| The award | How you will study | Study duration | Course start | Domestic course fees | International course fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA (Hons) | Full-time | 3 years | September | GBP 9535 per year | GBP 18000 per year |
| BA (Hons) | Sandwich | 4 years | September | - | - |
Our BA (Hons) Fine Art course immerses you in a diverse and creative community where you are encouraged to learn the business of becoming an artist in the contemporary world.
This challenging and engaging course is structured within our three specialist studios: Studio S, Studio D and Studio P, which each provide a supportive community nominally based around sculpture, drawing or painting, led by an experienced team of artists. Led by an experienced team of practising artists you will learn how to explore, navigate, and define your own specialism.
You are encouraged to pursue your individual interests through tutorials, seminars, workshops, and group critiques; while engaging in wider social, political, cultural, environmental, economic, technological contexts and contemporary issues. Located in our purpose-built studios and aligned to painting, sculpture, or performance and digital, you will develop a strong artist identity shaped by your specialism and any interdisciplinary approaches you take. Access to workshops and facilities, specialist staff, mixed discipline and cross year critiques, and opportunities to collaborate ensure that you can challenge the boundaries of your practice.
Throughout the course there is an emphasis on technical skill and critical thought that synthesises thinking and making. You will acquire a range of creative and technical strategies to support the development and sustainability of your creative practice. Through exhibition proposals, projects, and collaborations you will develop the essential skills and experience you need as a practicing artist, expand your networks, and make lifelong contacts.
We have several cultural institutions on our doorstep and make regular visits to galleries and exhibitions which have included Leeds Art Gallery, the Henry Moore Institute, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, and The Hepworth. National and international trips have included events such as the Venice Biennale. We also have a programme of industry speakers who engage in a range of arts practices and roles within arts organisations.
At enrolment, you should normally have achieved one of the following:
We will consider students who do not have art/design as part of their main study but have a portfolio that demonstrates their potential to succeed.
You will also need:
Examples of work
As part of the application process you are required to submit examples of work. The files should be no larger than 30MB in total. Guidance on what to include in your examples of work can be found on our website at www.leeds-art.ac.uk/ug-entry-requirements.
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