Does Myp Design and Applied Arts Count as Honors

UK Fees £9,250 *

International Fees £14,400 *

* Price per academic twelvemonth

Course summary

Our innovative Fine Art Mixed Media BA will give y'all the opportunity to explore and develop work beyond boundaries, within the ever-expanding contemporary fine fine art disciplines.

Our course enables you to work beyond disciplines or within the more than traditionally defined areas of practise, while referencing relevant disquisitional and theoretical debates.

You'll be encouraged to bring highly individual approaches to studio do, coupled with an emphasis on experiential learning – these are the defining factors that take established the course at the cutting edge of gimmicky practise.

Nosotros encourage creativity, individuality and personal growth, and one time yous've caused the bones skills you can negotiate your own individual programme of study with tutors.

We select only the most dedicated and artistic students who take the energy, enthusiasm and commitment that our grade requires.

Based at our Harrow Campus, you'll work aslope students from picture show, photography, music, fashion and journalism, in a unique hothouse of creative opportunity.

Our studio-based course provides you with a permanent space, depending on the blazon of piece of work you engage with every bit yous progress through the program.

You'll be taught by practising artists with national and international profiles working in and across the mediums of sculpture, painting, moving prototype, operation, photography and audio. Our infrequent team are supported by state-of-the-art facilities and workshops that are at the forefront of current technical innovation.

Our teaching and learning methods will encourage you lot to create a body of work characterised by personal delivery and an increasing sense of autonomy.

Our didactics methods include lectures, tutorials (private and group), presentations, crits, workshops, and gallery visits and talks.

Art disciplines include:

• Digital
• Drawing
• Installation
• Intervention
• Interdisciplinary
• Moving prototype
• Painting
• Functioning
• Photography
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
• Sound

Top reasons to written report with u.s.

• Your ain studio space – Yous'll have your own fine art studio space for the elapsing of your class in which to experiment with your practice
• Dedicated facilities and technical support staff – Yous'll have admission to specialist facilities including professional darkrooms and processing facilities, a photographic light-green screen and film studios, moving image editing suites, 3D workshops, digital facilities and traditional printing areas
• Open supportive environment – We'll back up yous in exploring your fine art practice, using interdisciplinary mixed media and cutting-edge processes alongside traditional media
• Develop your professional exercise – You'll develop your professional exercise via dedicated modules giving you lot directly practical feel, helping yous decide on and pursue a career in the creative arts
• Optional field trips – You'll have the opportunity to take part in field trips abroad and within the UK. Past destinations have included New York, Berlin, the Venice Biennale, the Kassel documenta
• Larn through exhibiting – You'll showroom your work regularly throughout the course, culminating in your degree bear witness at the internationally acclaimed key London gallery space, Ambika P3

Course structure

The course accent on creativity and individuality is supported past regular tutorials and studio give-and-take. This encourages you to explore different approaches to practice, coupled with technical introductions and workshops, enabling yous to conceive increasingly ambitious projects.

Contemporary fine art practise is the focus of debate in both lectures and the studio, supported by the programme of visiting artists and lecturers. You'll develop increasing insight into the exciting and diverse contemporary London art scene.

In Years 2 and 3, y'all will continue to focus on your chosen area of exercise. Experimentation and innovation are consolidated, and you'll undertake a piece of work placement within the creative industries to test your emerging aspirations.

Contextual studies, theory and practice are allied, with you defining the topic through tutorial discussion for your Dissertation. The terminal year culminates in the degree show, and yous'll engage in fundraising, promotion and curation of this public issue.

The following subjects are indicative of what you lot will report on this course.

• Twelvemonth 1
• Year two
• Placement Year
• Twelvemonth 3

Subjects of study include:

• Introduction to Fine Art Mixed Media Do
• Creativity and Collaboration
• Contemporary Fine art Practice Experimentation
• Sources of Contemporary Fine Fine art Practice

Credit Level four

Subjects of study include:

• Contemporary Fine Art Practice two.one Exploration & Development
• Concepts of Contemporary Art Practise
• Contemporary Fine Art Practice 2.2 Presentation
• Gimmicky Fine Art: Ideas & Form
• Piece of work Based and Placement Learning
• The Critical image
• Photography in Context

Credit Level five

Between Twelvemonth 2 and 3, you lot may also undertake an optional yr-long placement. If you take advantage of this option, y'all'll undertake an boosted year-long industry placement module running parallel to your piece of work placement, and your final degree award will be BA Honours Fine Art Mixed Media with Professional person Experience.

Subjects of study include:

• Contemporary Fine Art Exercise: Research and Evolution iii.i
• Enquiry Project
• Gimmicky Fine Art and Professional Practice: Realisation iii.2

Credit Level 6

Build industry connections

Our dedicated professional exercise modules will help you to develop strong links inside the fine art sector in London and across.

Be inspired by our graduates

Course alumnus Oscar Murillo was a collective winner of the Turner Prize in 2019.

You'll benefit from exhibiting your piece of work regularly with us, culminating at our acclaimed gallery space Ambika P3 in the heart of central London.

Graduate employers

Graduates from this course take found employment at organisations including:

• Annka Kulty Gallery
• Artists Damien Hirst and Phyllida Barlow
• Badge Gallery, Liverpool
• Camden Art Middle
• Tate Modern

Piece of work experience

All of our students develop strong links within the fine art sector in London and across through our dedicated professional practice modules. Our education staff are active practitioners in their field producing and showing work internationally.

Artists and organisations where students have volunteered/worked during the Fine art Professional Practice module in the past include:

• Blain Southern Gallery
• Brian Eno, Artist and Musician
• Camden Art Centre
• Cadre Arts Therapy
• Dairy Arts Centre
• David Zwirner Gallery
• Elle Decor Magazine
• Estorick Collection
• Heath Robinson Museum
• Hew Locke, artist
• Guest Projects London
• Kettle Yard, Cambridge
• Larry Achiampong, artist
• Limoncello Gallery
• London Art Fair
• Mark Titchner, artist
• Matt Collishaw, creative person
• Milton Keynes Gallery
• MIRAJ Magazine
• Monster Chetwynd, artist
• Richard Woods, artist
• Purple Opera House, Covent Garden
• Rob Tufnell Gallery
• Rose Wylie, artist
• Saatchi Gallery
• Wei Hua, creative person (in-studio, in Mainland china)
• White Cube Gallery
• Yinka Shonibare, creative person

Job roles

This course will prepare you for a range of roles, including:

• Advertizing executive
• Artist
• Arts educator
• Curator
• Features author
• Journalist
• Gallery possessor or director
• Moving image production professional
• Museum archivist

Industry links

Our fine art students are commissioned each year by Travis Smith, a City of London law business firm, to provide works for display in the police force house's public-facing London offices.

In the by, students from both the Royal Academy and the Royal College of Art have visited our Fine Art Mixed Media BA course every year, delivering workshops and artist talks, offering a unique perspective of immature, up-and-coming professional person artists.

We accept a wide range of guest speakers bring together us, which in the past has included:

• Dan Hays
• Dexter Dalwood
• Francis Sommers
• Grayson Perry
• Hayley Newman
• Ian Davenport
• Jem Finer
• Jeremy Deller
• John Colina
• John Smith
• Karen Russo
• Labita Clayton
• Larry Achiampong
• Laure Provost
• Lindsey Seers
• Maggie Ellis
• Matt Collishaw
• Molly Soda
• Oscar Murillo
• Phoebe Cummings
• Rupert Ackroyd
• Simon True-blue
• Uriel Orlo

Larry Achiampong

Art Mixed Media BA - 2005

Larry has performed and presented projects at Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Somerset House, Documenta xiii Kassel, BFI, David Art Foundation and MOMA Oxford.

He completed a BA in Fine Art Mixed Media at University of Westminster (2005) and an MA in Sculpture at Slade School of Fine Art (2008). He lives and works in London. "Thank you so much to the tutors for your support. If I hadn't washed the video module in the showtime yr, I'1000 not sure I would exist making films like this - it's something I will never forget."

Oscar Murillo

Fine Art Mixed Media BA - 2007

Oscar was a collective winner of the Turner Prize in 2019. Solo exhibitions include Southward London Gallery and David Zwirner London. Oscar participated in the 2015 Venice Biennale and Forever At present at MOMA New York.

"The University of Westminster was my very first experience of an incredibly supportive educational system that nurtured my desire to develop into the complexities of being an artist in today's world.

This was due to the honest relationships I had with the tutoring cohort, my peers and, to my surprise, its positive distance abroad from the disruptive energy of the city of London."

Mandy El-Sayegh

Fine Art Mixed Media BA - 2007

Mandy had a solo evidence at the Chisenhale in 2020 and has exhibited at Carlos Ishikawa, Carl Kostyal and the Sharjah Biennial 13, 2017.

"The course helped me to gain a profound foundational understanding to develop my exercise, as the tutors were invested in a style that is probably less common in other courses in London.

I was offered a real liberty to experiment and brand mistakes, but also got a practiced reality bank check into what it could hateful practising art exterior the institution. This, for me, was valuable."

Many of our courses offer international study and work experiences, and the University provides other global opportunities that all students tin apply for - so whatsoever you're studying, you'll take the chance to get abroad.

Opportunities could include:

• Taking part in semester or yr-long exchanges at institutions effectually the world
• Attending an international summer schoolhouse or field trip
• Developing your CV through volunteering or work placements away

International feel broadens horizons, boosts self-confidence, and improves global understanding, alongside existence fantastic for your career.

Find out more near our international opportunities, including funding options and where you can go.

Grade Leader

Raine Smith

Senior Lecturer

Raine Smith leads the Fine Art Mixed Media BA course.

His art practice spans xx years and has led to him working with Tate Mod and Camden Arts Centre as well as exhibiting internationally.

His practice engages with lens-based media, such as photography, and sculpture.

We are interested in your passion and drive to pursue fine fine art with the view to enable y'all to explore and bask your practice.

Learn in an open up, supportive environment

Explore your fine art practice while being supported past our academic and technical staff.

Like shooting fish in a barrel access to cardinal London

Based just a xx-infinitesimal tube ride from the middle of the city, you lot'll be perfectly placed to access the work experience opportunities, potential collaborators and art scene of key London.

Benefit from your ain studio space

Yous can experiment with your practice in your own defended fine fine art studio infinite for the elapsing of your form.

Jack Evans

Fine Fine art Mixed Media BA

"I had a really enjoyable experience during my three years at university playing with a range of mediums, without the pressure of restricting myself to a particular pathway - this allowed my exercise to thrive somewhere betwixt cartoon and installation.

The tutors are fab, with a huge depository financial institution of experience and knowledge of the contemporary art scene in London."

Kitty Tredwin

Fine Fine art Mixed Media BA

"I found the tutors some of the most inspiring people I have met while living and studying in London. As they have each led a life of art through dissimilar mediums and unlike artistic paths at that place is a great number of ways they assist their students.

I also personally found information technology really peachy to watch the tutors put on their own prove in Berlin and London - they showed us how to work difficult, how important it is to be invested in your ideas and how fun the existent art earth is exterior of academy."

Kavitha Balasingham

Fine Art Mixed Media BA

"The studios are huge! Do not take them for granted, you will miss them when you are gone. In that location were also lots of creative person talks. I had weekly i-on-one meetings with tutors to help my development.

Some modules push you to work in galleries and learn more about the exterior globe. This grade has helped fix me for life later on university, introducing me to lots of connections."

• UK
• EU and International

• A levels – CCC to BBB (96 to 120 UCAS Tariff points)
• International Baccalaureate – 96 to 120 UCAS Tariff points from the IB
• BTEC Extended Diploma – MMM to DDM
• BTEC Diploma – DD to D*D*
• Access – 96 to 120 UCAS Tariff points from the Access course

In addition to one of the above, you should have:

• GCSE English Language grade four/C – IB form 4 Higher level, GCSE Maths Pass – IB Pass

If your starting time language is not English language, you volition need an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with v.v in each component.

You will be required to submit a portfolio. Nosotros would like to see a option of images of your fine art work – this should include images of your sketchbook piece of work (if not online) as well every bit finished pieces. Think about how y'all can collate/curate these images within your digital portfolio. We are looking to run across your creative and experimental approach to fine art exercise so look for work which demonstrates your passion and interest in fine art. It will also be useful for you to include curt pieces of text which could assist us understand your work and processes. We will also exist looking for an sensation and interest in contemporary fine art evidenced past artists, periodicals, reviews, exhibition and gallery visits.

We also welcome applications from students who are taking a combination of qualifications listed higher up. For farther information, please contact Grade Enquiries.

View more information almost our entry requirements and the awarding process

• International Baccalaureate – 96 to 120 UCAS Tariff points from the IB

If your first linguistic communication is not English, yous will demand an IELTS of 6.0 overall, with 5.5 in each component.

You will be required to submit a portfolio. We would like to see a selection of images of your fine fine art work – this should include images of your sketchbook piece of work (if not online) besides as finished pieces. Recollect about how you can collate/curate these images within your digital portfolio. We are looking to see your creative and experimental approach to art exercise so await for work which demonstrates your passion and interest in fine fine art. It will too be useful for you to include short pieces of text which could help u.s.a. sympathize your work and processes. We will also be looking for an sensation and involvement in contemporary fine art evidenced by artists, periodicals, reviews, exhibition and gallery visits.

More information

• Country-specific entry requirements

• English language requirements

• How to apply

• Visas and advice

Pre-sessional English programmes

Need to improve your English language before starting your form? Nosotros offer summertime pre-sessional English programmes to help develop your English language skills.

Notice out more near our pre-sessional English programmes.

Bring together united states of america at an open day either on campus or online or information session and get a feel for educatee life at the University of Westminster.

You lot'll get a run a risk to:

• Speak to our academic staff
• Accept an in person virtual reality tour of our educatee halls
• Inquire usa any questions y'all may have nearly student finance and accommodation
• Observe out more nigh the courses you are interested in
• Run across and talk to current students most their experiences

Find an open 24-hour interval

We provide dedicated, high-specification studios for our portfolio of art and design courses.

At our Harrow Campus, we have a suite of 3D making facilities which include metal fabrication, moulding and casting, woods and ceramics. There are additionally light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation cutters and 3D printers, also as a wood and metal store on campus, and we have a selection of tools bachelor for loan.

You tin also experiment in a range of media using all of the technical facilities the University has to offer. These include photographic studios and darkrooms, professional moving epitome production facilities including studios and defended edit suites, traditional press processes including mono and silk screen printing, and dedicated digital facilities.

We have a wide range of professional person photographic, audio and moving paradigm equipment available for loan.

A pick of work created by our Fine Fine art Mixed Media BA students.

From Standard arabic to Castilian, you can learn a new language alongside your degree with our Polylang program.

Develop your entrepreneurial skills

Our honor-winning Artistic Enterprise Centre offers industry networking events, workshops, one-to-i business advice and back up for your startup projects.

Gain extra qualifications

We provide access to free online courses in Adobe and Microsoft Part applications, too as thousands of specialist courses on LinkedIn Learning.

Fees and Funding

• UK

• INTERNATIONAL

Uk tuition fee: £ix,250 (Toll per academic year)

When y'all take enrolled with united states, your annual tuition fees will remain the same throughout your studies with us. We do not increment your tuition fees each year.

Find out how we set our tuition fees.

Eu Qualifications Welcome Award Scheme

If you are an international educatee accepted on an undergraduate programme starting in September 2022 at level 3 (Foundation) or level 4 (first year) on the basis of an eligible EU qualification only, you lot volition be awarded a tuition fee reduction which volition marshal your fee more closely to the one for Great britain students. For more data, run across the Eu Qualifications Welcome Award Scheme.

Funding

Likewise equally tuition fee loans, there is a range of funding bachelor to help you fund your studies.

Find out virtually undergraduate student funding options.

Scholarships

The University is dedicated to supporting aggressive and outstanding students and we offer a variety of scholarships to eligible undergraduate students, which cover all or role of your tuition fees.

Observe out if y'all qualify for 1 of our scholarships.

Boosted costs

Optional field trips on this course and some fine art materials may cost actress.

See what you may need to pay for separately and what your tuition fees comprehend.

International tuition fee: £14,400 (Price per academic year)

When you have enrolled with united states, your annual tuition fees will remain the same throughout your studies with u.s.. We practise non increase your tuition fees each year.

Observe out how we set our tuition fees.

European union Qualifications Welcome Honor Scheme

If y'all are accepted on an undergraduate program starting in September 2022 at level 3 (Foundation) or level 4 (first yr) on the basis of an eligible EU qualification but, y'all will be awarded a tuition fee reduction of £4,500 per year, which will align your fee more closely to the one for UK students. For more information, encounter the EU Qualifications Welcome Award Scheme.

International pupil funding

Notice out nearly funding for international students.

Additional costs

Optional field trips on this course may cost actress.

Encounter what you may demand to pay for separately and what your tuition fees comprehend.

Below you will find how learning time and assessment types were distributed in the by on this course, through approximate percentages taken from previous cohorts. The graphs beneath give an indication of what you can await. Changes to the segmentation of learning fourth dimension and cess may exist made in response to feedback and in accordance with our terms and conditions.

How y'all'll be taught

Teaching methods across all our undergraduate courses focus on active student learning through lectures, seminars, workshops, problem-based and blended learning, and where advisable practical awarding. Learning typically falls into 3 wide categories:

• Scheduled hours: examples include lectures, seminars, applied classes, workshops, supervised time in a studio
• Placement: placement hours normally include placement opportunities, merely may too include live projects or virtual activity involving employers
• Independent study: not-scheduled time in which students are expected to study independently. This may include preparation for scheduled sessions, follow-up work, wider reading or practice, completion of assessment tasks, or revision

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Scheduled hours Contained study Placement

How y'all'll be assessed

Our undergraduate courses include a wide diversity of assessments.

Assessments typically fall into three broad categories:

• Applied: examples include presentations, videos, podcasts, lab work, creating artefacts
• Written exams: end of semester exams
• Coursework: examples include essays, reports, in-grade tests, portfolios, dissertation
  

Data from the academic yr 2019/20

Our Educatee Hub is where you'll discover out almost the services and back up we offer, helping you get the best out of your time with us.

• Study support — workshops, 1-ii-i support and online resource to help improve your academic and research skills
• Personal tutors — support y'all in fulfilling your academic and personal potential
• Pupil advice team — provide specialist advice on a range of issues including funding, benefits and visas
• Extra-curricular activities — volunteering opportunities, sports and fitness activities, educatee events and more

Visit our student hub

Harrow is our artistic and cultural hub, home to most of our arts, media and digital courses. Information technology houses state-of-the-art facilities for every discipline, including project and gallery spaces, film studios, creative labs, collaborative learning spaces, and the Westminster Enterprise Network.

Harrow Campus is based in north-west London, simply xx minutes from the metropolis centre by railroad train.

For more details, visit our Harrow Campus page.

Contact united states

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