At ACM, creativity is just the starting point.

What matters is what you do with it.

Our undergraduate degrees are designed to help students make their creative future happen — turning ambition into skills, ideas into practice, and potential into real progression within the creative industries.

September 2026 is the main undergraduate intake at ACM, offering the full creative degree experience from day one.

 

 

Creative Education That Moves You Forward

The creative industries don’t stand still.

Neither should creative education.

At ACM, our undergraduate degrees sit within the Creative Industries Futures framework — a practical, industry-aligned approach that combines creative practice, professional development and critical thinking.

Students learn by doing, collaborate across disciplines and develop work that reflects how the creative world actually operates. From the start, the focus is on momentum, ownership and progress.

This is creative education designed to help students move forward — with confidence and direction.

 

 

 

Why Study at ACM?

Learn by Doing

 

Students develop their skills through hands-on creative practice, building portfolios and professional experience throughout their degree.

Industry-Connected

Courses are designed and delivered by industry-active tutors, with learning shaped by real creative workflows and expectations.

Flexible Degree Routes

Students can choose a study route that fits their goals:

  1. Standard undergraduate degree
  2. Accelerated degree
  3. Integrated Master’s route

One Degree. Many Futures.

Creative Industries Futures supports portfolio careers, collaboration across disciplines and progression into industry, postgraduate study or self-directed creative work.

Undergraduate Pathways

Undergraduate degrees at ACM — September 2026 entry

September 2026 Entry

Students apply to ACM through the Creative Industries Futures degree framework and specialise in one of the following undergraduate pathways:

Music

  1. Performance
  2. Production
  3. Creative Artist
  4. Music Business
  5. Live Production

Digital Arts

  1. Games
  2. Social Commerce

Each pathway enables students to develop specialist creative skills while working within a wider creative community — reflecting how creative careers really work.

Built for Progression

From the first year, students are supported to develop:

  1. A professional creative portfolio
  2. Industry-relevant skills and experience
  3. Confidence in their creative identity
  4. The ability to adapt, collaborate and progress

Graduates go on to:

  1. Work within the creative industries
  2. Build freelance and portfolio careers
  3. Progress into postgraduate study
  4. Move into teaching, leadership or research pathways

A Supportive Creative Community

Students study within a creative, collaborative environment that balances independence with structured support.

For students, this means:

  1. Clear pathways and expectations
  2. Practical, applied learning
  3. Space to experiment, refine and grow

For parents and supporters, it means:

  1. A structured degree with clear progression
  2. Professional outcomes aligned to industry
  3. A learning environment built around development and confidence

Not Ready for Degree-Level Study Yet?

ACM also offers Further Education pathways designed to support progression into undergraduate study.

Explore FE options

 

Study Locations and Delivery

  1. Campus-based study
  2. Online and blended options available on selected pathways
  3. Access to specialist facilities and industry-standard environments

Make Your Creative Future Happen at ACM

September 2026 Entry

Your creativity is the starting point.

What you build from it is what matters.

Apply now for September 2026 undergraduate entry.