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User Experience Design BSc (Hons)

Learn how to create meaningful and engaging experiences for web, mobile and cutting-edge immersive technologies in this user-centred, digital-design degree.

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Block teaching designed around you

You deserve a positive teaching and learning experience, where you feel part of a supportive and nurturing community. That’s why most students will enjoy an innovative approach to learning using block teaching, where you will study one module at a time. You’ll benefit from regular assessments - rather than lots of exams at the end of the year - and a simple timetable that allows you to engage with your subject and enjoy other aspects of university life such as sports, societies, meeting friends and discovering your new city. By studying with the same peers and tutor for each block, you’ll build friendships and a sense of belonging.

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Overview

Listen to Thom Wilson, Lecturer in VFX discuss the facilities, teaching, and opportunities available to our students.

In an increasingly digitalised society, organisations are looking for employees with the skills and knowledge to design and create customised user-friendly experiences. User Experience (UX) graduates are in high demand as they possess the skills to build products that are both aesthetically pleasing and highly functional with a focus on usability.

Developed alongside creative agencies who specialise in digital products and performance, our course is structured to meet the needs of the contemporary digital industries. You will learn how to design innovative digital services that are insight-driven and forward-facing, gaining experience in all aspects of the design process behind interactive experiences, including user research, design thinking, and user interface design. You’ll map and monitor all touchpoint users have when designing a digital product, including detailed looks at landing pages, the signup and onboarding flow, and every feature or element that draws the user deeper into the brand experience.

Thanks to Leicester’s thriving creative community and The Leicester Media School’s strong links with industry, you will also have opportunities to enhance your learning through exciting industry visits and guest lectures. Get inspired by experts in the field and be encouraged to experiment in your work.

Key features

  • Elevate your production game with our multi-million-pound specialist facilities, including an all-new virtual production suite and industry standard media production suite.
  • Enjoy living in Leicester’s creative community. With a network for digital designers, and hub of agencies and industries, you’ll have an abundance of opportunities right on your doorstep.
  • Draw on the experience of Leicester Media School’s strong history in creative technologies, with lecturers, professors and PhD students who research and design immersive experiences, installations and digital products for the arts and industry.
  • Join our dynamic student societies. As a member of our award-winning Demon Media group, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to its radio station, TV channel and website, and learn from industry experts.
  • Take advantage of Â鶹ӰԺ Global, which offers unforgettable experiences to help develop you both personally and academically. Previous media students have explored Berlin’s fascinating media history and been behind the scenes at New York’s NBC studio.
  • Leicester Media School graduates have gone on to work at some of the world’s biggest design agencies and businesses, including Barclaycard, Google, Sony PlayStation, Penguin Books, Disney Studios, Burberry and Warner Music. 
  • Benefit from block teaching, where most students study one subject at a time. A simple timetable will allow you to really engage with your learning, receive regular feedback and assessments, get to know your course mates and enjoy a better study-life balance.

 

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  • UK
  • EU/International

Institution code: D26

UCAS course code: W150

Duration: Three years full-time, four years with placement

Fees and funding: 

2025/26 tuition fees for UK students: £9,250

Institution code: D26

UCAS course code: P310

Duration: Three years full-time, four years with placement

Fees and funding: 

2024/25 tuition fees for international students: £15,750

Find out more about available funding for international students.

Find out more about available funding for international students. 

 

Entry criteria

  • Normally 104 UCAS points from at least two A-levels, or
  • BTEC National Diploma/ Extended Diploma at DMM 

Plus, five GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English or equivalent.

Alternative qualifications include:

  • Pass in the QAA accredited Access to HE. English GCSE required as a separate qualification as equivalency is not accepted within the Access qualification. We will normally require students to have had a break from full-time education before undertaking the Access course or
  • International Baccalaureate: 24+ points
  • T Levels Merit

Portfolio Required : No

Interview Required: No

Mature students

We welcome applications from mature students with non-standard qualifications and recognise all other equivalent and international qualifications.

English language

If English is not your first language an IELTS score of 6.0 overall with 5.5 in each band (or equivalent) when you start the course is essential. English language tuition, delivered by our British Council-accredited Centre for English Language Learning, is available both before and throughout the course if you need it.

UCAS tariff information

Students applying for courses starting in September will be made offers based on the latest UCAS Tariff.

Contextual offer 

To make sure you get fair and equal access to higher education, when looking at your application, we consider more than just your grades. So if you are eligible, you may receive a contextual offer. Find our more about contextual offers.

 

 

Structure and assessment

 

Course modules

Teaching and assessments

 

 

Year one

Block 1: Introduction to UX Design 

Block 2: Introduction to Creative Coding 

Block 3: 3D Modelling and Animation 

Block 4: Commercial Content Production 

Year two

Block 1: Designing User Experiences 

Block 2: Creative Coding for Sound and Vision 

Block 3: Character Animation and Motion Capture 

Block 4: Creative Enterprise

Year three

Block 1: Design thinking and innovation 

Block 2: Hardware Interfaces for Creativity 

Block 3/4: Virtual Production and Immersive Technology 

Block 4: Portfolio Project

Teaching

Course delivery is in block mode, which means each 30-credit module consists of a seven-week teaching block. It is delivered through a combination of lecture, tutorial, seminar, laboratory, workshop, self-directed study, presentation, screening, demonstration, group and individual projects.

Assessment

A variety of assessment strategies, both formative and summative, are used throughout the course. Assessments fall into two main types; coursework assessments and formal examinations. The coursework assessments include practical reports, computer-based assessments, short tests, case study reports, critiques and oral presentations.

Students are also assessed by formal examinations, which test the knowledge and skills they have developed over the course of the module. There are a variety of formats for the written examinations, including some or all of the following; short-answer questions, problem-based questions, case-study questions and essay questions.

 

 

Facilities and features

Creative Technology Studios

Our multimillion-pound Creative Technology Studios feature industry-standard television, radio, music and audio recording studios, all supported by a team of Technical Instructors with a wide-range of industry experience. 

Our television studio is equipped with Sony broadcast-standard television cameras, Vinten pedestals and Autocue heads; a studio floor and infinity green screen; a full LED lighting rig with projection mapping and Production and Sound galleries. The multi-camera facility enables you to develop industry-standard techniques and practices covering all areas of television production, from camera work, directing and vision mixing, to presenting, sound and live streaming. 

The Creative Technology Studios are equipped with radio studios, broadcasting live to a 24-hour global audience. You will have access to industry-standard facilities built around an audio over IP infrastructure and our offline radio studios that enable pre-production of show content. In the studios, you’ll use software for audio playout, news gathering and listener interaction through social media and telecommunications. 

Our newly refurbished audio recording studios are equipped with a variety of digital and analogue mixing consoles and outboard hardware by SSL, Neve, Lexicon and Universal Audio. When it comes to software, you’ll be spoilt for choice with our range of cutting-edge post-production applications and plugins. Two live spaces are fully equipped with a range of professional microphones, instruments and amplifiers, supplying everything needed to bring your audio productions to the next level.

Library and learning zones

On campus, the main Kimberlin Library offers a space where you can work, study and access a vast range of print materials, with computer stations, laptops, plasma screens and assistive technology also available. 

As well as providing a physical space in which to work, we offer online tools to support your studies, and our extensive online collection of resources accessible from our , e-books, specialised databases and electronic journals and films which can be remotely accessed from anywhere you choose. 

We will support you to confidently use a huge range of learning technologies, including the Virtual Learning Environment, Collaborate Ultra, Â鶹ӰԺ Replay, MS Teams, Turnitin and more. Alongside this, you can access LinkedIn Learning and learn how to use Microsoft 365, and study support software such as mind mapping and note-taking through our new Digital Student Skills Hub. 

The library staff offer additional support to students, including help with academic writing, research strategies, literature searching, reference management and assistive technology. There is also a ‘Just Ask’ service for help and advice, live , online workshops, tutorials and drop-ins available from our , and weekly library live chat sessions that give you the chance to ask the library teams for help.

More flexible ways to learn

We offer an equitable and inclusive approach to learning and teaching for all our students. Known as the Universal Design for Learning (UDL), our teaching approach has been recognised as sector leading. UDL means we offer a wide variety of support, facilities and technology to all students, including those with disabilities and specific learning differences.

Just one of the ways we do this is by using ‘Â鶹ӰԺ Replay’ – a technology providing all students with anytime access to audio and/or visual material of lectures. This means students can revise taught material in a way that suits them best, whether it's replaying a recording of a class or adapting written material shared in class using specialist software.

Opportunities and careers

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Placements

Work placements are offered as part of this course through Â鶹ӰԺ Careers Team, and can boost your skills and experience while studying, as well as improving your chances of gaining a graduate level job.

We have links with organisations both in the UK and internationally, and the placements team will help you find a placement to suit your interests and aspirations.

Media students at Â鶹ӰԺ have taken part in work experience placements at a number of local and national companies, including Jaguar Land Rover, The National Physical Laboratory, 508 Kings Road Gallery and Bosch. 

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Â鶹ӰԺ Global

Our innovative international experience programme Â鶹ӰԺ Global aims to enrich studies, broaden cultural horizons and develop key skills valued by employers. 

Through , we offer an exciting mix of overseas, on-campus and online international experiences, including the opportunity to study or work abroad for up to a year.

Media students have visited Prague to explore challenges faced by the media in the Czech Republic and another group got to see some of New York’s most famous programmes being recorded on a tour of NBC Studios. Students also explored how state-run media works in Eastern Europe on a trip to Hungary.

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Graduate careers

Esports Production is an industry-focused course which provides you with the technical foundations and practical skills needed to gain a leading role in digital broadcast or social media production across a sectors, as well as experience of branding, live event production and publicity. 

Graduates from this programme could work in a wide range of careers such as event organisers, live streamers and esports coaches. 

Past media students have also gone on to work as graphic designers, video editors and producers, independent video company directors, television presenters and web designers. The companies they’ve gone on to work for include Endemol, Ideal World TV, Lime Pictures, the Guardian, the Telegraph and the BBC. 

Read about our  at a London radio station.

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