Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours: Fees & Entry Requirements at Massey University, New Zealand

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Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours

New Zealand

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What will I learn?

As an art student at the College of Creative Arts you’ll be producing work that makes us think and feel, act and react, whatever your mode of art-making - whether performative, digital, object-based, lens-based, paint, print, installation, film or something else entirely. In the Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours – BFA (Hons) – you’ll spend two thirds of your time in the studio, experiencing different approaches to making art, and developing your own unique practice. The qualification isn’t media specific so you can focus on the methods and ideas of contemporary art production, and make bodies of new work that are responsive to a variety of contexts. Work, learn and collaborate alongside with students across disciplines and year levels. Technical workshops will help you develop the practical skills you need. Like our staff, you can work across sculpture, painting, drawing, performance, installation, moving image, photography, printmaking, site-responsive work, curatorial activities and art writing. The BFA will stretch you, ground you in art theory and immerse you in art-making. The BFA prepares you for any career that requires creativity, resilience, determination, critical thinking, problem-solving and attention to technical excellence.

Which department am I in?

College of Creative Arts

Study options

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
NZ$42,110.00 (21,19,382) per year
International administration fee - 1000

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

July 2027

Venue

Wellington Campus

Wallace Street,

Mount Cook,

Wellington,

6021, North Island, New Zealand

Full Time (4 Years)

Tuition fees
NZ$42,110.00 (21,19,382) per year
International administration fee - 1000

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

February 2027

Venue

Wellington Campus

Wallace Street,

Mount Cook,

Wellington,

6021, North Island, New Zealand

Entry requirements

For international students

All students must meet university entrance requirements to be admitted to the University.Specific requirementsThis programme is a selected entry programme. This means there are a number of extra requirements you must meet.To enter the Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours you willsubmit a portfolio (if you do well in NCEA Level 2 art design or technology or equivalent - you may not need to submit a portfolio. See details below.)attend an interview in person or over Skype.Portfolio requirementsAutomatic entry If you achieved NCEA Level 2 or 3 with Merit or Excellence overall and a Merit or Excellence endorsement in an approved art design or technology subject you have automatic entry and will not have to submit a portfolio. This also applies for Cambridge International students achieving an AS grade A or B in an approved art design or technology subject.International English Language Requirements IELTS - 6.0 overall and minimum 5.5 in each bandTOEFL iBT - Overall score 80 minimum 19 in WritingCambridge English - B2 First or B2 First for schools or C1 Advanced or C2 Proficiency with a score of 169. No less than 162 in each skill.NCEL - Level 4 (Academic)PTE - 50 overall and minimum 42 in each communicative skillsLanguageCert - C1 Expert IESOL (LRWS) with PASS and no less than Pass in each skill

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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