International Design Top-Up
Digital portfolio requirements for applicants
Digital Portfolio Requirements
If you have applied for one of Design’s International Top Up courses at Manchester Metropolitan University in one of these subject areas:
We will email you to request a web link to an online portfolio once we receive your application.
What should you include in your portfolio?
The Top-up is a dedicated final year programme. If you are applying for this course, we would like you to submit a digital portfolio as part of the application process that reflects your creativity and subject specific experience. The application process is seeking to establish your level of subject awareness and potential as well as your experience as evidenced and reflected in your portfolio. Please create your portfolio using examples from your own study or other creative experience and include:
- Completed design projects (from your current or previous studies).
- Creative and technical development and planning, including evidence of reflective writing/notes, theoretical, technical or conceptual thinking.
- Speculative design proposals including your design area subject research; creative developments and proposals and any material /technical /sample making or prototyping.
- Images/scans of your projects, research, development and sketchbook work.
- Evidence (photo images) of finished creative work.
Please include the following:
- Up to 15 images of your research, development, and sketchbook work, which demonstrates your working process.
- Up to 10 pieces of finished creative work.
- Please ensure you annotate all work submitted with a brief description.
How to create and submit your digital portfolio
Follow the instructions below and this should be a straight forward process. However, if you do have any queries you can contact our Admissions Team who will be happy to help.
There are many free online hosting platforms available, please select a platform that works best for you.
Below are some hosting services that have been used previously by applicants, but you can use any platform you like as long as we can access it.
You can also use YouTube, Vimeo or SoundCloud to host media files, or documents on Yumpu or Issuu.
Protecting Your Privacy
We recommend that you do not publish any personal details on your online portfolio. You may wish to title your portfolio with your UCAS number instead of your name.
Some platforms also allow you to disable indexing of your online content by search engines.
Please read the guidance above on what what to include on your digital portfolio. You should also:
- Consult your teacher to help you create your digital portfolio, but make sure all the work you upload is your own.
- If you do reference other peoples’ work make sure that the source is clearly stated.
- Be prepared to have several attempts at creating the digital portfolio before it is finished, so that it goes through a refining process.
- Make sure that we can access your digital portfolio without a password and that all the images are visible and links work before you submit it.
Now your digital portfolio is complete, simply submit the web address with our online form at artportfolio.mmu.ac.uk.
We will then review your digital portfolio alongside the information you have provided in your UCAS application. We will contact you if we cannot view your portfolio.
We will make a decision once we receive your portfolio. Please submit your portfolio before 1st March, or within 10 working days from the receipt of your portfolio request for later applications.
Admissions Enquiries
Please contact the Admissions Team if you require any additional information.
Telephone: 0161 247 5922
Email: [email protected]