Fine Art degrees at UCA
If you're looking for a Bachelor's or Master's course that offers the complete art school experience, our fine art degrees are for you.
Whether you're passionate about drawing, painting, sculpture or any medium besides, our courses will give you the chance to experiment with different disciplines and approaches and uncover what really makes you tick as an artist, and as an individual, too.
They'll also give you the practical skills and entrepreneurial knowledge to succeed in the arts sector. Throughout our fine art degrees, we’ll help you to build your confidence and give you opportunities to network, work on community art projects, exhibit your work publicly and discover what your art practice means to you.
We enjoy close connections with both local arts communities and London venues, enabling you to aim high with what you seek to achieve.
And with our high-profile alumni including world-renowned artist and Turner Prize nominee, Tracy Emin, and Sky Portrait Artist of the Year 2017, Emma-Leone Palmer, you'll be graduating into great company.
Undergraduate Fine Art degrees
Postgraduate Fine Art degrees
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Careers in Fine Art
Wondering what you could do with your degree? There are a lot of options - arts and culture account for 347,000 jobs in the UK, so our degree courses are designed to give you a transferable skillset that will prepare you for a career in a range of fields, including:
- Art (creation)
- Filmmaking
- Project management
- Animation
- Curation
- Writing
- Photography
- Arts administration
- Publishing
- Education
- Technical instruction
- Design
- Producing
- Picture/archive research
- Community artists
- Creative media management
- Filmmaking
- Freelance photography
- Pre and post production work
- Printmaking and reprographics
- Producing
- Public art
- Publishing
- Sound production
- Video editing.
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What our Fine Art students say
"Before I started, I’d never done anything sculptural or abstract. I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything differently now. My course has really helped me to understand the way I truly like to work. I feel much more passionate and connected to what I produce."
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With access to specialised equipment, studio spaces, and the latest technology, our campuses are dynamic and exciting environments in which to experiment and innovate. Find out more about studying at UCA.