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Fine Art at University of Brighton - UCAS

Course summary

Our Fine Art BA degree fosters your imagination, investigation, experimentation and communication of creative ideas. You will create artworks in dedicated studio spaces, exploring concepts through making. Presenting your work to peers and staff who are experienced arts practitioners, in a supportive environment is integral to the course and helps you refine your ideas. Whether working in collage, sculpture, performance, text or digital media, you'll enhance your creativity and develop essential skills. We offer specialist workshops with technical demonstrators allowing you to experiment with materials. Gain professional experience through public exhibitions and proposal documents, preparing you for diverse roles in the creative industries. TOP REASONS TO CHOOSE THIS COURSE

  • Gain skills in working with a range of materials and processes understanding that often through the process of engaging with materials and processes, new discoveries are made.
  • We allow you the space and give you the guidance to think through making, turning ideas into tangible creative outcomes.
  • Lecturers are practising artists who bring a diverse range of skills and experience to your learning.
  • Plan, organise and execute exhibitions for public audiences throughout the course.
  • Learn to communicate ideas in visual, written and spoken forms.
  • Develop tenacity, resourcefulness, resilience and self-motivation, fundamental aspects of sustaining an art practice or working within the creative industries.
  • Space to discuss, articulate and critically evaluate your own and others’ artwork.
  • Learn to develop professional proposal documents that communicate planned work in visual and text form and include ethical, and health and safety considerations.
  • Show a body of work in the university’s graduate show.
  • Opportunity to apply for an exchange program with the University of Nagoya, Japan.
  • Follow the course on Instagram: @brightonbafineart


How to apply

Application codes

Course code:
W150
Institution code:
B72
Campus name:
Brighton
Campus code:
B

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Additional entry requirements

Portfolio


English language requirements

TestGradeAdditional details
IELTS (Academic)66.0 overall with a minimum of 5.5. in each element, or equivalent English Language qualification.

Student Outcomes

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Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9535 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9535 Year 1
Scotland £9535 Year 1
Wales £9535 Year 1
Channel Islands £9535 Year 1
Republic of Ireland £9535 Year 1
EU £17250 Year 1
International £17250 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

The fees listed in the table above are for full-time UK undergraduate students in academic year 2025-26. You will pay further fees in each year of your course. Fees may increase each year. UK undergraduate and certain postgraduate fees are regulated by the UK government. The annual fee increase will not exceed the UK government's maximum regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year. Many of our courses include the option of a salaried placement year. Tuition fees for a placement year are charged at a lower rate of £1850. The international tuition fees listed above are for full-time courses during the academic year 2025-26. Further tuition fees are payable in each year of study. Non-regulated tuition fees, which usually apply to international students and UK postgraduate students* are subject to an annual increase of a maximum of 5% or the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), whichever is higher. *Some designated postgraduate courses are regulated by the UK government – the annual fee increase for eligible UK / Home students on these designated courses will not exceed the UK government’s regulated tuition fee limit set for the relevant academic year.
Fine Art at University of Brighton - UCAS