Courses
Design and Creative Arts
Welcome to Design and Creative Arts at ATU
Do you love being creative? Our Design and Creative Arts courses help you turn your ideas into real-world skills and exciting careers.
You’ll learn in modern studios with the latest tools and technology. Our hands-on classes encourage design thinking and give you the practical business know-how to help you succeed.
We offer a wide choice of courses across several ATU campuses. Each campus has its own creative focus, and we also have common entry options if you’re still deciding which path is right for you.
Why Choose Design and Creative Arts at ATU?
Courses Spotlight
We’ve selected a few our courses to give you an overview of the wide range of opportunities across our campuses. You can view a full list of our Design and Creative Arts courses below – searching by campus or by subject.
Our common entry courses are designed to provide students interested in Art & Design with an opportunity to study various subject areas before choosing a specialised field to pursue the career of their dreams.
This provides students with the opportunity to study common modules and have the flexibility to amend their area of specialisation after their first semester of study, subject to space availability.
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Check out our Student & Graduate Stories
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Aoife Ginnelly, BA (Hons) Communications and Media
Galway City – Wellpark Road Campus
Aoife enjoys the creative atmosphere on the Wellpark Road campus. She likes how hands-on the course is and how she gets to learn by using a wide variety of equipment, such as microphones and cameras. She also enjoys the amount of creative freedom students have over what they do, what they create, and how they choose to do it.
Luke Fahey, Creative Design
Sligo Campus
Luke chose design because he loves industrial design and creating products that are both functional and beautiful. The course is practical and project-based, with great facilities and opportunities like Erasmus to study abroad
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Ruby Rafferty BA (Hons) in Graphic Design and Illustration
Galway City – Wellpark Road Campus
Ruby studies Interior Design and chose this course because she has an interest in all things design. She enjoys the inspiration from the Wellpark campus – the architecture, the art and the student life.
Julia Bocianowska, BA (Hons) Fine Art
Sligo Campus
Julia studies Fine Art on the Sligo campus, she speaks to us about what she has enjoyed most about the programme and about student life living in Sligo. Julia’s favourite thing about the programme is the dedicated studio space which allows her creative freedom.
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Leah Hoey, BA (Hons) in Textile and Fashion Design
Galway City – Wellpark Road Campus
Leah loves the relaxed and creative campus environment where she can explore design principles and hands-on learning. She values the choice in the course, the inspiring spaces, and the excellent library facilities that make studying enjoyable
Magdalena Slusarz, BA (Hons) in Graphic Design and Illustration
Galway City – Wellpark Road Campus
Magdalena chose this course because creativity has always been part of her life, and she feels this degree allows her to develop her artistic skills in a practical way. She especially enjoy how lecturers encourage experimentation and trying new mediums and how the course balances creative freedom with practical skills.
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Testimonial
The creative industries are booming at the moment in Ireland. We have a great heritage that we’re drawing on and celebrating and you can be part of that. This is an exciting journey, a varied journey and you can go in so many different directions.
Crona O’Donoghue , Lecturer at ATU
Find Your Design and Creative Arts Course
Explore your course options by campus. If you don’t see the course you are looking for here you can contact our team to discuss your options or visit our CAO Hub to learn more about other programme opportunities at ATU – Your Future is Here.
All Design and Creative Arts Courses
We have a huge range of Design and Creative Arts courses, you can view all our courses here or filter by campus using the menu above. We have lots more courses available through our CAO Hub including Architecture and other related courses.