Typical UK offers

A / AS Levels – GCE
3 A-level qualifications at grades BBB.
A-levels including Art & Design/Design Technology/Computer Science/Maths/Physics/Psychology are encouraged, but not mandated.
Where candidates are not taking 3 A-levels, NUA will consider combinations of A-level/AS-level and other Level 3 qualifications. 

GCSE
Minimum five GCSE passes including English at grade C or 4 and Maths at grade B or 5

BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF or RQF) 
Distinction, Merit, Merit in Computer Science/Computing; Creative Digital Media; Creative Media Production

BTEC Diploma (QCF or RQF) 
Distinction*, Distinction in Computer Science/Computing; Creative Digital Media; Creative Media Production

T Levels
A T Level in any subject with overall grade Merit or above

UAL Extended Diploma 
An overall Merit in a related field 

Access to Higher Education Diploma (Art and Design) 
Pass in Computer Science/Computing or a creative field 

International Baccalaureate Diploma 
A minimum of 27 points 

NUA welcomes applicants of all ages from all backgrounds. Your application will be assessed through responses to questions asked as part of the application process and your personal statement — as well as your qualifications — so even if you have no formal qualifications or do not meet our typical offers it can still be worth applying. 

If you are studying at the time of your application and your application is successful it is likely that you will receive a conditional offer. 

If the qualification that you are studying is not shown, do not worry as we are able to accept other pre-entry qualifications as well as combinations of different qualifications. Please do contact our Student Recruitment Team if you have any queries. 

BSc (Hons) Creative Computing portfolio degree guidance

Your portfolio should be relevant to this course, but you can include a wide range of work that shows your technical competence, creative problem solving, industry awareness and career aspirations.    

You may wish to include some of the following:         

• One or two games or game elements created using any software
• A coding project that you’ve undertaken (any coding language is accepted)
• Sketches, interface diagrams or prototypes that demonstrate your design skills
• A short piece of critical writing (ideally a game analysis, critical review or ‘post-mortem’) 
• Demonstrations of problem solving (sorting glitches)
• Examples of experimental collaborative projects (such as attending Game Jam events)
• Details of any relevant placement or work-related experience you may have participated in.

2023/24 University fees for new entrants

Norwich University of the Arts will assess students’ tuition fee status using the guidance provided by the UK Council for International Student Affairs

Students from the UK or Ireland and EU students with ‘Settled’ or ‘Pre-Settled’ status will be charged ‘Home’ fees if they meet the relevant residency requirements.  They will usually be eligible for a tuition fee loan from the UK government, meaning that they won’t have to pay Norwich’s tuition fees upfront.

Students who do not meet the necessary residency requirements will usually be charged ‘Overseas’ fees and will not be eligible for the UK government tuition fee loan. Since 2021/22, this includes new entrants from the EU, EEA, and Switzerland who do not have ‘Settled’ or ‘Pre-Settled’ status, because the UK has now formally left the EU.

For Home undergraduate students starting in 2023, inflation may be applied to your fees in later years, if the UK government were to increase the fee cap beyond the current limit of £9,250 per year. If such an increase were to apply, we would confirm this in advance to you of each academic year, and we would limit the increase to the maximum allowed by the Office for Students.

For Overseas undergraduate students starting in 2023, inflation will be applied to your fees in later years. We will confirm this in advance to you of each academic year, and we will limit the increase to no more than the Office for Students’ recommended inflationary measure, which is RPI-X. RPI-X is calculated by the Office for Budget Responsibility. In setting fees for the following year, we will use the Office for Budget Responsibility’s RPI-X forecast for quarter 3 of the relevant year.

See our Fees and Funding page for further information which is also available in a downloadable format.

Financial support for UK students in 2023

Tuition fee loans and loans for living costs are usually available to UK and some EU students, as well as non-repayable Norwich University of the Arts bursaries based on family income. Find out more about applying for funding.

All students have an opportunity to spend a year, between the second and third year of their course, enhancing their employability options through a Level 5 Diploma.

These courses are offered in Creative Professional Development; a structured programme of input sessions and work-based learning, and Creative Computing; designed to build the foundation skills in coding and software design that are in high demand in the digital and creative industries.