Fine Art

This inspiring degree course immerses you in a diverse community of creatives. You are encouraged to explore your individual interests, challenge and cultivate your talent, and learn about the business of becoming an exceptional artist in the contemporary world.

This engaging, broad-based fine art course is housed within specialist studio communities, led by experienced teams of practising artists. You will employ a range of strategies to support the development of your creative studio practice with an emphasis on craft, skill, and critical thought.

On joining the course, you will embark on orientation, induction, and familiarisation that draws on our established tradition of art education. You will then work in one of the specialist communities with regular critiques, seminars, and award-winning material workshops involving students' input from different levels of the course.

Like our many famous artist alumni, you will have the freedom to produce work that spans a diverse range of media and embrace appropriate forms of resolution. This could include painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, installation, performance, screenings, text, or sound works.

We take cultural visits to galleries and exhibitions, including nearby Leeds Art Gallery, the Henry Moore Institute, the award-winning Yorkshire Sculpture Park and The Hepworth Wakefield. Educational visits and trips can take a variety of formats such as physical and virtual experiences. You will seek opportunities to publicly exhibit your work and gain valuable experience and practical skills. This will help prepare you for a rewarding career in this exciting discipline.

Year One - After a short settling-in period, the course focusses on drawing skills - an approach for which the University is renowned. Following induction and familiarisation, you will get to know our expert staff, the University, and your peers before joining one of the specialist studio communities. You will work in exceptional facilities and shared community studios where you can make the space your own.

Year Two - You'll develop your work within your studio community, where tutorials and critiques will extend your practice. You will enhance your professionalism by implementing artists' strategies and exhibition practice. As one of the UK's only independent arts universities in the heart of a culturally vibrant city, we have links with artist-led spaces (many run by alumni) and prestigious arts foundations and awards.

Year Three - Consolidate your informed and positioned practice by working within your studio community. You will undertake further tutorials and critiques to mentor you through your final year. You will position yourself as an emerging professional artist, attend networks, private views and deliver commissions. The course concludes with an agreed project in the form of a public facing exhibition and an extensive research project. Employability in a global context is central to this course.

• Students completing the Shahadat Al-Thanawiya Al-Amma (Secondary School Leaving Certificate) will need to take an additional course before applying for an undergraduate degree at Leeds Arts University. This will usually be achieved by completing a recognised foundation course, such as our Foundation Diploma in Art & Design, or other comparable qualification.

Graduates go into a wide variety of careers including independent art practice, community arts, curating and teaching. Graduates may also continue to postgraduate study.

If you are interested in an undergraduate degree course you need to apply through UCAS. You can simultaneously apply for up to five courses. Our UCAS code is L28.

Please be aware that the university does not accept deferred applications for any of our undergraduate courses.

The closing date for applications is 6pm on 26 January 2022. Applications submitted to UCAS after this date will be forwarded to our University until 30 June but it is at the University’s discretion as to whether we will consider these late applications. Please note that we do not process any applications received after 26 January 2022 until due consideration has been given to all on time applications. This could mean that your application is held until the end of May before it is considered.

For further information and guidance about the UCAS online application process, visit www.ucas.com or telephone 03714 680 468 or +443303 330 230 if you are outside the UK.