International Craft (Top Up) Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

The BA (Hons) International Craft top-up will support you to think innovatively and respond to global trends in design. The course will expand your critical and conceptual thinking and encourage an understanding of wider global and creative professional design practice, whilst enabling you to develop an individual positioning for your professional design practice.

Collaboration is at the heart of the course - you will undertake design practice modules with current final year students, work on projects with external industry and academic research partners, and exhibit your final projects as part of our annual Degree Shows events.

The one year programmes offer direct entry into the final year of a Bachelor’s degree to students who have successfully completed a relevant HND (or equivalent), or who have completed the second year of a relevant undergraduate degree, who wish to further develop their knowledge and skills in design.

Features and Benefits

* Globally recognised - We are ranked in the top 100 schools for art and design in the world (QS World Rankings 2026).

* Fast-track - This is an ideal degree if you want to top up your existing qualifications and achieve a BA (Hons) degree in just one year

* Progress your learning - Successful completion of the course will also enable those with a high enough grade to join one of Manchester School of Art’s MA programmes

* Make connections - Opportunity to work alongside a student group with diverse experiences and educational and cultural backgrounds

* Collaboration - You will take part in an innovative module offered to students across Manchester School of Art which encourages interdisciplinary study, collaboration and external-facing projects.