BA (Hons) Fine Art and Art History at Manchester Metropolitan University

BA (Hons) Fine Art and Art History brings together studio practice, art historical study and curating, giving you the tools to create, interpret and present art with confidence. You’ll develop practical skills through hands-on studio work while learning how ideas, movements and histories influence the way art is made, seen and understood. Alongside this, you’ll explore how exhibitions and cultural spaces operate, gaining curatorial experience that strengthens your understanding of audiences.

Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Humanities  |  Department: School of Art and Design  |  Duration: 3 years full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Manchester, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Across the three years of the course, you’ll develop your skills in fine art practice, art history and curating through a clear, structured progression. In the early part of the course, you’ll learn how to work confidently in studio and workshop settings while building your understanding of key art historical movements and the contexts in which they developed. Year 1 core: Introducing Art School, Art in the 19th century, Future X: Kinship, Rethinking space. Year 2 core: Developing studio practice, Future X: Symbiosis, Conversations in space, Art and the 20th century. Year 3 core: Consolidating practice, Future X: Re-worlding, Practice, space and audience, Art and the contemporary.

Career pathways

You’ll gain experience that reflects how the contemporary arts sector operates, including planning and delivering exhibitions, working with collections and archives, analysing artworks and cultural contexts, and developing public facing communication skills. Graduates from the course have progressed into roles across museums, galleries, artist run spaces, public art organisations, publishing, arts education, cultural policy, events management, media and independent creative practice.

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