Fine Art MA: Fees & Entry Requirements at UCL (University College London), UK

What will I learn?

Develop your potential as a professional artist or researcher in painting, sculpture or fine art media. The 24-month Fine Art MA is a practice-based course that enables you to hone your skills, while exploring ideas of critical awareness, societal and cultural context. Taught at the world-renowned Slade School of Fine Art at UCL, this is an unparalleled opportunity to learn from academic studio staff who are also practising artists. The Fine Art MA course provides a diverse, intellectual and experimental environment in which you can develop your potential as a professional artist and researcher in your chosen studio area. You are supported to expand your critical awareness within the context of Fine Art and to situate your practice within the wider cultural and social context of the contemporary world. The Slade's Fine Art MA course supports interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to art-making. Within the History and Theory of Art component of the course, you study within thematic taught courses, and develop the ability to frame, create and communicate a sustained enquiry into art historical and theoretical debates in written and spoken form. This course will appeal to anyone interested in pursuing advanced personal research as a thorough preparation for professional practice and/or further doctoral study in the field.

Which department am I in?

Arts and Humanities

Study options

Full Time (2 Years)

Tuition fees
£39,200.00 (42,71,083) per year
A fee deposit will be charged at 10 percent of the first year fee.

This is a fixed fee

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

Application deadline

Expected January 2027

Start date

September 2026

Venue

UCL (University College London) - Bloomsbury Campus

Gower Street,

London,

Greater London,

WC1E 6BT, Southern England, United Kingdom

Full Time (2 Years)

Tuition fees
£39,200.00 (42,71,083) per year
A fee deposit will be charged at 10 percent of the first year fee.

This is a provisional fee yet to be approved

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

Start date

September 2027

Venue

UCL (University College London) - Bloomsbury Campus

Gower Street,

London,

Greater London,

WC1E 6BT, Southern England, United Kingdom

Entry requirements

For international students

MA applicants are required to hold a first degree in Fine Art at second-class Bachelor's level or above, or its overseas equivalent, and are required to satisfy the school that they have an appropriate level of academic achievement. Exceptionally, an applicant with a first degree in a related subject (such as Art History) will be considered, but evidence of a high level of achievement in the chosen studio discipline will also be required.

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

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