BA Fine Art
About this course
BA in Fine Art, a fine art degree focused on studio practice and visual culture. Core topics include Historical Research. Students have access to a dedicated studio space, specialist workshops, and an exhibition space for their work. The first year establishes fundamental skills through Introduction to Practice, Developing Practice, Ways of Seeing, and Ways of Thinking Seeing. The second year refines methodologies with compulsory modules such as Defining Your Practice and Practice into Public Contexts, alongside optional choices exploring global art histories and markets. The final year centres on the transition to professional exhibition through Practice towards exhibition, supplemented by options investigating photography, postcolonial perspectives, and material culture.
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Entry requirements
A level: ABB EPQ: BBB plus grade A in the EPQ BTEC: DDM IB: 34 points overall including 16 at Higher Level with 4 in English
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Real offers for this course
Applicants have posted 1 UCAS decision for BA Fine Art (W150) at the University of Leeds for 2027 entry so far. The published offer is ABB at A level.
What students say
Based on about 12 final-year students who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Teaching on my course: 87%
- Learning opportunities: 76%
- Assessment and feedback: 91%
- Academic support: 94%
- Organisation and management: 76%
- Learning resources: 84%
- Student voice: 88%
Do students stay on the course?
Based on about 30 students who started
- Continued on course: 95%
- Left higher education: 5%
What graduates do next
Based on about 5 graduates who answered (a small group: a rough guide only)
- Working: 65%
- Working and studying: 20%
- Unemployed: 10%
Where graduates work (5 years on)
Based on about 50 graduates, across similar courses at this university
- North East: 5%
- North West: 10%
- Yorkshire and the Humber: 25%
- East of England: 5%
- London: 40%
- South East: 10%
Who gets in
Based on about 30 students who started
- A levels: 95%
- Other HE qualification: 5%
Accreditation & quality ratings
TEF 2023 (whole university): Silver overall, Bronze for student experience, Silver for student outcomes.
Modules
- Introduction to Practice
- Developing Practice
- Ways of Seeing
- Ways of Thinking Seeing
- Defining Your Practice
- Practice into Public Contexts
- Seeing in Asia
- Variant Modernism
- The Grand Tour: Travels, Excavations, Collections
- The Art Market: Moments, Methodologies, Meanings
- African Art I: Context Representation Signification
- Bodies of Difference: Gender, Power and the Visual Arts
- Renaissance / Anti-Renaissance: Critical Approaches to Early Modern Art in Europe
- Towards the Future
- Practice towards exhibition
- Cultural Diversity in Museum and Material Culture - Case Study
- Anthropology, Art and Representation
- Unmaking Things: Materials and Ideas in the European Renaissance
- Critical Approaches to Photography
- Postcolonial Feminisms
- Antique Dealers: The Market for 'Decorative Art' from Curiosities to Retro
- Africa and the Atlantic World: History, Historiography and the Visual Arts
- Movies, Migrants and Diasporas
Questions about this course
How much do graduates of BA Fine Art at University of Leeds earn?
The median salary is £21,000 after 3 years, £27,000 after 5 years. After five years the middle half of graduates earn between £22,000 and £33,000. The £27,000 median after five years is £4,500 more than the UK median for Art.
What do graduates of BA Fine Art at University of Leeds 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 University of Leeds?
87% 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 University of Leeds?
The typical offer is ABB at A level, or 34 points in the IB. The average entrant had 167 UCAS points.
Does BA Fine Art at University of Leeds include a placement year or year abroad?
The course has an optional year abroad.
How many students continue on BA Fine Art at University of Leeds?
95% of students continued into their second year, and 5% left higher education.