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Fine Art at Southampton, Solent University - UCAS

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2025 - 2026
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Course summary

Develop and refine your practice to professional standards and extend your experience and skills in a creative environment that encourages exploration and experimentation. Delivered in outstanding specialist facilities that provide a creative environment in which to explore and experiment, Solent's MA Fine Art is taught entirely by artists who are highly experienced experts in the field. The course aims to develop students' fine art practice to the highest professional standard to enable immediate entry into the creative industries. By supporting technical excellence and skills training alongside a thoughtful and critically engaged approach to art making, Solent's Fine Art master's degree facilitates considered debate surrounding contemporary art practice across the disciplines of painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, conceptual art and performance. As a student on the Fine Art master's degree, you will also be part of the Solent postgraduate community. This offers a wide range of opportunities to enrich your work with input from tutors and students from other disciplines. This course is for: Solent’s Fine Art master's degree is ideally suited to students who want to hone and refine their skills as an artist, gain a focused set of skills and create a strong portfolio of practice.

Modules

CORE MODULES

  • Fine Art Practice 1
This module will enable you to experiment and explore your creative potential, preparing you for a career in the visual arts or wider creative industries. To develop your ideas to a professional standard, you'll have the opportunity to experiment across a wide variety of mediums or to focus upon one specific discipline, for example, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, performance, video, or installation. In addition you'll be expected to have a rigorous understanding of the theoretical contexts that underpin your practice and a strong knowledge of other artists who are working in similar ways.
  • Fine Art Practice 2
In this module, you'll consolidate your creative potential, honing and refining an artistic practice in preparation for a career in the arts or wider creative industries. Ideas and artworks must be produced to a professional standard that may incorporate multiple of singular mediums and disciplines, for example, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, performance, video or installation.
  • Master's Project
In this module students will design, execute and present an individually demanding piece of work that deploys a systematic and in-depth understanding of the skills and debates relevant to their particular discipline of study.
  • Professional Development
This module has been specifically designed to equip master's students with an in-depth knowledge of their chosen sector and give them the insight and understanding to enable them to support their long-term career plans. The module will be enhanced through student engagement with an industry speaker programme. Students will also be supported by the Solent Careers team and the Solent Research Hub where relevant.

How to apply

International applicants

Note to all international students requiring a visa (please note that you will be unable to study part-time) All international applicants need to be aware that the English language requirements to attend Solent University, and the English language requirements to obtain a visa from the Home Office, may be different. This means that if you meet the Solent University language requirement to gain a place on the course, you may still have to meet additional requirements to be granted with a visa by the Home Office. We strongly advise all applicants to visit the Home Office website which outlines all the requirements for a successful visa application. Qualifications are checked before enrolment, and international students must bring their original certificates or certified copies when coming to study at the University.

Entry requirements

2:2 or higher, or relevant industry experience Applicants should have previously studied a creative subject. Applicants who do not have English as their first language will be required to demonstrate an approved level of proficiency in the use of the English language. The agreed minimum requirements for this course are: - IELTS minimum 6.5 overall with minimum of 6.0 in writing and a minimum of 5.5 in reading, listening and speaking. - TOEFL IBT 92 with a minimum of 22 in writing and a minimum of 20 in reading, listening and speaking - Duolingo English Language Test - 115 overall with minimum of 100 in each component or equivalent.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9150 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9150 Year 1
Scotland £9150 Year 1
Wales £9150 Year 1
Channel Islands £9150 Year 1
EU £17780 Year 1
International £17780 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

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.

Sponsorship information

Solent University offers a range of bursaries and scholarships that provide financial assistance or waive fees for tuition or accommodation. Each bursary or scholarship has specific eligibility criteria. Check out our bursaries and scholarships pages to find out more.

Fine Art at Southampton, Solent University - UCAS