About BA (hons) Fine Art in Manchester Metropolitan University

Overview

BA (Hons) Fine Art is a studio-based programme that provides students with the platform to confidently enter the professional world of the artist and arts professional. Students will actively investigate universal approaches and practices in contemporary fine art that will test their knowledge, creativity and understanding. The programme is taught by professional artists that are actively engaged in contemporary practice and will therefore will encourage students to explore the broader social, political and community context to define a personal mode of study that will equip them to continue their development post-degree.

The wide range of teaching approaches, facilities and opportunities will support students to acquire skills and varied methodologies that allow them to either specialise or engage with a pluralistic approach to exploring fine art.  The diversity of content creates a distinctive group of students that engage with and question a divergent range of approaches to studio practice and externally engaged projects.

Students also have the opportunity to develop their practice within an international context through the international exchange programme, national and international study trips and the acquisition of foreign language skills. There are opportunities to engage in the contemporary art world through study trips, exhibitions, student exchange programmes, visiting artists' lectures, specialist masterclasses and gallery talks at The Whitworth.

Features and Benefits

• You can choose to specialise in painting/print media and sculpture/time-based art. These areas are not descriptive and allow students to experiment with broad and expansive approaches to fine art. 
• The main focus of the course is on the production of art work within the studios and workshops.
• Study trips include gallery and museum visits to national and international centres. In Year 2 students have access to the ERASMUS international student exchange programme.
• Programme of visiting artists. We also collaborate with the The Whitworth gallery for regular public talks from internationally acclaimed speakers.
• You will have the opportunity to take part in Unit X, an innovative unit offered to students across Manchester School of Art that encourages interdisciplinary study and collaboration on an external-facing project.

Career prospects

Graduates have gone on to study MA's in fine art, curating and art history in Britain, Europe and the USA. They have also gone on to become artists, freelance curators, teachers, gallery assistants and technicians and teachers.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Higher Secondary School Certificate awarded on completion of Standard XII with good grade.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS     :   6.0, with no component below 5.5
• TOEFL   :   Overall 79,  With no individual test score below:Listening: 17,Reading: 18,Speaking: 20,Writing : 17
• PTE        :   53, with no less than 51 in any section

Manchester Metropolitan University Highlights

Manchester Metropolitan University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

• The estimated cost of attendance while studying in the UK depends on several factors like the program applied for, tuition fees, books and supplies, housing, dining, transportation etc.
• Estimated Tuition Fees for 2020-2021 academic session at Manchester Metropolitan University are:

• Tuition Fees for some courses can vary depending upon any additional cost such as field trips or expense of equipment.
• Tuition Fees for postgraduate research courses (Ph.D., MPhil, MRes) are categorized into 5 Tuition bands,
• Students can expect an average cost of living ranging from 7,500 - 8,500 EUR per year, based on the minimum expenses.