24 monthsProgramme duration
26,500 GBPTuition Fee/year
1Scholarships
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Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
MFA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Extend your position in the art world with this MFA degree. Newcastle University's distinguished artists and historians will nurture your practical, professional and intellectual skills.
Our Master of Fine Arts is a two-year full time course that encourages a critical and experimental approach to studio-practice.
It's designed for fine art graduates and those with other backgrounds who wish to establish, progress or extend their position as practitioners in the contemporary art world.
Professional practicitioners from different areas will support your practice in the following specialisms:
- painting
- sculpture
- digital media
- drawing
- performance
- photography
- printmaking
- installation
- film and video art
- art writing
On the Fine Art MFA we'll support and encourage you to:
- challenge your thinking and making through self-directed independent studio practice
- develop your creative curiosity and intellectual rigour, gaining fresh perspectives through practice and debate
- explore a range of approaches, preparing you for independent professional practice and academic, practice-led research
- advance your theoretical and written skills, working as an independent visual art practitioner in regional, national and global contexts
- interrogate your own work and that of other artists, gaining an advanced understanding of the relationship between practice and theory
If you've already completed an MA Fine Art either at Newcastle or elsewhere, you may be eligible to join our MFA Fine Art direct at Stage 2.
Programme overview
Main Subject
Art and Design
Degree
MFA
Study Level
Masters
Study Mode
On Campus
Extend your position in the art world with this MFA degree. Newcastle University's distinguished artists and historians will nurture your practical, professional and intellectual skills.
Our Master of Fine Arts is a two-year full time course that encourages a critical and experimental approach to studio-practice.
It's designed for fine art graduates and those with other backgrounds who wish to establish, progress or extend their position as practitioners in the contemporary art world.
Professional practicitioners from different areas will support your practice in the following specialisms:
- painting
- sculpture
- digital media
- drawing
- performance
- photography
- printmaking
- installation
- film and video art
- art writing
On the Fine Art MFA we'll support and encourage you to:
- challenge your thinking and making through self-directed independent studio practice
- develop your creative curiosity and intellectual rigour, gaining fresh perspectives through practice and debate
- explore a range of approaches, preparing you for independent professional practice and academic, practice-led research
- advance your theoretical and written skills, working as an independent visual art practitioner in regional, national and global contexts
- interrogate your own work and that of other artists, gaining an advanced understanding of the relationship between practice and theory
If you've already completed an MA Fine Art either at Newcastle or elsewhere, you may be eligible to join our MFA Fine Art direct at Stage 2.
Admission Requirements
A 2.2 honours degree in fine art, or international equivalent, plus a portfolio of recent art work.
Applicants who hold non-standard qualifications and/or have other relevant experience will be considered on an individual basis.
After consideration of your portfolio and your application, you may be invited to attend an interview - in-person or an online interview for those applicants outside of the UK.
If you've already completed an in MA Fine Art, either from Newcastle or elsewhere, please state this in your personal statement and include your qualifications in your application. We'll discuss your eligibility for direct entry to stage 2 at the interview stage
Tuition fees
Domestic
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Scholarships
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Value
$13518
Deadline
30 Aug 2026
Application requirements
QS Event Attendance is NOT required
Entry requirements
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