Fine Art

Entry requirements

A 2.2 honours degree in fine art, or international equivalent, plus a portfolio of recent art work.

Applicants who hold non-standard qualifications and/or have other relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis.

After consideration of your portfolio and your application, you may be invited to attend an interview - in-person or an online interview for those applicants outside of the UK.

If you've already completed an in MA Fine Art, either from Newcastle or elsewhere, please state this in your personal statement and include your qualifications in your application. We'll discuss your eligibility for direct entry to stage 2 at the interview stage

Months of entry

September

Course content

Extend your position in the art world with this MFA degree. Newcastle University's distinguished artists and historians will nurture your practical, professional and intellectual skills.

Overview

Our Master of Fine Arts is a two-year full time course that encourages a critical and experimental approach to studio-practice.

It's designed for fine art graduates and those with other backgrounds who wish to establish, progress or extend their position as practitioners in the contemporary art world.

Professional practicitioners from different areas will support your practice in the following specialisms:

• painting
• sculpture
• digital media
• drawing
• performance
• photography
• printmaking
• installation
• film and video art
• art writing

On the Fine Art MFA we'll support and encourage you to:

• challenge your thinking and making through self-directed independent studio practice
• develop your creative curiosity and intellectual rigour, gaining fresh perspectives through practice and debate
• explore a range of approaches, preparing you for independent professional practice and academic, practice-led research
• advance your theoretical and written skills, working as an independent visual art practitioner in regional, national and global contexts
• interrogate your own work and that of other artists, gaining an advanced understanding of the relationship between practice and theory

If you've already completed an MA Fine Art either at Newcastle or elsewhere, you may be eligible to join our MFA Fine Art direct at Stage 2.

What you'll learn

Alongside your practice, you'll develop the skills needed to practice as an artist including career development, such as:

• research
• writing
• professional
• careers
• intellectual
• practical

75% of the course is studio-based art practice, with professional practice and dissertation modules making up the other 25%.

Stage 1 supports a critical and experimental approach to studio-practice, with a focus on making and exhibiting art. Bespoke studio based learning experiences will equip you with a versatile set of skills applicable to contemporary fine art careers. Students on the MFA and MA follow the same practice-based course and share the same studio space.

Stage 2 extends your critical positions with a focus on making, exhibiting, and professional practice, leading to a final degree exhibition.

Information for international students

See Newcastle University's course entry for more information

Fees and funding

See Newcastle University's course entry for more information