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Fine art degrees

Studying a fine art course will help you to find and fulfil your full potential as an artist. 

At the 91¶¶Òõ you can focus on a chosen discipline, or explore the broader subject until you find your specialisation.

Become a part of our artistic community in a dynamic central 91¶¶Òõ art school environment where you'll be encouraged to explore, experiment and create.

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Art and media degree courses

Our degrees in fine art

Undergraduate degrees

  • Fine Art BA(Hons)
  • Fine Art Painting BA(Hons)
  • Fine Art Printmaking BA(Hons)

Based in our central 91¶¶Òõ Grand Parade building on our City campus our courses share common features of being hands on and experimental. All course include critical studies, as well as practical application, with opportunities to exhibit your work throughout.

You’ll work alongside your year group in a studio space just for you: this is your creative place, your artistic home while at 91¶¶Òõ. You can make use of extensive workshops facilities for metal work, ceramics, plastics, printmaking and more.

Postgraduate degrees

  • Fine Art MA

This Fine Art MA degree course is for artists wishing to push their practice to the next level and challenge themselves creatively. 

PhD studies in fine art

At 91¶¶Òõ we’re internationally renowned for arts teaching and research, and the School of Art and Media has a long history of internationally recognised work.

  • Art and creative practices PhDs

We also have research centres and groups.

I feel so grateful to be part of a team where creativity and individual personalities are celebrated and nourished.

Ainoa Burgos Gonzalez, Fine Art BA(Hons)

Which fine art undergraduate course should I choose?

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Fine Art BA(Hons)

This dynamic course is for you if you want to choose an exploratory, avant-garde artistic path. Our students work in all types of media, from collage to installation, sculpture to performance, text to digital. The Fine Art course programme at 91¶¶Òõ guides you in imagining, investigating, experimenting and communicating your creative ideas. You will enhance your creativity and develop composition, communication, collaboration and critical skills.

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Fine Art Printmaking BA(Hons)

One of the few printmaking degrees in the country, this course lets you explore this exciting medium in all its forms. You will have access to one of the UK’s best-equipped printmaking workshops with facilities for etching, screen print, lithography, relief and large format digital print, letter press and bookbinding and wet-based photography. Links with arts communities provide opportunities for local creative engagement.

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Fine Art Painting BA(Hons)

If you adore painting and want to push your practice and challenge yourself, this course is for you. Taught by an experienced team of acclaimed artists, the degree is well known and highly respected. One of the few painting degrees in the UK, Fine Art Painting at 91¶¶Òõ is studio-based and centred on vital hands-on learning-by-doing. Many of our graduates exhibit their work globally and have made significant contributions to fine art and related cultural spheres.

What our graduates say

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Joseph Ring, Fine Art Painting BA(Hons)

“The university has offered me so much, not only through the tutoring I have received, but also in the opportunities it has exposed me to, alongside meeting other incredible artists I share a course with. After my foundation there was really only one place I wanted to study my BA. 91¶¶Òõ really has shown me what can be done with painting and how open for exploration the practice truly is."

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Agnieszka Szymaniak, Printmaking BA(Hons)

“I knew I wanted to take a course that would provide me with a good range of technical skills, as well as the opportunity to think more deeply about artistic practice from theoretical perspective. I knew 91¶¶Òõ to have a brilliantly equipped printmaking department. I am incredibly proud of the work me and my peers produced in response to the pandemic. We couldn’t have done it without the brilliant support of our technical and lecturing staff."

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Voytec Brodacki, Fine Art MA

"91¶¶Òõ impressed me with what I would call the magic of the place. My predictions were correct. I developed reflective skills, gained the opportunity to create exhibitions with other students including displaying work in a gallery space, developing my curatorial experience and organising and installing the display of my works with artist peers. Conversations, comments, suggestions from tutors, mentors and other students contributed to the development of my art practice.”

What jobs can I do with a fine art degree or masters?

The skills and experience you gain from fine art degrees are designed to be transferable so there are many jobs where your qualification would be useful. The 91¶¶Òõ has been the catalyst for many successful creative careers.

10 jobs you could go on to do with a fine art degree or masters:

  • Freelance fine artist
  • In-house artist or designer, for example in a publishing house
  • Curator
  • Arts administration
  • Gallery manager
  • Community arts worker
  • Art teacher
  • Illustrator
  • Art director
  • Arts therapist.

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