UAL Graduate Showcase: practical info
UAL Graduate Showcase is an innovative online platform for graduates to present their work.
Sign up to Portfolio, create your profile and upload your work.
We strongly advise that you upload your work as soon as possible to ensure that it’s ready for launch. The earlier you submit, the sooner teams can review your submission.
Take a look at the 2022 UAL Graduate Showcase for ideas and inspiration, and watch our how to upload your work video.
Please also read our guides on how to prepare, promote and sell your work.
Read the UAL Graduate Showcase terms and conditions (PDF 137KB) before you start uploading your work.
How to upload your work
Prepare your work
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How to present your work digitally
Read our top tips on how to capture your work through film, audio or photography for the Graduate Showcase platform.
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Notebook of Rebecca Derine, BA (Hons) Culture, Criticism and Curation, Central Saint Martins
How to write about your work
Find out how to write about your creative practice clearly for a broad international audience.
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Jang Lee in the studio, London College of Communication
How to make your work digitally accessible
Read our top tips for making your images, videos and text accessible to everyone.
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Check the file types you can upload
See the specific types and size of media file that you can share on the Graduate Showcase.
Promote and sell your work
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Purple hair braided pot by Shamiso Sithole. Photo by Alys Tomlinson
How to sell your work
Read our top tips on pricing, packing and shipping your work for sale.
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Ella Caton working on colourful fabrics. Photo by Alys Tomlinson.
How to protect your intellectual property
Understand the value of your intellectual property (IP) and the rights of others.
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How to communicate professionally with industry
Read our guidance for being professional in your communications with industry contacts.
Graduate Showcase success stories
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Teo Burki © Alina Zum Hebel
Teo Burki, MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins
“Not just a portfolio”: Teo Burki shares her experience of exhibiting on Graduate Showcase
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Portrait of Shaila Ankolekar © Rebecca Lockhart
Shaila Ankolekar, MA Graphic Design Communication, Camberwell College of Arts
"You're in excellent company": LCF alum Shaila Ankolekar explains how Graduate Showcase helped her at the start of her career
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Paul Chisholm
Paul Chisholm, MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts
“They’d found my work on UAL Showcase and they wanted to offer me a solo show”. Chelsea graduate Paul Chisholm shares his experience.
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Bhargavi Mohan: | Photograph: Bhagyashree Mohan
Bhargavi Mohan, MA Illustration, Camberwell College of Arts
"So easy to share." Read how presenting her work digitally helped Bhargavi Mohan's practice to evolve.
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Photo of Ophelia Akande
Ophelia Akande, BA(Hons) Costume and Performance, London College of Fashion
"It’s about getting your foot in the door": read how exhibiting on Graduate Showcase helped Ophelia Akande to land her first costume job
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Photo of Charlie Ann Buxton
Charlie Ann Buxton, BA (Hons) Textile Design, Central Saint Martins
A first sale via the Showcase gave CSM graduate Charlie the confidence to launch her own brand.