Best advertising schools in the UK?

Not sure how they compare, but Falmouth University and Westherts College are well reputed.
They both offer a course in Art Direction/Copywriting, and have links with the advertising industry.
1-Falmouth University
http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/creativeadvertising
2-Westherts College
http://www.westherts.ac.uk

Goodluck.

I didn't know about these. Until now the most exciting one I found is ths one at London College of Communication.
http://www.lcc.arts.ac.uk/courses/marketing_advertising/ba_creative_ad...
But it's rather for Account Planners. Which in its way is great because it's the only one dedicated to this particular subject. What do you think about it?

Otherwise in my opinion it's amazing how the UK doesn't have a single undergraduate creative school like those in the US but still pretends to be one of the world's top creative nurseries.

No man, there are plenty of creative schools there,
but they're not solely dedicated to advertising, like VCA and Miami Ad School.
Tell me, do you have a BA in any subject?

I do have a BA in screenwriting. Now I want to go to an ad school and I'm making a shortlist.

Anyway, I got lucky yesterday. I found something that sounds cool. At least in theory. It's the Bucks University - http://www.bucks.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=7466. This finally sounds like real life stuff. I guess that's also why the infidel ad schools are so compelling - I guess they give you a very strong touch of the real life in what they do.
I'm very happy with my finding cause for me the UK has a whole lot more mojo than the US.

Still curious to know what's the top chioce among the UK ad schools for the guys in the industry.

Are you currently working in advertising?

That course is a BA. Do you wanna spend 3 more years at uni?
Why not opt for a Masters degree? It'll only take you ONE year.
(You can get accepted, even if you have a BA in a different major.)

The best advertising postgrad courses are:
1-MA Creative Advertising
http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/creativeadvertising
2-BTEC Art Direction/Copywriting
http://www.westherts.ac.uk
Both courses were recommended to me
by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising.

Hope I was of help.
I'm also considering studying advertising in London,
and thought of sharing the info I collected so far.

Yeah, MA is an option but it's not like when you study from the ground up. Especially if you don't already have a degree in the same discipline.
Still I sent an email with questions to Falmouth and got no answer. Maybe it'll turn out to be ok. Have to wait and see.

Where are you from btw?

Lebanon.
Say hi to Bucharest :)

Right away.
Say bonjour to Beirut:)

Could you give a list of well reputed Creative Advertising schools in the UK, How is rated Gloucester University ?

Thanks for help

Hi, here's what I've found both on my own and with the help of me Lebanese brother present above:

Falmouth University

Westherts Univ.

Bucks Univ.

Leeds Univ.

Farnham Univ.

London College of Communication (rather for strategic planning but can also turn you into a bloody fit copywriter)

They have BA and/or MA programmes depending on your interest. However, even though people say Falmouth is the mother of all, it's located in Cornwall. Which makes it quite a burden to look for employment in an agency while you're still learning.

I don't know about Gloucester, never heard anything good or bad about it. And I don't know how you could gather impressions either. Personally I've read very carefully all programme descriptions then talked to the people in charge from the universities on the shortlist and then I drew a line.

Hope this will help.

I studied at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University several years ago. Great industry links with at least 2, 2 week placements in top agencies in London which helps greatly. They also do a lot of workshops with London agencies in the second year where you get crits from ex students who are working in agencies and even the CDs. The location of the uni is pretty shite but the course and lecturers were spot on.

I think about 95% of my class got jobs within a year

Thanks for your comments, we were thinking to put first Bucks then St Martins and 3rd choice honestly not very clear, I agree that Falmouth is too secluded. LCC is not Creative Advertising which I would like to do for Art Direction. Westherts is only post graduate course and am looking for undergraduate one. Will have a look at other ones suggest and see, if anyone has other ideas for a good thrird choice appreciated.

Ciao

watford

hey kakaolu,

any luck for the ad school? I'm currently researching for advertising school in UK and came across this forum..LCC was one of my choice and Falmouth too...how's your progress?

hello there,
i found this forum through my search, i was wondering if someone could help me im in a dilemma here,
whats the best advertising M.A. in the UK?im turning 30 soon is it too late for the M.A.?i have a B.A. in advertising and P.R., with one a half year of advertising experience and 3 years of account managment in a printhouse.so i need advice
Thank You

Looking at advertising courses i came across advertising and brand management at staffordshire university. Can anyone provide me any information on this course...ratings ect? cheers guys

well i went to southampton and that was pretty good, but within the industry bucks and watford seem to be the most respected. Anyway you cant really teach creativity, better to go somewhere where you will get great advice on art direction/copywriting etc. Lots of courses are also obsessed with print and tv, make sure you go somewhere that will teach you all media platforms.

also you can do the miami ad school in london - its situated in the saatchi and saatchi building and is a two year course. tho i dont think you get a degree out of it.

hi me from india.i am planning to join miami ad school how is it????

the miami school you have study abroad at the one of the six bases closest being madrid furthest being miami. You cant study at london in first year... I am looking to start but cant get loans to go :( because the credit crunch has hit america hard so they are reluctant to give loans epsecially to international students. Unfair huh..? I'm so up for it looking for company for the loan anyone know any that provide for abroad study? student finance direct only do uk.

hey guys the falmouth and westherts institutes that have been mentioned in the above posts are they feasible options for foreign students. [PS: i am frm India]

they do look good as far as the course specialisation is considered and I might seriously be thinking about enrolling in one of them for my PG. Are they accredited to any University?

thanks again for the info ...

Hi there,I look for advertising M.A too.Have you heard about department of advertising,retailing and public relation from MSU(michigan state university)?
they are planning to have the same campus in Dubai...
does anyone have any Idea?

Hey, i think I can also recommend some of Good design schools in Uk, infact these are online schools which will make the study part more simple for you.

Chk few of them @ http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/graphic-design-schools/

hi i want to take a training course in advertising, i finished my degree but just want to take a course thats probably for 6 months.
something like this but this ones in malaysia

http://www.95percent.com.my/

if anyone knows of any in nottingham or leicester like a training camp for advertising or something please post a comment on this page thanks

Hi, i am also interested in masters in advertising in the UK.
IS leeds university better compare to falmouth?
Its quite difficult to get the right uni for postgraduate course until you are already in there...

suggestion pls

Hi All,

I'm confused about something. No one ever mentioned Manchester Metropolia University. They have a couple of advertising courses. Are they any good? Is this university also good?
I saw the International Creative Advertising Msc.

Please leave your comments.

Thank you.

Hi,
I have also came across the advertising course provided by MMu in manchester. And also leeds.
Could someone give us some suggestion . The ranking from Leeds on that particular is higher than MMu though.

Comments pls

hi I want to be in the creative team when i get into an ad agency, which design school do you think i should join to make those awesome print ads we see here in this site ;) propably a PG will do or atleast some design school where i can learn designing in depth... please help :(((( meeeeeee

i went through the coursework of london school of communication i think for creative westheart or fallmouth sounds perfect do we know anyother goood colleges for art direction / creative advertising. pleaase let me know my name is pratik my email is pratikbhabhalia@gmail.com

Hi, im interested in studying Advertising and Brand Management but have found that it is only available with Stafordshire (Stoke campus), UCCA (Farnham) and Manchester..does anyone reccomend any of these or know of any other uni's that have this course on offer?

Leeds College of Art and Design have a Foundation Degree course that lasts two years with the option to do a third year to make it BA Hons degree. Leeds and Glocestershire are known to have the best creative advertising courses that will actually set you up for the real world and they make you think for yourself and turn you into creative people with original ideas as opposed to the rest of them where pretty much all the students produce the same mediocre work because they were told what to do. Leeds has the most connections in the industry and the majority of students go on to get jobs as copywriters and art directors.

anyone who knows more about Glocestershire advertising university course?

Birmingham City University

Ba(hons) Visual Communication

They do major in Advertising. They have quite the people there. People who taught Trevor Beattie etc.

regards

any post grad courses in advertising , particularly cleint servicing, account planning.
especially in uk???

Hi, I am on the MSC creative advertising in MMU it is good go for it

i have an offer letter from winchester school of art university of southampton for advertising design management i m just wondering how good is it? please please if u have ne info please let me know

I have recieved an offer from LCC for undergraduate advertising and marketing.

I had signed up for this course believeing that LCC is a good university but all of a sudden I am unsure.

Is this a good university to graduate from?

Will it offer me a high chance of getting a job after I graduate?

Thank You

how come the course at west herts is for less than 3,000 punds?
when all other courses are a minimum of 8,000.
am i missing something?