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Qualification
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
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Location
Main Site (Aberystwyth)
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
28-SEP-26
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Duration
3 Years
Course summary
Fine Art at Aberystwyth University will allow you to develop new or broaden and deepen your skills in painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, book illustration, experimental film, installation and site-specific performance. Your Art History studies will be concerned with research as well as the critical understanding, interpretation and display of visual culture delivered through core modules as well as specialised or interdisciplinary history and curating modules. In choosing our Fine Art and Art History degree, you will join one of the best art departments in the UK. On completion of this degree, you will emerge with real-world capabilities, enabling you to pursue careers as artists, art historians, curators and/or educators. We are situated in the heart of the Ceredigion coastline. The School is based within the town with unspoiled views of the coast, Cambrian mountains and Aberystwyth town itself. As a University, we are very lucky to be only a stone throw away from the National Library of Wales, which is a copyright library that houses every book that has been published in the UK. In addition, it also runs numerous exhibitions throughout the year. The School of Art has museum status, and you can explore our rich collection that includes over 20,000 paintings, drawings, prints, photographs all of which dates back to the 15th century. Students on this course will benefit from our close association with the University's Arts Centre, which is one of the largest in the UK and a major venue for exhibitions by contemporary artists and designers. Students in our department can exploit our exciting opportunities such as studying abroad under the Erasmus + programme (studying in any of our European partnered Universities in countries such as Turkey, Norway and Germany). We also offer students to take part in several field trips and the destinations in the past have included: Madrid, Paris, Rome Moscow, Lisbon to name a few. Upon successful completion of this course, you will emerge with real-world capabilities and possess the core employability skills enabling you to pursue careers as Art Historians Arts journalists and research Art directors Easel painting and works on paper conservators education academia. A number of our graduates have found employment with: + The Tate + Victoria and Albert Museum + Royal Academy of Arts + The Saachi Gallery + The BBC + The Royal Collection Trust + Design and Arts Council.
Application deadline
14/01/2026
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Aberystwyth University
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University League Table
56th
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Aberystwyth University - Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth University, Reception, Penglais, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3FL, United Kingdom
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