BA Fine Art
About this course
BA in Fine Art. Core topics include design and creative practice. The School of Art is a government-accredited art museum — one of only two such schools in the UK — holding a collection of around 20,000 prints, photographs, drawings, paintings and ceramics. Students curate an exhibition in the school's galleries as part of the degree scheme.
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Entry requirements
A level: BBB-BCC to include B in Art or related subject, plus satisfactory portfolio IB: 30-28, plus satisfactory portfolio
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What students say
Based on about 19 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 97%
- Learning opportunities: 94%
- Assessment and feedback: 95%
- Academic support: 97%
- Organisation and management: 89%
- Learning resources: 92%
- Student voice: 96%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 25 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Continued on course: 80%
- Left higher education: 20%
What graduates do next
Based on about 14 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 60%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Unemployed: 10%
Most common jobs
- Artistic, literary and media occupations: 35%
- Caring personal services: 15%
- Skilled trades occupations: 5%
- Managers, directors and senior officials: 5%
- Web and Multimedia Design Professionals: 5%
- Find their work meaningful: 70%
- Feel on track for their future plans: 35%
- Use what they learnt on the course: 25%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 75 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North West: 10%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 5%
- East Midlands: 3%
- West Midlands: 25%
- East of England: 3%
- London: 4%
- South East: 6%
- South West: 3%
- Wales: 41%
- Scotland: 1%
Who gets in
Based on about 15 students who started (a small group: a rough guide only)
- A levels: 75%
- Access course: 10%
- No formal qualifications: 10%
Modules
- Looking into Landscape: Reading, Researching, Responding
- Media Exploration
- Studio Practice
- Contemporary Painting
- Exploring the School of Art Collections: Research and Museums
- Illustration: Foundations to Storytelling
- Life Studies Begins
- Photography: Introduction to Darkroom and Digital Practice
- Printmaking: Material Transformations
- Representing the Body
- Revolutions & Modernities: Art in the Nineteenth Century
- Digital Skills
- Documentary Photography
- Drawn to Order: British Illustration since 1800
- Modernisms: Art in the Early Twentieth Century
- Portraiture:Identity
- Postmodernism and Contemporary Art
- The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400
- The Pre-Raphaelites
- Illustration: Binding Stories (1)
- Illustration: Binding Stories (2)
- Illustration: Worlds and Characters (1)
- Illustration: Worlds and Characters (2)
- Life Studies 1
- Life Studies 2
- Painting: Practice Development (1)
- Painting: Practice Development (2)
- Painting: Studio Practice
- Painting: Studio Practice
- Photography 1
- Photography 2
- Photography: Advanced Darkroom and Digital Practice (1)
- Photography: Advanced Darkroom and Digital Practice (2)
- Printmaking: Etching and Relief Printing (A)
- Printmaking: Etching and Relief Printing (B)
- Printmaking: Screenprinting and Lithography (A)
- Printmaking: Screenprinting and Lithography (B)
- Site Specific Exhibition
- Site Specific Practice
- Exhibition Preparation (2)
- Exhibition: Graduation Show
- The Professional Artist
- Curating an Exhibition: Researching, Interpreting and Displaying
- Portraiture:Identity
- The Image Multiplied: European Printmaking since 1400
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Fine Art at Aberystwyth University earn?
The median salary is £25,000 after 15 months, £16,500 after 3 years, £23,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £19,000 and £26,500. The £23,000 median after five years is £500 more than the UK median for Art.
What do graduates of BA Fine Art at Aberystwyth University do next?
80% were in work or further study 15 months after finishing (Graduate Outcomes 2023-24).
Are students happy with the teaching on BA Fine Art at Aberystwyth University?
97% of final-year students were positive about the teaching in the National Student Survey 2025-26.
What grades do I need for BA Fine Art at Aberystwyth University?
The typical offer is BBB at A level. The average entrant had 135 UCAS points.
How many students continue on BA Fine Art at Aberystwyth University?
80% of students continued into their second year, and 20% left higher education.