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MA

Fine Art

Duration
1 year
Start
September 2025
Delivery
In-person

You’ll realise and develop your creative abilities and professional practice with our flexible Fine Art postgraduate programme. It combines study, practice, research and peer learning in your chosen field

Why study with us

  • You’ll have access to specialist teaching, workshop facilities and online and library-based learning resources.
  • You’ll be taught by a range of full-time and associate lecturers, all of whom are practising and exhibiting artists, and supported by a team of qualified technical staff and visiting artists.
  • This is a sequential programme of study, which sees you progressing from postgraduate Certificate to Diploma and then Master’s Award in Fine Art, upon completion of three modules.
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Degree Show 2024

Discover the award-winning creative work produced by our postgraduate Fine Art students. The degree show features work in a range of mediums by students from the School of Arts & Media.

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2020 Degree Show work by Claire Hopwood
2020 Degree Show work by Claire Hopwood

What you’ll do

  • The course gives you the chance to realise an ambitious fine art project and to define and sustain a high level of professional practice.
  • By producing a supporting contextual report you’ll develop your analytical, critical and creative approach to theoretical formats.
  • You can also explore strategies to publish your research, share your practice, grow your networks and create future employment opportunities.

Modules

Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.

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Adobe Creative Cloud

Unleash your creativity at anytime, anywhere. From September 2024, you'll have access to the industry-standard Adobe Creative Cloud package on both your personal device and on campus. Get hands-on with this widely recognised package and create a portfolio that showcases your skills.

Academic expertise

William Titley
Senior Lecturer & Course Leader - MA Fine Art

Future careers

As well as going on to become practising fine artists, our graduates take up jobs in the creative industries, work on public realm projects and take positions in education, including lecturing and research.

Entry requirements

  • Applicants should hold a 2:2 degree or equivalent professional experience or learning in a related field of art or design or other creative discipline
  • Applications from all candidates will be considered on their merits alongside a personal statement and visual submission

Not got the grades?

Our courses with a foundation year could be exactly what you're looking for. They provide an alternative route to study for this degree.

Find out more about our courses with a foundation year.

Fees and funding

2024/25
UK
Full-time£9,000 per year
Part-time£1,000 per 20 credits
International
Full-time£16,900 per year
2025/26
UK
Full-time£9,450 per year
Part-time£1,050 per 20 credits
International
Full-time£17,900 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

We have a wide range of bursaries, scholarships and funds available to help support you whilst studying with us.

Select your country to see eligibility information and how to apply by selecting more info on the cards below.

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This course is delivered by the School of Arts and Media

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