Integrated Foundation Year - Bachelor of Arts - Fine Arts (with Professional Practice Year)

Students will work closely with local and national galleries and public arts organisations, including Turner Contemporary, Whitstable Biennale, Strange Cargo and the Folkestone Triennial – and they’ll be actively supported to develop and show work outside the context of the University, expanding their work’s audiences.

Guest lectures, artist masterclasses and professional practice seminars will help students develop their personal network and enhance the criticality and articulation of their practice.

This course is open to artists, designers, illustrators, architects and theorists – including graduates in the humanities – and is designed to inspire new and innovative approaches to fine art study at an advanced level.

It’s supported by seminars, tutorials, workshops, work-in-progress sessions, study visits and critiques. By the end of the course students will be working autonomously, instead of staff-led, as you identify, develop and manage their own Masters project across different social, cultural, artistic and intellectual contexts.

This course is helmed by a team of esteemed tutors, who each continue to enjoy great success in their respective fields. Guiding students on their studies will be Steffi Klenz, an internationally-recognised photographic artist, Edward Chell, a mixed media artist who specialises in painting and Professor Andrew Kotting, who is an award-winning short film and documentary maker.

UCA takes great pride in ensuring students have a fulfilling, engaging and inspirational experience and they’re especially proud of the fact their student satisfaction rates consistently reflect this with a near 100 per cent score.