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 tech. Our hands-on classes encourage design thinking and give you 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
Brian Merrigan, Furniture Design and Manufacture
Connemara
Brian enjoys studying his course because it fosters creativity in a vibrant environment and offers hands-on learning in woodworking. He values the continuous assessments, outdoor activities, and the strong sense of community that make the experience rewarding.
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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
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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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.