Creative and digital hub

We're set in one the UK’s most beautiful award-winning natural locations; boasting spectacular gardens, beaches, forests and a Jurassic coastline classified by UNESCO as a world heritage site.

But it isn’t just beauty, peace and tranquillity that students can take advantage of during their studies at AUB; as Bournemouth itself is also home to one of the fastest growing creative and digital hubs in Europe, with its digital sector supporting more than 7,500 digital jobs and contributing over £340million to the UK economy. And at AUB, it’s not just a thriving digital and creative environment you’ll graduate into. You’ll be immersed into a richly artistic community right from the start.

Our courses

Our undergraduate degrees offer you the opportunity to study an arts subject you love in a creative community, on a specialist campus. See our website to learn more or head straight to our online prospectus, it's the world's first prospectus entirely built on Instagram!

What the team offer

Our dedicated Schools and Colleges team are here to support teachers and advisors to create more opportunities for young people to engage with creative arts and experience valuable insights into higher education and beyond.

From delivering informative presentations, to attending careers fairs, to arranging visits to our inspiring campus, we have a diverse range of outreach activities both on and off campus. We also host events throughout the year such as portfolio days, art workshops and theatre and dance performances.

Head to our Schools' Hub to learn more about what we do.

All Access AUB: Our post-16 access programme

Our All Access AUB scheme is the first of its kind. An intensive, engaging programme of activity for students from underrepresented groups, specifically designed to support entry to creative Higher Education.

All Access AUB Participants will:

• Take part in a fully-funded summer residential, experimenting with different mediums to build a strong portfolio of work.

• Have their work included as part of an industry-standard art exhibition at AUB’s TheGallery.

• Be invited, alongside friends and family, to an exclusive private view of their work.

• Receive one-to-one support from expert artists and designers in the development of their portfolio.

• Attend a ‘transition to creative HE’ event in their second year of Sixth Form or College.

• Be given extra consideration at the point of admission to AUB, including, if an offer is made, a reduced offer of up to two grades.

• Support from a dedicated progression mentor through the AUB application process and beyond.

Applications for All Access AUB open in March each year. For more information, please contact our Access and Participation team at [email protected].