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Creative short courses

Evening, weekend and summer courses for beginners, improvers, and professionals.

Whether you're a designer, an artist, a marketer, or just searching for a new challenge, come and get inspired!

Find your perfect short course with NTU

Take a short course that'll ignite your creative spark into a fully blown flame. You’ll have access to the same tech, tools, and experts as our full-time students, on courses designed to suit your needs, lifestyle, and other commitments.

On all of our courses, you’ll get:

  • a fun, inspiring learning experience, with a teaching team of the University’s own lecturers, technicians, and industry experts
  • real flexibility, with evening, weekend and summer classes to fit your schedule
  • access to our world-class facilities and equipment.

If you'd like to discuss which course is right for you or have any questions, we'd love to help! Just email or call us on 0115 848 2813.

Our subject areas

Maybe you’re looking to take your first steps in something brand new; maybe you want to upskill an existing talent, or supercharge your CV for a change of career. Whatever your plan is, browse our courses to embark on a new learning adventure.

Architecture and Interior Design short courses

Find out more and book your place on one of our Architecture and Interior Design courses including Interior Design for Beginners, CAD for Interior Design and Blender 3D for Architecture.

Creative Writing short courses

Find out more and book your place on one of our popular creative writing courses spanning beginners courses to more specialised sessions in comedy, memoirs and copywriting.

Design and Digital Arts short courses

Find out more and book one of our courses in design and digital arts spanning animation, design software, graphic design and illustration.

Fashion, Textiles and Costume short courses

Find out more and book your place on one of our fashion, textiles and costume courses including fashion design and making, leatherwork, knit and CAD courses.

Fine Art short courses

Discover your inner artist with contemporary painting and drawing courses and experimental techniques in life casting, sculpture and metalwork.

Journalism, Marketing and PR short courses

Find out more and book your place on one of our specialist courses for marketing and communication professionals, journalists and web designers.

Photography, Film and Television short courses

Find out more about our creative short courses in Photography, Film and Television. From darkroom to digital you can choose from beginners courses to more specialised workshops for professionals.

Product Design and Furniture Making short courses

Find out more and book your place on one of our product design and furniture making courses.

Know when you want to start your course?

Know when but not what? Take a look at all of our creative short courses in order of when they start.

Creative short courses in action

We get it, you're a visual person! Watch the video below to get a feel of what it's like to be on a short course at NTU.

Video credit: My Town Vision. Learn more from tutor Tom Dennis on our Video Making for Marketing and Communication course.

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