Fine Art

Entry requirements

Applicants must hold an upper second-class UK Bachelor’s degree or its overseas equivalent and will normally be expected to have studied to UK Master’s level, or its overseas equivalent, in either Fine Art or in Art History/Theoretical Studies.

Months of entry

September

Course content

In addition to the subject disciplines of painting, sculpture and fine art media, PhD students relate to the wider Slade research themes through their supervisory teams. Current themes include: Performance; Bronze Lab; Materials Research; Land Art and the Culture of Landscape; Pain and the Image; SCEMFA, Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art (SCEMFA); Word and Image; Transcultural Art.

The Slade PhD students are part of a vibrant, international art school at the centre of UCL. In addition to a dedicated team of Slade supervisors, we offer interdisciplinary supervision across a wide range of subjects at UCL and the LAHP Consortium. All students have access to the Slade's technical facilities in print, bookbinding, electronic media, sculpture, photography, film, video and sound. Our programme includes a bi-weekly forum of doctoral research presentations, an annual research week at the Slade Research Centre, Woburn Square and Creative Thesis, our innovative series of workshops and seminars. We also offer opportunities to apply for Fine Art BA/BFA teaching experience.

Department specialisms

The UCL Slade School offers a choice between the following three options within the PhD programme: Practice-led: a thesis of studio practice and a written report of 15,000–40,000 words Practice-related: a written thesis of 60,000–80,000 words with studio practice Written thesis only 80,000–100,000 words

Information for international students

See: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/international-students

Fees and funding

The Slade is part of the AHRC funded London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP). As well as funding for studentships and shared doctoral training, this will open up additional opportunities for interdisciplinary supervision for Slade students across these three leading research institutions. For further information, please see the LAHP website .

Funding opportunities available for students taking research programmes are available at: www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/scholarships

Qualification and course duration

PhD

MPhil

Course contact details