Successful completion of school education including a certificate of achievement to at least Level 2 (GCSE equivalent).

A reference from your current school or college; describing your suitability to your chosen pathway, your commitment, and any other relevant information.

Please note: A portfolio of work is required as part of your application.

English Language Requirements

All classes are conducted in English. If English is not your first language you will be asked to provide evidence of your English language ability when you enrol.

The level required by the University for this course is:

• IELTS 5.0 (with a minimum of 4.5 in any one skill)

Please note: You must take the IELTS Academic Test for UKVI, no other test can be accepted.

Visit the UAL Language Requirements page for further information.

APEL (Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning)

Applicants who do not meet these course entry requirements may still be considered in exceptional cases. The course team will consider each application that demonstrates additional strengths and alternative evidence. This might, for example, be demonstrated by:

• Related academic or work experience;
• The quality of the personal statement;
• A strong academic or other professional reference;
• OR a combination of these factors.

Each application will be considered on its own merit but we cannot guarantee an offer in each case.

In addition to meeting the entry requirements, we are looking for you to demonstrate through your portfolio and interview:

• Evidence of interest in media, design, and screen as a future career.
• Motivation to engage and succeed in the course.
• Potential and motivation to progress to an undergraduate course at LCC.
• An interest in increasing your skills through personal and professional development (PPD).

How we assess your application

Your application form is reviewed when you apply to the University. If you have achieved or expect to achieve the standard entry requirements you will be invited to submit a portfolio. Your portfolio is then assessed by our academic team who will make a decision on your application.

Please note: applicants may be invited to an online/telephone interview.

Immigration history check

International applicants, whether applying through a UAL representative or by direct application, you will need to complete an immigration history check to establish whether you are eligible to study at UAL.

If you do not complete the check, we will not be able to proceed with your application.

Successful applicants will be guided through the rest of our admissions stages and towards enrolment on the course.

Visas and Immigration

Applicants who will need a Tier 4 General Student Visa should check the Visas and Immigration page which provides important information about UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) requirements.

Initial application check

All application forms, personal statements and references are read and considered by the academic team against the selection criteria listed in the Entry Requirements and Selection Criteria sections.

Portfolio advice

Applicants to all pathway areas of study will be asked to upload an electronic portfolio of work (maximum of 20 images) - moving images, still images or audio clips.

In your portfolio, you should include any examples of relevant work that you think shows us your interest in and commitment to the relevant pathway area of study.

You can include your visual arts work from school or college, or any other projects you have worked on, for example:

• Drawings
• Photographs
• Visual research images
• Blogs
• Digital layouts
• Research for a written piece

Media communications pathway applicants:

If you are applying to the Media Communications pathway area of study, please submit a combination of both visual images and written work evidencing writing and research activities showing interest and engagement with the area of study.

(If uploading written work, this should be saved and then uploaded as an image, or the text can be pasted into an image title text box.)

How we notify you of the outcome of your application

You will receive the final outcome of your application through your portal. We look forward to receiving your application and reviewing your work.

Requesting feedback

This course receives a high number of applications, and we can’t provide feedback to everyone who is unsuccessful. We can only provide feedback after you’ve had an interview.

If you would like to request feedback – please email lcc.international@arts.ac.uk. We are only able to provide feedback to you directly, or to someone you have told us in writing can receive it on your behalf.

If you successfully complete the course, you will gain a qualification and have the opportunity to progress to an undergraduate course at London College of Communication, provided you meet all the conditions of your offer.

The course you are offered will be dependent on the quality of the work you have done throughout the course. For some undergraduate courses a portfolio will be required, and for other courses, there may be a written test. All applicants who apply to an undergraduate course at LCC from this course will be interviewed by an International Academic Coordinator.

For those students who make satisfactory achievements in all parts of the course but have difficulty with the English language, there may be a possibility of improving your English language level through attendance and achievement on the Pre-sessional Academic English Programme (PAEP) language course run by the Language Centre at UAL.

Alternatively, you can take an external four skills English tests such as IELTS or PTE. More information can be found on the Language Requirements page.