Painting Program By Royal College of Art |Top Universities
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Program Duration

24 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

38,600 GBPTuition Fee/year

Scholarship

YesScholarships

Program overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The Painting Programme approaches the practice of painting as a self-reflexive, critical activity that draws on a wealth of varied historical, material and conceptual accomplishments related to the medium and its objects. Students will gain an expansive and inclusive platform on which to engage with current issues and debates surrounding the challenges and location of painting as a part of contemporary art practice. The curriculum is designed to develop a student's individual professional practice, research and orientation in relation to their studio work and how they present that work and their practice professionally to others. 

Program overview

Main Subject

Art and Design

Degree

MA

Study Level

Masters

Study Mode

On Campus

The Painting Programme approaches the practice of painting as a self-reflexive, critical activity that draws on a wealth of varied historical, material and conceptual accomplishments related to the medium and its objects. Students will gain an expansive and inclusive platform on which to engage with current issues and debates surrounding the challenges and location of painting as a part of contemporary art practice. The curriculum is designed to develop a student's individual professional practice, research and orientation in relation to their studio work and how they present that work and their practice professionally to others. 

Admission requirements

Undergraduate

93+
6.5+

Candidates apply from all kinds of backgrounds, but generally having completed a BA degree. In recent years, people have come from fine art, printmaking, painting, sculpture, photo media, conservation, illustration, design, textiles, architecture, art history and interactive arts courses.

2 Years
Sep

Tuition fee and scholarships

Domestic Students

15,550 GBP
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International Students

38,600 GBP
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Ranked the World's number one art and design university for five consecutive years (2015-2019),  the Royal College of Art is the world’s most influential postgraduate university of art and design. Specialising in teaching and research, the RCA offers Graduate Diploma, MA, MRes, MPhil and PhD qualifications across the disciplines of fine art, architecture, applied art, design, communications and humanities. There are over 2,100 masters and doctoral students from 75 countries and more than 1,000 professionals interacting with them – including scholars, leading art and design practitioners, along with specialists, advisors and distinguished visitors. The RCA is the most concentrated community of artists, designers and communicators to be found anywhere; a community focused on art in a design environment and design in an art environment. At the College’s heart is a firm belief in project-based education, face-to-face teaching and learning and professional orientation. Our mission is to recruit talented students of great variety and complexity - whatever their background. www.rca.ac.uk

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