Degree show listings 2015: your ultimate guide to the best design graduate exhibitions across the UK.
Across the UK, graduates are busy preparing for their final year exhibitions. We've collated an extensive list of degree shows taking place this year, so you can easily find out what's happening near you, and when.
We're not going to lie: there's a lot to take in – so we've made it a bit easier for you. Want them in date order? Just scroll down for May, or jump directly to June or July. Prefer them alphabetically? Here's a handy A-Z.
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Opens with a private view on Thursday 14th; open to the public from the 15th. The university's Prep show is followed in June by its higher education summer show on Friday 19 June.
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This year the School of Arts and Creative Industries launches its new Creative Industries Festival together with its annual Graduate Degree Show from 22-31 May. (Private viewing and Family and Friends 21 May).
Alongside the exhibition, there will be screenings, music, performances, exhibitions, workshops and talks by students, staff and special guest speakers including renowned graphic designer Vaughan Oliver. Head to the site for further event details. Open Monday to Friday 11am-7pm, (weekends 10am-5pm).
Leeds College of Art was the highest-ranked independent art college in the 2014 Guardian league table. This first show is for its Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, with BA design-focussed courses exhibiting from Saturday 13th June.
The University of the Creative Arts' multi-part graduate show season kicks off at Farnham, the alma mater of Computer Arts' very own art editor Jo Gulliver.
CSM's show includes its BA and MA Fine Art courses, as well as MA photography and moving image work. The more design-focused Degree Show Two runs from 24–28 June.
The John Lennon Art and Design Building, Duckinfield Street, Liverpool
Students studying Architecture, Fashion, Fine Art, Graphic Design and Illustration, Popular Music Studies and Spatial Design will be showing work this year across five different floors. Open 10am-6pm
Sidney Cooper Gallery and painting studios, Augustine House and the Augustine Art Centre.
This is a mixed discipline exhibition taking place at multiple venues and work will include painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, film, photography and digital art. Private view - 29 May, 6-8pm. Public - 30 May, times vary.
Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YB
BA Graphic Communication, Illustration and product Design amongst a varied range of courses on show. Open Sat-Thursday 10am-6pm and Friday slightly different hours.
