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Undergraduate

BA (Hons) Photography

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September 2027

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£17,250 – International

£10,050 – UK

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Are you looking for a photography degree that will help you develop your own individual style behind the camera and put you on a path towards a creative career?

Throughout our BA (Hons) Photography course, you will experience many different aspects of photography and acquire a solid overall grounding in the medium.

You will have the opportunity to learn creative and technical skills from professional photographers, artists, curators and guest lecturers.

We offer a wide range of photographic facilities, including:

well-equipped studio space

an analogue darkroom

photographic equipment hire

high-end scanning and digital printing.

Your hands-on work with conceptual and practical briefs will also allow you to build your confidence and your portfolio, ensuring you graduate with sought-after skills.

Our Photography degree course is accredited by the Association of Photographers (AOP). The AOP is one of the most prestigious professional photographers' associations in the world. We have a close working relationship with the organisation, which helps to advise students on the latest developments in matters relating to business practice, whether from a practical, educational or legal basis.

Level-6 Top-up option

If you already have a relevant Level 5 qualification (such as a Higher National Diploma, NVQ Level 5, etc.), then you can top this up to a full honours degree with our Level 6 Top-up course. This course consists of a full year of studies covering the same modules as Year 3 of the regular degree.

If you enrol on a top-up degree in September or October 2026, you will receive the Top-up Bursary, worth £2,000. The bursary is made up of:

£1,500 fee waiver

£500 paid on successful completion of your course.

There is no deadline, and all eligible students are automatically considered.

Why study this course?

2nd London university for overall student satisfaction - National Student Survey 2026*

Ranked top 50 in the UK and 2nd modern** London university - The Guardian University Guide 2027

Top 20 in the UK for teaching quality - The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2027

Ranked 7th university in the UK for student experience - Daily Mail University Guide 2027

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Duration: 3 years

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Duration: 5 - 7 years

Duration: 1 year

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Duration: 4 years

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What you'll study

On this photography course, you will produce creative work which combines a strong conceptual and aesthetic approach with high-technical quality

The aim is for you to experience many different photographic mediums and build a comprehensive all-round skill set. For example, recent workshop activities have included:

working with a walk-in camera

using alternative analogue processes

working with high-end digital capture and output

making handmade photo books.

Our strong and enthusiastic team of teaching staff and guest lecturers bring a wealth of experience to your studies. We pride ourselves on our close contact with our students through small group discussions and tutorials.

Join our creative community, and we can help you build your own professional network. As a result, many students pick up valuable work experience and paid jobs while they are on the course.

Additionally, thanks to the University's good transport links to central London, you can access many world-class museums and galleries.

Our shows and exhibitions are one of our great strengths and always demonstrate a strong mix of high-quality technical production and thought-provoking conceptual thinking, helping you to prepare for the outside world.

Please note, to study this course, you need to have personal access to a computer and a digital SLR camera.

Please note, we regularly review our course content to offer relevant, impactful and career-shaping learning. Therefore, the following modules are indicative and subject to change.

Compulsory modules

Introduction to Photography: Identity

On this module you will be introduced to ideas of identity while taking an experimental technical and aesthetic approach to image production. You will explore ideas of portraiture, self-portraiture and other ways in which the broad concept of identity can be represented.

Photographic Histories

This module will introduce you to the history and theory of photography. The module aims to familiarise you with key concepts in photography, developing your awareness of ideas and arguments that have shaped the development of photography as a medium in its own right and as part of other media. You will become familiar with historical and contemporary debates that relate to photography. The module is designed to enhance your own photographic production and to nurture the cross-fertilisation between knowledge of theory and informed practice.

Experimental Approaches to Image Production

On this investigative module, you will develop and explore your creativity, visual skills and conceptual knowledge. You will reassess your preconceptions about photographic practice and processes, enabling you to gain a broader understanding of your own potential as image-maker.

Introduction to Photography: Place

The module explores a wide range of ideas relating to the subject of ‘place’. Areas covered include ideas of landscape, non-place, journeys and the urban environment. You will end up producing your own portfolio, and accompanying workbook, that explores the ideas covered in class.

Exhibiting Photographs

This module explores the world of photographic exhibitions. You get the chance to visit a range of galleries and produce reviews and other work about the exhibitions you see. Examples of galleries visited in the past are The Photographers’ Gallery, Tate Britain, Hamiltons, Waddington Custot, Flowers East and many more.

What is Documentary?

This module is designed to explore different approaches to documentary practice within photography. It will encourage you to question what is meant by ‘documentary’ in relation to notions of style, convention, evidence, truth and fiction. You will be able to explore your own position in relation to these ideas and produce a body of work that reflects your research findings and ideological stance.

Technologies of Seeing

This module allows you to build on the conceptual and technical knowledge gained in year 1 to produce more experimental work. You will explore a range of areas relating to the transformation of perception in modernity and associated with the introduction of new technologies. Areas covered will include the camera obscura, how the camera sees, the layering of images and the city as a visual spectacle.

Photography Theory

You will become familiar with historical and contemporary debates that relate to photography. You will learn how to put your own photographic work in context, draw upon theory to inform your practice, and develop critical tools to improve your writing, reading, analytical and communication skills.

Narrative Photography

You will look at the storytelling possibilities of the photographic image, and explore how narrative and story can be signified photographically. Through discussion, critique, set exercises and creative experimentation, you will produce a themed portfolio in appropriate formats that explores narrative techniques.

The Photographic Object

In this module, you will think and work with photographs as material artefacts. You will also experiment with a range of alternative photographic processes.

Industry Experience

You will begin with a structured induction process, during which you will be guided in researching the job market, understanding professional responsibilities, preparing a CV plus cover letter and undertaking a mock interview. Additionally, you’ll be guided in contacting and negotiating with a potential host organisation/employer or client to secure your industry experience.

Photography and Society

In this module, you will be introduced to ways of connecting your own image production to broader cultural issues, and to contemporary and current affairs. You will explore a range of strategies for engaged practice and examine the work of contemporary and historical photographers working across a range of genres. You will be encouraged to develop an engaged practice that demonstrates an awareness of political, ethical and cultural issues.

The Published Photograph

You will learn how to make complex and coherent photographic statements in the form of a published or publishable book. Alongside independent research and a self-initiated project you will develop an understanding of good book design, typography and visual/verbal narrative in the finished artefact.

Professional Photographic Practice

On this module you will learn how to work professionally in industry-related business contexts, critically evaluate your own photographic practice, turn abstract ideas to a stated purpose with minimum guidance, and build confidence in using your own judgement to challenge received opinion.

Critical Essay

In this module, you'll go through the development process of producing a critical essay, which is an extended piece of written work equivalent to a minor dissertation. This will encourage you as a practitioner to conceptualise and theorise your process and products in greater depth.

Image and Text

This module traces the dialogue between image and text, especially with the rise of Instagram, in the history of modern visual culture, from the early 1920s to today. You will explore how photographers and artists incorporate text into their work and how photography was used by writers. You will also examine the role that photography played in artistic and literary movements such as Surrealism.

Photography Major Project

This module will provide you with a high degree of independence. You will be allocated a supervisor and then given the freedom to create a piece of work, which you feel really represents you as a photographer. You will be given guidance and support, but this is your vision and your chance to show the world what you have achieved while you have been at university.

What our students say

2nd London university for student satisfaction - National Student Survey 26*

I thoroughly enjoyed the BA (Hons) Photography course. Not only did my love for photography grow, but my practical, theoretical and technical knowledge developed in areas I hadn't anticipated. In particular, I relished using both digital and analogue photography in various modules. The course has encouraged me to develop my own style and given me confidence in my abilities.

Keren Sequeira, BA (Hons) Photography, (Class of 2020)

Explore student work

Photography graduate Antoinette Castro exhibits work at prestigious Tenerife gallery

Photography graduate Antoinette Castro showcased her work in Tenerife's Real Casino de Tenerife as part of the joint exhibition Revelations.

BA (Hons) Photography graduate exhibition

Every year, our BA (Hons) Photography students put on a showcase of their work. This year's degree show, entitled 'Transition', was held at the Coningsby Gallery.

The exhibition features work from UWL graduating students, including Emilia Swider, Andrea Strandberg Zubovic, Emily Harding, Madison Smith and Xirou Qiang.

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Metropolis: Photographing London over 10 years | BA (Hons) Photography exhibition

Held at Hogarth's House in west London, this exhibition brings together past and present student work about London from the BA (Hons) Photography course at the University of West London spanning the past 10 years.

Hear from current and past students about how studying photography at UWL helped them create their work and shape their careers.

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Entry requirements

Requirements:

International

96 UCAS points required

from level 3 qualifications

These can include:

A-Levels at grade C, C and C, or above

BTEC Extended Diploma with Merit, Merit, Merit

Access to HE Diploma

T-Levels

You also need GCSE English and Maths (grade 9 - 4 / A* - C) or Level 2 equivalents.

Looking for BA (Hons) Photography with Foundation Year?

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Whether you are changing career or don't have the exact subjects and grades required for this course, you might want to choose this course with a foundation year. This will give you an extra year's study to prepare you for the standard degree programme, where you can go on to graduate with a full Honours degree. Follow the link to see full details of the course with foundation year.

Mature applicants (aged 21+): If you do not hold the qualifications listed but have relevant work experience, you are welcome to apply. Your application will be considered on an individual basis.

Level 5 (year 2) entry

To directly enter the second year of this course, you will need to show appropriate knowledge and experience. For example, you are an ideal candidate if you have 120 undergraduate credits at Level 4 or a CertHE in a related subject area.

Level 6 (year 3) entry

To directly enter the third year of this course, you need to show appropriate knowledge and experience. For example, you are an ideal candidate if you have 240 undergraduate credits (at Levels 4 and 5), a DipHE, foundation degree or HND in a related subject area.

6.0 IELTS or above

You need to meet our English language requirement – a minimum of IELTS 5.5 for each of the four individual components (Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening). Visit our English language requirements page for information on other English language tests we accept.

You also need academic qualifications at the same level as UK applicants. In some countries where teaching is in English, we may accept local qualifications. Check for local equivalents.

We offer pre-sessional English language courses if you do not meet these requirements.

Find out more about our English Language courses.

Fees & funding

Funding:

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Additional costs

There are additional costs for this course that are not included in the tuition fees. See the links below to get a better idea of what to expect:

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Fees for the 2027/28 academic year and onwards may be subject to Government regulation and change.

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Funding your studies

You may be eligible for a student loan to cover the cost of tuition fees or a maintenance loan. Additional funding is available to some types of students, such as those with dependants and disabled students.

We offer generous bursaries and scholarships to make sure your aspirations are your only limit. Also, if you enrol on a top-up degree in September or October 2026, you will receive a Top-up Bursary, worth £2,000. There is no deadline, and all eligible students are automatically considered.

View full details, including conditions and eligibility.

You may be eligible for a student loan to cover the cost of tuition fees or a maintenance loan. Additional funding is available to some types of students, such as those with dependents and disabled students.

We offer generous bursaries and scholarships to make sure your aspirations are your only limit.

Photography facilities

Explore the range of high-quality facilities available to photography students at the University of West London.

Photographic darkroom

We have facilities for analogue processing and printing, from 35mm up to 5’x4”. We train our Photography course students to use a wide range of traditional printing skills as well as alternative processes.

Photography studios

Our large photographic studio is equipped with high-end lighting and a wide range of other studio equipment, enabling you to produce professional-grade work.

Media Resource Centre

Our Media Resource Centre is available to all LSFMD students for free. We hold a variety of cameras, lights, sound equipment and recording devices. Students can also loan equipment demonstrated in class.

Your future career

There is a range of careers and jobs for photography graduates. You may decide to specialise in a related area or explore a new subject. Please see our postgraduate courses for a range of options.

Taught by lecturers with industry experience

One-to-one, life-long careers support

Career-focused modules

Professional accreditation

Support with CV and interview skills

Industry connections

Alumni networking events

On campus, specialist careers fairs

Job roles

Once you graduate, you could go on to work as a:

photographer

photographer’s assistant

retoucher

picture editor

researcher.

Career paths

advertising

photojournalism

documentary photography

web content production

art buying

exhibition curation.

Peter Bennett Course Leader

My work explores the aesthetic representation of memory and forgetting through the use of photographic and other visual metaphors. It reflects upon the processes of loss, forgetting and erasure in relation to the hastening structures of temporality that have accompanied the rise of modernity. I work mainly within the genres of landscape and still life. My recent work examines the book, the sea, and the materiality of the photograph and photographic processes, as metaphoric and material repositories of memory.

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Professor Junko Theresa Mikuriya

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