Contemporary Fine Art MA
University of HuddersfieldUniversity of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield HD1 3DH
Course overview
The Contemporary Fine Art MA is part of the School of Art and Humanities MA Art & Design Suite, an innovative approach to postgraduate taught education that brings together disciplines from across art and design to produce a collaborative programme of courses that foreground the shared practices, processes and values of art and design in the 21st century. Contemporary Fine Art opens up a transformative space. It creates a dialogue and it disrupts.
New ideas are expressed and artists develop a critical language from which they communicate and mediate on processes and global contexts. Contemporary Fine Art is made up of many different processes and contexts. The Masters course provides an opportunity for you to challenge and hone your professional approaches to the discipline for different creative platforms and International contexts.
Our course aims to enable you to: Contemporary Fine Art opens up a transformative space.
Key highlights
- Part of a collaborative suite spanning art and design disciplines
- Shared practices, processes and values of 21st-century art and design
- Develop a critical language to communicate processes and global contexts
- Hone professional approaches for different creative platforms
- Prepares practice for international contexts
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — to include relevant subject; or above
- Additional condition: portfolio — International students with qualifications in 'creative' or 'practice' subjects should submit a digital portfolio (pdf) of work with their application.
Scholarships
The Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship
Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship Scheme provides a fee waiver of at least 50% on full-time or part-time research degrees, some schools may offer 100%.
Careers this course leads to
- Professional artist
- Curator
- Gallery manager
- Arts officer
- Art lecturer
- Community arts practitioner
Cost of study
UK/Home: £8,900 | International: £18,700
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Huddersfield, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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