Liverpool John Moores University

MA Fine Art | Part-time

Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool John Moores University, Mount Pleasant Campus, Liverpool

Course overview

Develop your artistic practice and understanding of contemporary art, relating to wider social and cultural contexts, with leading artists on LJMU's Fine Art MA. Benefit from state-of-the-art workspaces and facilities within the modern, purpose-built and RIBA award-winning John Lennon Art and Design Building Enjoy direct links with Liverpool's most significant arts organisations, such as TATE Liverpool, Biennial, Bluecoat and FACT Work in allocated studio space (for full-time students) Network and collaborate in professional fields to boost your career prospects The 2025 Liverpool School of Art and Creative Industries (LSACI) MA Online Degree Show View and engage with work produced by masters students from the Liverpool School of Art and Creative Industries Join a small group of students from a diverse range of backgrounds to develop your practice within a global context. You will benefit from a high level of discussion and reflection, test your artistic thinking, create exhibitions, events and collaborations.

We bring to the discussion of your work our expertise as artists with an established international exhibition practice. From our base in the shared cross-MA studio, we work in a number of architecturally diverse sites across the city for short projects and public-facing exhibitions. We see exhibition making as a medium to push your practice; to take risks, experiment and hone your professional skills.

We invite curators and leading artists from the UK and internationally, to join us in crits and assessments. In many of these projects you take the lead, with our support from scouting and negotiating sites to marketing and promotion. In doing so you are also building a professional network which will be invaluable to you after you graduate.

Our institutional partners Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial and FACT support our Masters programme, through participating in crits and collaborating on projects, events and international guest lectures. We collaborate every second year with the Liverpool Biennial in placing your Masters show within the framework of the Biennial programme. We also work closely with a number of dynamic local initiatives including MAKE Liverpool, The Royal Standard and CBS, to develop meaningful relationships with the wider cultural context of Liverpool.

The MA offers opportunities for interdisciplinary dialogues with students on our other Masters courses through the cross-school modules: Research and Practice 1 and 2 and Collaborative Practice. And we encourage exchange of perspectives, expertise or equipment with all faculties from Astrophysics to Zoology. You will also have access to the Exhibition Research Lab, a creative partnership led by LSACI and, as previously mentioned, Liverpool Biennial, which acts as an interface for collaboration with national and international artists, designers and public audiences.

Key highlights

  • Direct links with Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial, Bluecoat and FACT
  • Masters show placed within the Liverpool Biennial programme every second year
  • Visiting UK and international curators and artists join crits and assessments
  • Public-facing exhibitions in architecturally diverse sites across the city
  • Facilities in the RIBA award-winning John Lennon Art and Design Building
  • Cross-school modules enable interdisciplinary collaboration with other Masters students

Entry requirements

  • IELTS: 6 — 6.0 IELTS IELTS English language requirement: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component) Further information Extra Requirements an academic or arts professi

Scholarships

  • 2-year Masters Scholarships

    This would equal £7,000 total discount across the 2 years.

  • Chevening Scholarships

  • Early Bird Tuition Fee Discount Business, Law and Public Health Students

    Eligible students for these courses could now receive a £1,500 Early Bird Discount from their tuition fees – an increase of £1,000 from the standard amount.

  • Postgraduate International Achievement Scholarship

    Applicants a £3,500 tuition fee discount towards the first year of their studies.

    Up to £3,500

Careers this course leads to

  • Practising artist
  • Curator
  • Gallery or exhibitions officer
  • Arts project manager
  • Community arts worker
  • Art lecturer

Cost of study

UK/Home: £62 per credit

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 Liverpool John Moores University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.

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