Fine Art (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)
Bristol, University of the West of England
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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City Campus

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Full Time Including Foundation Year

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Start date

16-SEP-24

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Duration

4 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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16-SEP-24

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4 Years

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BA(Hons) Fine Art (with Foundation Year) is a studio-based course that actively encourages different creative approaches. Choose from two pathways - Fine Art or Art and Visual Culture. Fine Art develops your practice in areas such as painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, print, time-based or digital media. Art and Visual Culture critically engages you with your practice through the production of artworks and written text, underpinned by theoretical perspectives.All our staff are active ...Read more

BA(Hons) Fine Art (with Foundation Year) is a studio-based course that actively encourages different creative approaches. Choose from two pathways - Fine Art or Art and Visual Culture. Fine Art develops your practice in areas such as painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, print, time-based or digital media. Art and Visual Culture critically engages you with your practice through the production of artworks and written text, underpinned by theoretical perspectives.All our staff are active practitioners, with the conceptual, technical and professional skills to support a variety of approaches. The course is based at Spike Island, an internationally renowned contemporary art venue on Bristol's harbourside. Part of UWE Bristol's City Campus, it offers a vibrant creative environment, free studio space and a range of work and volunteering opportunities.Showcase your work to talent scouts and potential employers at the final year Creative Industries Degree Show and graduate with an impressive portfolio of work.Our students are regularly selected for fellowships and national competitions, including the New Contemporaries, a platform for emerging artists. Past students recently took part in the Royal Academy Premiums school show at the RA Museum. Many graduates go on to careers as artists, designers, curators, arts administrators and educators, or to postgraduate study such as master’s degrees or teacher training.

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WUSCA ranking
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75/81
CUG Subject Ranking
CUG Subject Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2024
26th
CUG Ranking
CUG Ranking
Source: Complete University Guide 2024
67th
Art
Drop-out rate
Drop-out rate
The percentage of students who didn't finish the course.
Calculated by 100% - (% of students continuing course + % of students completed course)
100 - 94 = 6% Drop-out rate Source: UNISTATS, 2019
6%
Employment rate
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86%
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Average salary
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Art graduate salary at this uni
£17,000
UK Art graduate salary
£18,000
What students say
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Rafaela
04 Dec 23

No access or free access to some needed facilities. Understaffed studios and workspaces. No teaching lectures. The Bower Ashton campus is really nice to work in...Read more

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Isabelle
29 Mar 22

I love the facilities on Bower Ashton, and the beautiful scenery around it. I just wish it could be more acknowledged by the university as much as Frenchay campus. Frenchay has a..Read more

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A level

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UCAS Tariff:

48 Grades / Points required

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No specific subjects required. Points from A-Level General Studies and AS-Level subjects (not taken onto full A-Level) can be included towards overall tariff. You must have a minimum of one A-Level.

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Grade C/4 in English, or equivalent.

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Popular A-level subjects

Art

Top 5 A-levels taken by students who study this subject at uni.

Art & Design
84%
English Literature
20%
Photography
19%
Psychology
13%
History
11%
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England

9,250 per year

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15,850 per year

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Students from EU

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15,850 per year

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Latest Fine Art reviews

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R
Rafaela
04 Dec 23
Fine Art BA (Hons)
No access or free access to some needed facilities. Understaffed studios and workspaces. No teaching lectures. The Bower Ashton campus is really nice to work in....
Read more
I
Isabelle
29 Mar 22
Fine Art MA
I love the facilities on Bower Ashton, and the beautiful scenery around it. I just wish it could be more acknowledged by the university as much as Frenchay campus. Frenchay has a...
Read more
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Bristol, University of the West of England
Bristol, University of the West of England , Bristol

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Bristol, University of the West of England
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