Course contact details
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University for the Creative Arts
Falkner Road
Farnham
GU9 7DS
Fine Art (Canterbury) (Taught)
- MA
- 2 Years
- Part-time
- 14 September 2026
- Postgraduate
- Canterbury
Course summary
Understand and build upon the relationships between art, design, architecture, and curation, and develop your own innovative approaches to fine art, on our Fine Art course at UCA Canterbury.
This course attracts students from around the world resulting in a vibrant, diverse, and international community, and you’ll be moving across key areas in visual and material culture as you produce complex and extended projects, full of speculation and experimentation.
You’ll be encouraged to develop research strategies reflecting contemporary contexts in both your theoretical thinking as well as your own creative practice. You’ll benefit from insight from our academic team as well as esteemed visiting lecturers and artists and enjoy visits to international exhibitions in major institutions in London such as The Tate, The Royal Academy, Whitechapel Gallery, Zabludowicz Collection and The Hayward Gallery.
You’ll also have the opportunity to discuss your work with industry specialists from some of the world's most innovative organisations such as The Tate, The Turner Contemporary or The National Gallery.
Entry requirements
A good honours degree or equivalent qualification in a related discipline. Relevant work experience, demonstrating your ability to study at postgraduate level.
For this course we will need to see a online portfolio for review.
Further information will be provided once you have applied. Consideration will also be given to applicants who can make a strong case for admission in relation to a particular project and can demonstrate their potential to satisfactorily complete the course.
English language requirements
| Test | Grade | Additional details |
|---|---|---|
| IELTS (Academic) | 6.5 | Listening 5.5, Reading 5.5, Speaking 5.5, Writing 5.5 |
We require evidence of your English language ability to meet the requirements for your course.
If you're a Home student and studied in the UK, we require GCSE English at a minimum grade C/4 (or Functional Skills English/Key Skills Communication Level 2).
If you’re an EU student and studied a European qualification, we may accept the English Language score from your main qualification - please review your country from the list on our website to see whether we will accept it: https://www.uca.ac.uk/international-study/equivalent-qualifications/ If your qualification is not on this list, we accept the following English language qualifications: IELTS (overall score 6.0), TOEFL ibt (overall score 88), PEARSON PTE Academic (overall 55), Cambridge Proficiency Exam (overall score 169), Cambridge Advanced Exam (overall score 169).
If you need a Tier 4 student visa to study in the UK, you will need to take an IELTS test, and achieve an overall score of 6.0 and a minimum score of 5.5 for each element (Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing).
For more information on English Language Requirements, please visit our website:https://www.uca.ac.uk/International-study/language-requirements-support/
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.
Additional fee information
Postgraduate Fees for 26/27 are still to be confirmed. Details will appear here shortly.
For prior fees, please refer to https://www.uca.ac.uk/study-at-uca/fees-finance/postgraduate/
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