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BA (Hons)

Fine Art

Duration
3 years
Start
September 2024
UCAS Code
W101
Delivery
In-person

Our undergraduate Fine Art course offers a broad range of experience in contemporary art practice. So you can explore your ideas through studio work in your own workspace.

Why study with us

  • 2nd
    in the North West for student satisfaction
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    2023/24
  • Opportunity for students to get involved in the running of the contemporary art gallery (Hanover Project) in which students make public exhibitions alongside national and international artists.
  • Experience a broad-based fine art degree which covers many disciplines. Including sculpture; painting, time-based media, book production and printmaking. Students are able to cover as many or as few disciplines as they wish.
  • Our Fine Art studios are spacious and well equipped, you’ll be given your own studio from the beginning of the course.
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Discover the award-winning creative work produced by our undergraduate 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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Exhibition in Hanover Project, our on campus gallery space
Exhibition in Hanover Project, our on campus gallery space

What you’ll do

  • All the basic materials you need are free (paper, canvas, wood, metal, clay, plaster and mod rock). You’ll receive a budget each year to spend on materials.
  • The quality of workshops and the technical assistance you’ll receive is outstanding.
  • You'll develop a project in our contemporary art gallery Hanover Project. You will get the opportunity to travel to Berlin and research world leading venues for contemporary art.

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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Abigail Victoria Rooney
BA (Hons) Fine Art
United Kingdom

Future careers in fine art

This course will train you to work as a creative practitioner. Graduates from our BA Fine Art courses have exhibited their work internationally in major exhibitions. They've also exhibited in commercial, independent and public galleries in London, Germany, Japan and the United States.

Former students include:

  • Award-winning and internationally renowned land artist Andy Goldsworthy.
  • Katharine Paisley graduated in 2018 and went on to work as curating assistant at Golden Thread Gallery in Belfast. In 2021 she was awarded the British Council Venice Research Fellowship.

Our graduates pursue careers as artists in the UK and abroad. These include:

Fees and funding

2024/25
UK
Full-time£9,250 per year
International
Full-time£16,500 per year
2025/26
UK
Full-time£9,250 per year
International
Full-time£17,325 per year

Scholarships and bursaries

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

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This course is based in the School of Arts and Media

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