfolio?

Your portfolio should demonstrate a lively, inventive approach to the development of creative or computing projects. As well as school and college projects you can include your own self-initiated work. It should be carefully selected as this will show us your skill and abilities, and most importantly your vision.

Your portfolio should clearly demonstrate the development of your ideas and their range. It might include sketches, mood boards, videos of programs you have made, photographs, creative writing, storyboards, outlines of game, app or project ideas. A clear demonstration of creative and practical process are the main focus of the portfolio review.

How many pieces should I include?

We would suggest a maximum of 25 pieces of work, including sketchbooks. Your work should have been produced within the past two years, although earlier work can be included if it is particularly relevant to your interests and development.

Will I be expected to have an in‐depth knowledge of programming skills?

We have no expectation of prior programming experience, although, as programming is an integral part of the degree, some past experience is desirable and will strengthen your application.

Information for Mature students

We understand that mature students may not have work that is structured in the same way as A-Level or Foundation students. We are, however, still interested in seeing self-initiated work, including sketchbooks and finished pieces. Work-based creative or computing experience can be included. We also understand that some applicants may wish to include work that is over two years old – but make sure that you include as much recent work as possible in your portfolio.

Top tip

Tailor your portfolio to the course you are applying to. Investigate the Creative Computing programme thoroughly before making your selection for your portfolio. Remember that courses with the same name at different universities can vary greatly.

We treat and select everyone in line with our Equality and Diversity Statement.

Please contact our enquiries team if you're not sure that you have the right experience or qualifications to get onto this course.

Email: enquiries@southampton.ac.uk
Tel: +44(0)23 8059 5000