Portfolio Guidance

You will be asked to submit a digital portfolio if you apply to one of the following undergraduate Arts, Design and Media courses:

Architecture: BA (Hons) Architecture, BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design, BA (Hons) Landscape Architecture

Art and Design: BA (Hons) Art and Design, BA (Hons) Art and Design with Creative Technologies, BA (Hons) Fine Art, BA (Hons) Product Design, BA (Hons) Graphic Design, BA (Hons) Illustration

Fashion and Textiles: BA (Hons) Fashion Design, BA (Hons) Textile Design, BA (Hons) Fashion Communication 

Photography, Film and Animation: BA (Hons) Digital Animation, BA (Hons) Photography

Jewellery: BA (Hons) Jewellery and Objects, BA (Hons) Jewellery and Silversmithing – Design for Industry (top-up), HND Jewellery and Silversmithing

You will be asked to submit a digital portfolio if you apply to one of the following postgraduate Arts, Design and Media courses. If you hold an undergraduate degree from Birmingham City University in a closely related discipline, you may be exempt from providing a portfolio.

Architecture: MArch Architecture, MA Interior Architecture and Design, MA Landscape Architecture

Art: MA Art and Design: Interdisciplinary Practices, MA Arts and Education Practices, MA Contemporary Arts China, MA Fine Art

Fashion: MA Fashion Design, MA Textile and Surface Design

Visual Communication: MA Visual Communication

Course tutors will be looking for your portfolio to evidence that you have a level of relevant subject knowledge, showcases your creative potential and independent learning and shows your passion/interest in the subject area and course that you have applied to.

You will be asked to upload your portfolio onto your mySRS portal. Please submit your work as one PDF or PowerPoint document (your portfolio will be rejected if you submit multiple files). Instructions for this will be sent by email but can also be found below: -

Please log in to the mySRS Portal and follow the instructions below:

1. Click onto the 'Applications' menu - if you have more than one application, 'Select a course to view' and select the relevant course
    
2. Click the blue 'Outstanding Actions' button in the 'Actions' section
    
3. Click 'Upload Files' next to the Digital Portfolio section and submit your work as one PDF or PowerPoint file following the instructions on the relevant Portfolio Guidance page. Your digital portfolio should be no more than 20MB. Please compress your file if it exceeds the limit
    
4. Click ‘Browse My Computer’ to select the file and ‘Upload’ to save the file
    
5. Click ‘Back’ to return to the main page to check the file has uploaded correctly
    

Please note: your username for the mySRS portal will be sent to you by email after you have made your application. If you have forgotten your password or do not yet have a password, you will need to click the ‘Forgotten your password?’ button to set or reset your password.

We ask that portfolios are submitted within 28 days after your conditional offer is sent to you, to provide time to share with the course team for feedback. If you are unable to submit your portfolio within 28 days, please submit as soon as you can after that. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us.

We review digital portfolios in date order of receipt, so it may take a few weeks for us to review and get back to you. Once we receive your digital portfolio, we review this and return individual digital feedback on the work you have provided. Please do not worry if you don't hear back immediately, we will be in touch as soon as we can.

Our Offer Holder Days take place between March-April, and provide an opportunity for you to speak to course staff about your work. You can bring examples of your work to get feedback on at an Offer Holder Day, and ask the course team any questions about your work on the day. If you would like to speak to someone sooner then feel free to contact us.