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BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Fine Art) (top-up) at University for the Creative Arts

University for the Creative Arts, United Kingdom

Programme overview

UCA'S one-year BA (Hons) Studio Practice top-up degree in Fine Art provides you with the opportunity to bring together your thinking and developing ideas with the aim of consolidating your contemporary artistic practice. This course allows you to devise and follow your own individual work program in the guise of a Final Major Project, where you demonstrate your professional attitude and commitment, capacity for self-evaluation and effective synthesis of your ideas. Taught at UCA Canterbury.

Duration: 1 year full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Farnham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

BA (Hons) Studio Practice (Fine Art) (top-up) will stimulate your curiosity and imagination as a contemporary artist of the future. The philosophy of the course at Canterbury is openminded, adaptive and flexible, and our diversity of approaches equips you with the knowledge and skills to play a significant part in the ever-changing contexts of the global art world.

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Application information

Entry requirements

UK BA (Hons) course (top-up) The standard entry requirements for this course are: 240 credits from a relevant degree (120 credits at level 4 and 120 credits at level 5), with a minimum of 55% overall Foundation Degree in a relevant subject Higher National Diploma in a relevant subject And/or Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) In recognition that you may already have a relevant professional qualification, or appropriate working experience in the relevant industries, APEL may be accepted for entry on to the course. This will be based on the partnership articulations and will be assessed on a case by case basis. Other relevant and equivalent UK and international qualifications are considered on an individual basis, and we encourage students from diverse educational backgrounds to apply. Portfolio requirements For this courses, we’ll need to see your portfolio for review. We’ll invite you to attend an Applicant Day so you can have your portfolio review in person, meet the course team and learn more about your course. Further information will be provided once you have applied. UCAS course code W408 (institution code C93).

Domestic applicants: GBP 10,050 a year (2027/28). Tuition for the course as listed on the course page; UK home fee Source

International applicants: GBP 19,800 a year (2027/28). Tuition for the course as listed on the course page Source

Intake: September 2027

Duration: 1 year full-time

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