Our Illustration Master's degree course is ideal for illustrators who want to diversify their professional practices through exploring narrative communication to engage diverse audiences.

Why study this Illustration master's degree?

Embrace the natural storyteller in you
Explore cutting-edge storytelling and narrative methods
Augment your understanding of immersive illustration technologies
Supercharge your illustration business
Tap into exceptional industry connections
Study in a stunning new building in London's Design District
Be a legacy-maker for The Institute of Creativity and Technology

Throughout your MA Illustration course in London, you will explore the roles of illustration today and its wide-ranging professional applications moving forward. You will experiment across narrative and storytelling methods, which will enable you to present and reposition information in a strategic, accessible and engaging fashion.

You will examine complex knowledge, data and information and bring it to life with empathy, which will free you to tell stories that need to be told and ensure that no message is lost in translation.

Join the new MA Illustration course in our new flagship building, The Institute for Creativity and Technology, where creative minds prosper. By taking on consultancy and organisational roles, as well as developing your own illustration practice, this master's programme is designed to make you truly industry ready.

Career opportunities

As it crosses so many creative boundaries, there are unparalleled opportunities for contemporary illustrators to work with time-based, sequential and narrative forms including graphic design, advertising and publishing, fashion and product design, animation and games design.