Our degree courses with Foundation year offer the opportunity to prepare you for advanced study before you progress onto a full honours degree at the University of Westminster. Whether you do not feel ready for degree-level study, don’t have the right qualifications, want to change your subject specialism or return to study after an absence from education, we aim to encourage a broad range of students to undertake our Foundation year in order to progress onto their full honours degree with us.
The Foundation year is designed to give you the opportunity to explore new ideas, opening up new perspectives on the key debates within your chosen field. Core modules accelerate your academic and professional development and you will also take modules from areas closely related to your chosen field, giving you the chance to develop a cross-disciplinary perspective on your course.
On successful completion of the Foundation year (Year 0), you will be able to move on to study for the Fine Art Mixed Media BA Honours degree over a further three years study.
This innovative course was one of the first to offer students the opportunity to explore and develop work across boundaries, within the ever-expanding contemporary fine art disciplines. It encourages creativity, individuality and personal growth, and once you have acquired the basic skills you can negotiate your own individual programme of study with tutors.
You are encouraged to bring highly individual approaches to studio practice, coupled with an emphasis on experiential learning; these are the defining factors that have established the course at the cutting edge of contemporary practice.
We select only the most dedicated and creative students who have the energy, enthusiasm and commitment that the course requires. Our exceptional team of practising artists teaching theory and practice are supported by state-of-the-art facilities and workshops that are at the forefront of current technical innovation.
Based at the recently refurbished Harrow Campus – home to the Westminster School of Arts – you will work alongside students from film, photography, music, fashion and journalism, in a unique hothouse of creative opportunity.
The course enables you to work across disciplines or within the more traditionally defined areas of practice, and relevant critical and theoretical debates are referenced to support this.
This studio-based course provides you with a permanent space, depending on the type of work you engage with as you progress through the programme.
The teaching team are all practising artists with national/international profiles working in and across the mediums of sculpture, painting, moving image, performance, photography and sound. Teaching and learning methods encourage you to create a body of work characterised by personal commitment and an increasing sense of autonomy.
Teaching methods include lectures, tutorials (individual and group), presentations, crits, workshops, and gallery visits and talks.
Academic qualification equivalents
English language requirements (one of the below):
University Type | Public University |
Campus Setting | Urban |
Acceptance Rate | 9% |
Endowment income | £3.5 million |
Cost of Attendance | £22,500 |
Applications Accepted | Online |
Work-Study | Available |
Intake Type | Semester wise |
Mode of Program | Full time and online |
The average estimated annual cost for 2020/2021 session is presented on the table below:
Fees | Foundation (GBP) | Undergraduate (GBP) | Postgraduate (GBP) |
---|---|---|---|
Tuition | 9,250 | 15,000 | 19,000 |
Accommodation | 4,989 - 7,748 | 7,220 - 10,830 | 7,220 - 10,830 |
Others | 1,278 – 1,542 | 4,047 – 4,662.5 | 2,556 – 2,982.5 |
Total | 15,517 – 18,540 | 26,267 – 30,042.5 | 28,776 – 32,362.5 |
Tuition Fees in UK (1st Year Average) | MS: £17276 | MBA: £17276 | BE/Btech: £16632 | BBA: £15130 | BSc: £16632 | MFin: £19000 | MA: £15560 | MIM: £18241 | MEM: £16950 | MArch: £14271 | BHM: £12662 | MIS: £15344 | MEng: £12876 | MBBS: £28865| MPharm: £15452 |
Average Accomodation & Food Costs in UK | £850 to £1,050 a month |
Entrance Exams in UK | TOEFL: 88 | IELTS: 6.5 | PTE: 59 | GMAT: 590 |
Work and Study in UK | Permitted for 20 hours/week with a valid study permit. |
Post Study Work Permit in UK | 2 Year after graduation depending on the course. |
Cost of Student Visa in UK | £348 |
Student Visa in UK | Your nationality, duration of your stay and purpose of your stay are the three essential factors for UK visa. For Non-EU students UK visa is mandatory. |
Intakes in UK | There are mainly two intakes in UK: January/February & September/October. |
Top Job Sectors in UK | IT Engineering, Product Design, Mobile Development, Designers, Logistics, etc. |
Economy in UK | Growth Rate: 1.3% (2018) 1.4% (2019) 1.4% (2020e), 6th Largest Economy in the World by Nominal |
Tuition & fees :
£ 14,400
Total
£ 14,400