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ACM is committed to working with you to inspire, inform and ignite your passion, to learn about the industry and develop skills both personal and professional which will transform you to become that industry professional that everyone wants to know and work with.

Whether creating a game, a film, a track, an album or a sell-out performance, you will have to work with other people to get there.

Whether you’re at either of our three campuses in London, Birmingham or Guildford, when you study at ACM you’ll be focusing on your individual craft, what drives you and the skills you most want and need, you will get to collaborate with like-minded people across multi disciplines to create and complete important projects that matter to the industry and most interest you to work on.

At ACM we match personalised learning to projects of the future which shape the Creative industries. You will arrive as that professional , ready with confidence and skills that go way beyond where you might imagine at this point. I think this is probably the biggest most important point to why we do what we do and it really is all about you.

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Our integrated postgraduate option gives you the option to study for a postgraduate qualification, in the quickest and most cost effective way possible.

You’ll take what you do on your undergraduate course area and develop this from idea to action, to product, to business, and beyond.

Our masters programme also gives you access to all undergraduate content, Postgraduate events, seminars and symposiums, access to worldwide networks. All of this housed in a timetable delivered by industry leaders, built around your availability as a working professional.

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Our dedicated careers and industry service help you from the get go to get where you want to be in the industry.

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Where other universities may have campuses in different locations, they tend to operate separately.

At ACM we give students a unique single campus experience so whilst you might be studying in London, Guildford, Birmingham online, you’ll be interacting with students from all over in realtime.

ACM has the single largest creative network in an education setting, a network which stays with you once you graduate and throughout your professional career

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We work with industry partners to make sure all the content and courses are endorsed by those working in industry, and that the assessments are contextualised to what you’d experience as a working professional

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Every term each pathway gets access to multiple masterclasses and a once year flagship event which celebrates your pathway.

You’ll meet leading industry professionals, business leaders, experts, across your area of study and the wider creatives industries. Moreover, you’ll get to work with these individuals in interactive sessions, giving you the opportunity to work with those who are at the forefront of the creative industries.

This is in addition to all of the additional guests, speakers, events and extra curricular activities we put on for you.

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As our NSS scores demonstrate how our students benefit from a world class support service.

This includes all aspects of welfare, mental health and student support. Sometimes you might need to take a break, that’s ok and we’ve got you.

With a large dedicated team on hand, we are here to help every step of the way no matter what. Big enough to make a difference, small enough to care

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ACMs unique degree structure, means you don’t have to choose just one subject.

We recognise that your interests change over time and have built a programme that evolves with you.

Within this, you have options to develop your own unique course which can blend your core subject with many others.

Mixing and matching units as you progress through the programme, you’ll build a tailored skill set which will set you apart from the competition. You won’t get a more bespoke course anywhere else.

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