Master of Arts - Fine Art (Chelsea College of Arts)
- 1,5 years
- Duration
- 34,885 GBP
- Price
- September
- Start
- June
- Deadline
- Master
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- London / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
The MA Fine Art programme at Chelsea College of Arts is designed to enhance the making, criticality, and articulation of your practice at a professional level. It encourages experimental studio practice and individual inquiry, challenging what art is and how it is communicated to expand the contextual reach of your work.
Through research, you will critically explore local, national, and international art contexts, building a sustainable, audience-aware practice that engages with culturally relevant concerns for a future-facing, progressive career.
Program structure
- Unit 1: Establishing a community
This introductory unit immerses you in professional practice by developing your work for public audiences through collaborative exhibitions and events. It includes off-site activities to engage with London's art scene and requires a Research Portfolio that critically locates your artwork within contemporary cultural contexts.
- Unit 2: Making your work public
This unit focuses on refining your ideas and professional articulation through discussion forums, guest consultancies, and development workshops. You will collaborate on projects, present work in various formats, and produce a refined Research Portfolio alongside a proposal for advancing your professional practice in the next unit.
- Unit 3: Locating and sustaining your practice
Unit 3 focuses on advancing your career ambitions through an off-campus project, supported by an arts professional advisor. You will research and activate your practice within a chosen external context, such as starting a collective, joining a residency, or curating exhibitions, to support your critical and professional development.
Price
Tuition fee:
- 34,885 GBP per education*
*Tuition fees may increase in future years for new and continuing students on courses lasting more than one year. For this course, you can pay tuition fees in instalments.
You may need to cover additional costs which are not included in your tuition fees, such as materials and equipment specific to your course.
Requirements for applicants
The standard minimum entry requirements for this course are:
- BA (Hons) degree or equivalent academic qualifications
- Alternative qualifications and experience will also be taken into consideration
- Artist’s statement
- Portfolio of work
Entry to this course will also be determined by the quality of your application, looking primarily at your portfolio of work and artist’s statement.
Applicants who do not meet these course entry requirements may still be considered in exceptional cases.
The course team will consider each application that demonstrates additional strengths and alternative evidence. This might, for example, be demonstrated by:
- Related academic or work experience
- The quality of the artists' statement
- Potential for practice in another field to be developed in Fine Art contexts
- A combination of these factors
Each application will be considered on its own merit but we cannot guarantee an offer in each case.
English language requirements
- IELTS level 6.5 or above, with at least 5.5 in reading, writing, listening and speaking
About the university
The University of the Arts London (UAL) produces and encourages the creativity essential for a better future. Its colleges have been at the forefront of innovative education since 1842, creating work with a lasting impact on people and the planet, driven by curiosity, imagination, and purpose.
London is fundamental to UAL's identity, providing a vital context where the university connects and exchanges ideas with individuals from all walks of life. Globally, its creative network influences education, culture, business, and society.
Through innovative research and creative instruction, UAL's faculty and staff bring fresh perspectives to education. The university enables students to build the careers they desire by working with them at every level - from pre-degree to postgraduate, and from short courses to online learning.
UAL's colleges
Ranked second in the world for art and design, UAL comprises six distinct colleges:
- Camberwell College of Arts
- Central Saint Martins
- Chelsea College of Arts
- London College of Communication
- London College of Fashion
- Wimbledon College of Arts
Together, they form a community of creatives, innovators, trailblazers, and storytellers, united in their mission to reimagine the future.
Courses in the visual arts, animation, screen, communication, fashion, media, and performance are available at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
