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School of Art & Design
University of Salford
Founded in 1896
HEAD OF THE INSTITUTION
Head of School (acting) John Novak
ADDRESS
Centenary Building, Peru Street, GB-M3 6EQ Salford, Greater Manchester, Great Britain
Phone +44 161 295 2628, Fax +44 161 835 2453
Website http://www.artdes.salford.ac.uk
CAMPUSES
CONTACT PERSON
Professor Paul Sermon
Peru Street, GB-M3 6EQ Salford, Greater Manchester
Phone +44 161 295 6149, Fax +44 161 295 5678
E-mail p.sermon[at]salford.ac.uk
OTHER CONTACT PERSONS
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE MEMBER UNIT
A. ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS OF THE MEMBER UNIT
School of Art & Design
Faculty of Arts, Media and Social Sciences

AVAILABLE BACHELOR LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
BA (Hons) Advertising Design
BA (Hons) Art & Design with Foundation Year
BA (Hons) Art & Design with International Foundation Year
BA (Hons) Design for Digital Media
BA (Hons) Design Futures
BA (Hons) Design Management for the Creative Industries
BA (Hons) Fashion
BA (Hons) Graphic Design
BA (Hons) Interior Design
BA (Hons) Photography
BA (Hons) Product Design
BA (Hons) Visual Arts

All 3 year full-time study
AVAILABLE MASTER LEVEL OR EQUIVALENT PROGRAMS AND THE ESTIMATED DURATION OF STUDYING
MA/PgDip Arts and Museum Management
MA/PgDip Communication Design
MA/PgDip Contemporary Fine Art
MSc/PgDip Creative Games
MA/PgDip Creative Technology
MSc/PgDip Design Management
MA/PgDip Heritage Studies
MSc/PgDip International Business & Management for Design
MA/PgDip Museum & Heritage Exhibition Design
MA/PgDip Product Design

All 1 year (3 semester) fulltime study
CONTACT PERSON(S) FOR INQUIRIES ON DIFFERENT STUDY PROGRAMS
Director of Admissions Nigel Howe
Tel. +44 161 295 6158
J.N.Howe[at]salford.ac.uk
MAIN FOCUS IN EDUCATION
Undergraduate BA and postgraduate MA design and fine art programmes.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY AND MAIN RESEARCH AREAS
Research in the School of Art & Design is coordinated by Professor Paul Sermon, Associate Head for Research. There are over 30 fully research-active academic staff and a number of embryonic and early career researchers engaged in a range of innovative creative practice in art and design and in advancing the boundaries of theoretical investigation.

Research is firmly embedded in teaching at all levels and our research centres inform, influence and reflect the nature of the wide ranging curriculum in the School. Research in The School of Art and Design is
committed to promoting art and design research activity, internally and externally, nationally and internationally and aims to maximise the evolving synergies between research, teaching and learning, and academic enterprise.

In the UK 's official national assessment of research - the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise - staff from the School of Art & Design secured an impressive national power ranking of 38 out of 68.

Research is disseminated via refereed journal papers, books, reports, international conferences, exhibitions, professional practice and directly back into teaching via the curricula of the School of Art & Design and school-based research events.

Activities continue to constantly evolve as we respond to a wide range of opportunities, thus ensuring the structure and research we undertake remains dynamic and impacts upon a real world context. Our three distinct, yet complementary Research Centres provide a supportive infrastructure and a framework for both projecting and sustaining the
research culture.

Art and Design research is structured and organised via three research centres:

Creative Technology & Communications Research Centre
Heritage & Design Innovation Research Centre
Contemporary Fine Art & Critical Theory Research Centre
B. AIMS, PHILOSOPHY AND COLLABORATION
SUMMARY OF MISSION STATEMENT
The School provides a diverse range of contemporary and challenging programmes in design and the visual arts with strong professional, commercial and community links.
These programmes are designed to equip students with the personal and professional skills needed throughout their career. The undergraduate and postgraduate programmes have a reputation for their relevance to the real world. All courses pride themselves on their links to industry and practice and employers appreciate the real world focus.
Key themes for the School are:
• commitment to quality,
• currency and relevance,
• raising aspiration,
• professionalism and employability,
• collaboration.
THE ROLE OF THE MEMBER UNIT IN INTERNATIONAL SECTOR AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS
The School has extensive overseas links typified by a major
collaborative programme - MSc International Design Management for Design is a joint programme with Ecole Internationale de Design in Toulon, validated by the University of Salford and delivered (in English) in
Toulon with a mixture of UK and other staff and students. Students from other home-based P/G programmes share some modules which can include study periods in France.
ERASMUS staff teaching visits have taken place to:
ESAG Paris, Clermont-Ferrand, Toulon, Macerata, Aveiro.
Current student exchanges are with:- Strate College, Paris; ESAG, Paris; Ecole Supérieure d'Art Clermont-Ferrand; IED Toulon; Accademia di Belle Arti, Macerata; University of Aveiro; University of Zaragoza;
University of Linköpings; Ohio State University, Columbus USA.

Extensive links in China are being developed by the School as one of the lead institutions in AsiaLink which has led to major international Design Management conferences such as D2B in Beijing 2006.
THE ROLE OF THE MEMBER UNIT IN NATIONAL AND REGIONAL SECTORS AND IN HOME CITY AND ITS COLLABORATION WITH PARTNER UNIVERSITIES, ASSOCIATIONS, INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS CONNECTIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS.
The School is recognized as one of the major providers of Art & Design education in the northwest of England and has extensive links with partner institutions in the HE and FE sectors. Strong industry links are fostered at all levels and give our programmes a real world focus and relevance, evidenced by numerous live projects and joint ventures with
industry such as Knowledge Transfer Partnership projectwork.
INFORMATION ON STUDENT EXCHANGES
SUBJECT AREAS FOR EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Exchange opportunities are available on all our degree programmes.
DEADLINES TO APPLY FOR AN EXCHANGE PERIOD
Normally one semester before proposed period of exchange study.
TEACHING LANGUAGES
English
BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES OF THE SEMESTER
October - January
February - June
COSTS PER MONTH (studying and living)
Tuition Fees (04-05) - £1175 (based on parental income). Reciprocal
waiving of fees is possible in the case of student exchange)
Living costs approx £5000 pa
FIGURES
NUMBER OF DEGREE STUDENTS
Bachelor: 994
Master: 110
Doctorate: 5
NUMBER OF INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
10
NUMBER OF OUTGOING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
10
NUMBER OF OTHER STUDENTS (continuing education, post-experience courses, other)
0
NUMBER OF TEACHING STAFF
Professors: 4
Lecturers: 48
Other permanent teachers: 0
Part-time teachers: 84