Fine Art BFA (Hons)
University of Oxford
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Honours) - BFA (Hons)

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Christ Church

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New College

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Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Honours) - BFA (Hons)

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Lady Margaret Hall

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Course info

Fine Art is the making and study of visual art. It educates and prepares students to become artists and to follow other practices that are aligned with the making of art. The curriculum is centred on the individual student’s potential and imagination. The Ruskin School of Art offers a three-year studio-based BFA course in which students work alongside each other in collaboratively-organised studios. Whereas many fine art courses run in an environment devoted exclusively to art and design, ...Read more

Fine Art is the making and study of visual art. It educates and prepares students to become artists and to follow other practices that are aligned with the making of art. The curriculum is centred on the individual student’s potential and imagination. The Ruskin School of Art offers a three-year studio-based BFA course in which students work alongside each other in collaboratively-organised studios. Whereas many fine art courses run in an environment devoted exclusively to art and design, Ruskin students, as members of a collegiate university, have the advantage of contact with their contemporaries on all of Oxford’s other courses. For more information on this course please visit ox.ac.uk/ugfineart.

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Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 100 = 0% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
0%
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70%
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Art graduate salary at this uni
£19,000
UK Art graduate salary
£18,000
What students say
SR
Student Reviewer
24 Feb 15

Great course. Great contract time in the classes and the tutors are really great. The Accommodation is brilliant and really clear. I am a big fan of the job prospects after I..Read more

Entry requirements

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A level

A level:

AAB - AAA Grades / Points required

Scottish Higher:

AAAAB - AAAAA Grades / Points required

Scottish Advanced Higher:

AA - AAB Grades / Points required

Access to HE Diploma:

D:45 Grades / Points required

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal:

D3,D3,D3 Grades / Points required

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:

38 Grades / Points required

Leaving Certificate - Higher Level (Ireland) (first awarded in 2017):

H2,H2,H2,H2,H2,H2 Grades / Points required

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

D*D*D* - DDD Grades / Points required

Excluding General Studies (if taken). Entry requirement is AAA except for post A-level candidates on an Art Foundation Course, for whom the requirement is AAB. Further, post A-level candidates on an Art Foundation Course are expected to submit an outstanding portfolio, and to achieve a least a Merit or equivalent on their Foundation Course.

Supplemented by two or more Advanced Highers.

Conditional offers will usually be for AAB if a student is able to take three Advanced Highers; where this is not possible then a student would be expected to achieve AA in two Advanced Highers, as well as an A grade in an additional Higher course taken in Year 6.

Some Access courses allow students to take one or two A-levels as part of the course. This option is strongly recommended for students who wish to apply to Oxford, especially for those courses which have specific subject requirements. If you would like to discuss the suitability of your Access course for entry to Oxford University, please contact the subject department that you’d like to apply to for further information. (Contact details are at ox.ac.uk/courses)

Pre-U subject requirements are the same as those for A-levels.

with 6 6 6 at HL

Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.

Applicants interested in applying for Fine Art who are studying for a BTEC National Extended Diploma (BTEC) will be required to achieve DDD grades. As the Fine Art degree also includes a substantial history and theory component, BTEC applicants will be expected to have successfully completed a range of modules that include art history.

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24 Feb 15
Great course. Great contract time in the classes and the tutors are really great. The Accommodation is brilliant and really clear. I am a big fan of the job prospects after I...
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University of Oxford
St Giles Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3JP United Kingdom
Nearest train station: Oxford  0.3 miles away

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