Master of Arts - Fine Art: Painting
- 1 year
- Duration
- 30,890 GBP
- Price
- September
- Start
- June
- Deadline
- Master
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- London / United Kingdom
- Location
Program description
The MA Fine Art: Painting programme at Camberwell College of Arts investigates painting’s enduring currency and capacity for invention through material investigation and critical research, engaging with urgent contemporary debates and past traditions. You will explore both traditional processes and expanded forms of painting through independent testing, workshops, and specialist demonstrations, challenging your creative vision through critical analysis and reflection to situate your practice within wider social, political, and cultural discourses.
The course supports independent studio and workshop‑based learning, technical instruction, and peer review, while fostering a sense of community through group activities, exhibitions, and peer‑led projects across Camberwell’s MA Fine Art pathways. It also emphasises enterprise and employability through the Professional Toolkit programme, opportunities to showcase work publicly, and exploration of social, cultural, and ethical contexts such as climate, racial, and social justice. By graduation, you will have a portfolio demonstrating your research, visual range, and storytelling skills for potential employers.
Program structure
- Unit 1: Locating practice within specialism
This introductory unit immerses you in Camberwell's learning culture through independent experimentation, helping you test ideas and expand technical skills. You will identify your aims through critical reflection and practice‑based methodologies, while documenting studio developments for assessment and engaging with cross‑pathway lectures and professional skills training.
- Unit 2: Testing beyond specialism
Building on feedback from Unit 1, this unit helps you deepen your research and define your creative processes through independent and peer learning. You will engage with current debates, test your work in seminars and exhibitions, expand your research methods, and develop professional skills, while beginning to prepare a coherent body of work for the MA Show and submitting a research file for critical reflection.
- Unit 3: Making public
In this unit, you will exhibit your work publicly to test ideas and gather feedback for further development, while optionally pursuing a professional project or critical writing. Supported by tutorials and workshops, you will collaborate with peers on a public research programme and present a resolved body of work with contextual research, also developing an online presence to showcase your practice.
Price
Tuition fee:
- 30,890 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 in either art and design or painting and drawing-related disciplines, including social and other sciences or engineering
- Alternative qualifications and experience will also be taken into consideration
- Personal 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 personal 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 personal statement
- A combination of these factors
Each application will be considered on its own merit but we cannot guarantee an offer in every 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.
