Course Overview

Develop the skills to become an independent, innovative creative thinker and practitioner. You’ll enhance your portfolio and prepare for practice in the expanded field of the contemporary arts.

Our MA in Fine Art will provide opportunities for you to build advanced technical and theoretical problem-solving strategies as well as advanced interpretative abilities.

As part of your course, you’ll:

Develop your motivations, ambitions, and abilities as an artist

Explore a number of practices including painting, sculpture, print, installation, video, sound, virtual / augmented reality, performance, and curating

Work on collective projects and events that will foster your team-working skills, adaptability, and resourcefulness

You’ll increase your level of engagement through a series of practice modules that will encourage creative inquiry and activity. Your study will be supported by research methodologies, which will allow you to question and better understand your own creative practice. They’ll also allow you to develop new solutions to disseminate and promote your work.

Learning support

You’ll be supported as you flourish into an independent, creative practitioner and thinker. Working collectively, you’ll develop skills of negotiation, adaptability, and resourcefulness preparing you to respond to contemporary challenges in the field of art practice.

Specialist study spaces

You’ll be taught through a combination of lectures, seminars, tutorials, studio activities, projects, and events. Our studios, workshops, and other practical facilities – such as theatre and performance spaces, screening facilities, and recording studios – will offer a stimulating learning environment for your individual ambitions.

General Eligibility

Applicants should either have at least a second class honors degree in the cognate subjects of Art or Design, at least a second class honors degree in a non-cognate subject supported by evidence of an aptitude for the subject applied for or have equivalent experience or training, normally from within the work environment.

Part Time Work Details

20 hours of work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.5 with no skills below 6.0, or an equivalent qualification