Overview

Fine Art is a space for creativity, experimentation and persistence. It’s about pushing ideas, testing materials and finding your own artistic territory. On this course you’ll work independently but also side by side with peers and staff, challenging and supporting each other.

We’re a small, studio-based course with a strong DIY ethos. You’ll learn through repetition, by making and remaking, and through the hard work of trying things out. The studio is more than just walls, it’s a place of community where everyone knows each other and where curiosity and risk-taking are encouraged.

We offer a wealth of facilities and expertise to support that process; include painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, video and printmaking. You’ll also have access to digital processes such as 3D scanning, alongside traditional methods like bronze casting and darkroom photography. These facilities, and the skilled staff who run them, give you the chance to really dig into materials and approaches, to extend your skills and to open up new directions for your work.

Throughout the course you’ll also have opportunities to share your practice – in exhibitions, projects and our annual student-led auction, experiences that build ambition, teamwork and confidence.

If you put in the work, you’ll come away with the tools and knowledge to shape your own path. The resilience and independence you build here will help you push forward, wherever you decide to take your practice next.

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Course modules

The foundation year is perfect if you want a degree in fine art but you don't meet the standard entry requirements. First, we prepare you for your degree during the foundation year, bringing you up to speed with academic skills and a firm grounding in the subject, then you can go on to do the full undergraduate degree.

Develop the skills you need to confidently navigate your future career. You’ll engage in real-world professional activities like networking simulations, mock interviews, and digital branding exercises, supported by industry guest speakers and career coaches. Practical sessions will sharpen your communication, research, and critical thinking abilities, while workshops will guide you in building a digital portfolio to strengthen your employability. Alongside hands-on experience, you’ll map your career goals and reflect on your progress, ensuring you leave with a clear, personalised development plan. This is your chance to take control of your professional journey with expert support every step of the way.

Build the academic and professional skills you need for success in the creative and technology industries. You’ll develop key study techniques, including effective note-taking, research, academic writing, and digital communication. Through workshops, tutorials, and practical tasks, you’ll boost your confidence as an independent learner and strengthen your ability to plan, organise, and deliver assignments. You’ll also learn how to manage your time effectively, reference sources correctly, and apply your skills in real-world contexts. Guided by academic staff and supported by online resources, you’ll create a solid foundation for excelling both at university and in your future career.

Strong numeracy and data-handling skills are vital in creative industries. In this module, you’ll learn how to interpret graphs, solve problems using digital tools like spreadsheets, and present numerical information clearly. Practical exercises build your confidence with real-world scenarios, supporting your wider academic and professional development. By focusing on rational problem-solving and applied data skills, you’ll strengthen your ability to work independently and collaboratively on future creative projects that demand critical analysis.

Understanding how media messages are created and interpreted is essential in today’s digital world. This module introduces you to key frameworks for analysing visual media, while also building your ability to communicate ideas clearly and persuasively. You’ll design an academic poster using professional software, develop critical thinking around cultural differences, and practise both oral and written communication for academic and industry contexts. A creative, skills-focused approach ensures you gain a strong foundation for your degree and professional journey.

Developing a personal, critical approach to art and design practice is the focus of this module. You’ll complete projects exploring materials, techniques, and visual communication, using research-led processes to underpin your creative decisions. Independent thinking is encouraged as you build a portfolio showcasing your growing expertise. Lectures, studio sessions, and group critiques provide the framework for reflection and skill progression, ensuring you’re ready for the demands of higher-level study in visual arts disciplines.

Fine art encompasses a diverse range of creative expressions. These include painting, sculpture, and multimedia installations, often exploring complex themes and concepts. It acts as a platform for artists to tell personal stories, make people think, and challenge society's norms. As first years, you will be introduced to elective workshops involving specific and multidisciplinary skills that will allow you to  grow  in many areas. Alongside these electives, will be art modules that help you contextualise your ideas and practice as creatives. You will have the opportunity to showcase your art work  externally at the end of the term.

Contextual Studies in the first term equips you to understand the history of fine art, and its relevance today. The module comprises thematic lectures, seminars, screenings and field trips as well as keystone research and writing skills such as the use of citation, referencing and academic integrity appropriate to undergraduate study. The module content will support the development of your practical work on the adjoining modules. At the end of the module, you will have developed the skills for analysing and contextualising your own work, and that of your peers.

This module serves as a rigorous introduction to creative practice, an overview of fundamental skills that will enable experimentation and application, and the development of your own working practice. The module aims to provide you with an introduction to practical and critical study, to understand the role of research in creative practice and in supporting the development of creative projects. The approach aims to imbue an experimental and open-minded attitude that enhances levels of production and strengthens adaptability, personal confidence and the ability to creatively solve visual ideas. Through experimental and production of work, you will begin to understand your work in relation to research and feel empowered. The module allows students to discuss and develop their work with the help of group critiques and views of others in the enhancement of ideas through to creative outcomes.

At the end of the module, you will be able to begin to self-manage the development of a creative practice and to disseminate ideas.

This module introduces you to a further range of processes and practices, skills and knowledge, through a series of workshops, projects and electives to extend your practice.

Technical introductions and workshops enable you to broaden the scope of your skills and practice, as well as specific workshops pertinent to contemporary processes and methods, including a range of analogue and digital tools.

These skills and processes are introduced and discussed in relation to the development of a visual language applicable to contemporary fine art, graphic design, illustration, photography and animation practice.

The module allows you to present your work to audiences, testing your ideas and concepts, and receiving feedback feeding forward to your practice and to level 5 of study. Cross-disciplinary exhibitions are encouraged as well as inter-disciplinary discourse.

The module Practice into Research supports the module and allows you to contextualise your practice in the form of a presentation of your work.

You will begin to establish an intellectual framework within which you can begin to understand a relationship between theory and your own practice. You will begin to contribute critically in the seminars, in relation to contemporary and historical research methodologies. The module is supported by one-to-one tutorials. At the end of the module, you would have developed the skills for analysing and contextualising your own work, to be applied further in the second year of your study. The outcome of this module is both a presentation of your practice or research area and a written work.

The lectures are complemented by tutor-led discussions focusing on student work in progress, interrogating the practical work within the context established by the lectures in order to promote deeper understanding and extend creative ambition.

Developing the key psychological and physical determinants of human performance are increasingly critical for successful graduate-level employment, entrepreneurship and career progression in the 4th industrial revolution.

This module will provide you with the opportunity to identify the skills, competencies and experience required for successful development to, and in, a range of potential future career areas.

You will begin to recognise the areas for your own personal professional development (including emotional, social, physical, cultural and cognitive intelligences) through taught and workshop activity.

Central to the developmental process is for each student to cultivate the reflective skills, openness and self-awareness to enable themselves to assess what they are doing, identify areas for improvement, and confidently receive and give constructive feedback. You will additionally develop knowledge of strategies to advance your own physical intelligence through 'lifestyle' and 'self-care' approaches to inform their health and wellbeing.

Having acquired understanding of the key developmental areas, you will have opportunity to join in-house activities as a trainee, mentored and supervised by students from higher years. In this position you will learn and begin to apply the cognitive, cultural and social intelligences developed elsewhere in your studies (and from external activities) as required in the workplace, namely cognitive flexibility, emotional resilience, motivation, ethical decision-making, managing your audience, coordinating with others, negotiation, creativity, active listening, attention, problem-solving, research, synthesis and analysis.

During your second year, you will become more independent practitioners in your fine art studio and become involved in teamwork learning. Practical and contextual modules will enable you to enhance your fine art creative skills. A discursive environment gives you the space to build up your confidence with fellow students and external guests. 

At Contextual Studies Level 5, students will consolidate and continue to advance the theories and research methodologies introduced at Level 4. In addition, students will begin to build critical thinking and understanding of contemporary art and design production, dissemination and reception within an expanded field. By addressing the historical, political, economic, social, environmental and ethical aspects of art and design, this module aims to equip students with the main discussions concerning these issues, and the space to test their understanding of them in relation to art and design practice (their own, and that of their peers). The module develops students advanced conceptual skills and analytical abilities, research and writing skills appropriate to the study of art and design at this level, feeding directly into key studio projects across the year so that the research methodologies we develop may be tested and deeper connections between practice and theory explored.

The module is further supported by making use of the opportunities for first-hand encounters with visual art and design available in London art galleries, museums and art institutions.

The module enables you to expand on the skills and knowledge from level 4, encouraging you to take risks, try new things, and not to be afraid of learning through mistakes and failure to develop your practice. This, in turn, will help you to begin to define your individual approach to fine art, fine art technology, graphic design, design interaction, illustration, animation and photography.

The emphasis of this module will be on research and the development of a body of references that supports practice-based outcomes, supported by the Contextual Studies module.

The module builds on the technical processes introduced through workshops and technical demonstrations at Level 4, focussing on developing students’ advanced technical skills and locating students’ work in relevant professional and creative contexts. The module equips students to experiment with and make appropriate use of materials, processes, and technologies, showing understanding of quality standards and attention to detail.

The module delivery includes advanced workshops / masterclasses by tutors who are working in the industry / industry connections/ visits to industry or e.g. professional production companies.

The module will allow you to develop your practice as an artist, design thinker, illustrator, animator and photographer. The module develops an individual working practice supported by group seminars and one to one tutorials. It also introduces you to working collaboratively via presentation of work at the end of year showcase.

The module enables you to expand on the skills and knowledge from level 4, encouraging you to take risks, try new things, not to be afraid of learning through mistakes and failure to develop your practice. At the end of the module you will be able to begin to self-manage the development of a creative practice, install and exhibit your work, and disseminate ideas to audiences.

The module will prepare you to undertake an independent project in their discipline of fine art, fine art technology, graphic design, design interaction, illustration, animation, photography in level 6.

The module continues to build your critical thinking and understanding of contemporary art and design production, dissemination and reception within an expanded field. The module aims to equip you with the space to test your understanding of theories and debates in relation to and reference to your own work and practice.

You will draw connections between theoretical approaches and your own practice in the form of a written piece of work/ document.

At the end of the module, you will produce a 200-word critical rationale in preparation for your choice of a level 6 research into practice route.

Developing the key psychological and physical determinants of human performance is increasingly critical for successful graduate-level employment, entrepreneurship and career progression in the 4th industrial revolution.

This module will help you apply several skills, competencies and experience required for successful development to, and in, a range of potential future career areas.

You will advance the areas identified at level 4 for your personal and professional development (including emotional, social, physical, cultural and cognitive intelligence) through taught and workshop activities.

Through engagement with the Career Passport, you will reflect on the success of the strategies that you employed to develop your reflective skills, self-awareness, ‘lifestyle’ and ‘self-care’ approaches and where necessary improve your approaches.

You can select in-house microbusiness/ life briefs and commissions to join in the role of ‘producer’. In this position you will take on a specific production role, working collaboratively with peers and academic staff on a live project. You will apply the cognitive, cultural and social intelligence learnt elsewhere in your studies (and external development) required in the workplace. In addition to the intelligence developed in the level 4 Mental Wealth module, you will also focus on service orientation, self-discipline & management, reaction & response time, cognitive & muscle memory, managing stress, critical thinking, complex problem-solving, research, synthesis & analysis.

Main topics of study:

The module will enable you to apply and develop further a variety of skills-based competencies explored at level 4. They include self-awareness and regulation; mindfulness; emotional resilience; motivation; ethical decision-making; active listening; self-discipline and management; attention; reaction and response time; cognitive and muscle memory; managing stress; physical resilience; and subject knowledge. You will rehearse and apply these skills in your creative practice modules. You will apply and develop new competencies including cognitive flexibility; managing an audience; co-ordinating with others, negotiation; creativity; leadership and entrepreneurship; service orientation; critical thinking; complex problem-solving; research synthesis and analysis.

Working on client briefs/competitions/commissions to a professional outcome that meets the needs of the client/commissioner/audiences
Considering your practice through project work that will have a positive social impact on the wider society
Attending and engaging in the cluster employability initiative Detour Ahead: Roadmaps for the Art and Design Industry. The Detour Ahead programme includes a week of interdisciplinary practitioners talking about their route to professional success. The week also includes professional practice knowledge such as copyright and licensing, freelancing, and tax; giving the level 5 students more in-depth understanding to apply for your own professional life.
Application of creative coding for visual practitioners
Performing roles and responsibilities of creative teams including communication, co-ordinating with others, negotiation; creativity; leadership and entrepreneurship; critical thinking; complex problem solving; research synthesis and analysis.
Developing and editing creative industries CV and cover letter and the format and tone of this for potential work placements and experience over summer break between levels 5 and 6
Creation of a digital public profile

The  third year  is where you focus your ideas and practice as independent creatives. Preparation  for your next step beyond university  is supported by practical and contextual study modules. There will be opportunities to test your fine art ideas in external spaces and engage with external projects.

This module is about preparing you to be fine artists, designers, illustrators, animators and photographers.

The module does this by introducing choice. We ask you to reflect their idea of what your own practice might be, filling gaps of knowledge or extending their skill set. It's about you setting the terms and direction of travel, exploring in an extensive and critical way.

The work in this module will be developed through extensive research and practical testing of ideas and processes, informed by critical, contextual, historical, conceptual, economic, social and ethical research.

Self-critique and responsiveness to the views of others is important part of the module in the development of your ideas and proposal.

At the end of the module you will have proposed and refined your own agenda for term 2 negotiated body of work to be presented at the degree showcase at the end of the academic year.

The modules in level 6 are designed to be inclusive to students’ discipline, and respond to differentiated assessments needs. The fine art research into practice route is assessed as a group exhibition responding to the working practices of a fine artist.

Each research into practice option module is a theory-into-practice module. The Contemporary Practice in Fine Art module aims to provide the student with an opportunity to critically evaluate contemporary art curatorial practices and to negotiate the presentation of their work alongside the work of their peers in a group exhibition in an external/off-campus contemporary arts venue.

The exhibition will be designed and realised as a complete project, with all curatorial aspects to be evaluated. This activity offers a structure to enable each student to reflect on their own practice in relation to professional contexts and to situate themselves as a contemporary practitioner.

The modules in level 6 are designed to be inclusive of your discipline and respond to differentiated assessment needs. The Extended Research project route is aimed as a specific route to those fine art, fine art technology, Illustration, graphic design, design interaction, animation and photography students whose professional practice aims are not covered e.g. the Global Photography (documentary in nature) and Contemporary Practice in Fine Art (assessed by an exhibition).

The Extended Research Project route allows you to contextualise your practice through the study of an area of art and design or of a subject that provides potential content for your practical work. You will develop skills in negotiating and making use of research resources, formulate a research proposal and plan a research strategy.

You will be expected to demonstrate an ability to synthesise and analyse ideas and apply them constructively to understanding your chosen subject while, at the same time, developing knowledge which will contextualise and support your own practice. You will also gain skills in writing and presentation. The outcome will be a written project, which articulates the findings of your inquiry. The key here is that you develop a study of an area of art and design or of a subject that provides content for your practical work.

This module will provide you with the opportunity to apply the full range of skills, competencies and experience required for successful development to, and in, a range of potential future career areas.

You will advance the areas identified at level 5 for your own personal professional development (including emotional, social, physical, cultural and cognitive intelligence) through taught and workshop activities.

Through engagement with the Career Passport, you will reflect on the success of the strategies that you employed to further develop your reflective skills, self-awareness, ‘lifestyle’ and ‘self-care’ approaches and where necessary improve your approaches.

You will have the opportunity to select in-house microbusiness/life briefs and commissions to join in the role of ‘manager’. In this position, you will oversee the successful operation of the enterprise, coach and mentor students new to the programme and lead those working in ‘producer’ roles. Working collaboratively with peers and academic staff, you will ensure the effective delivery of a live project by managing people and physical resources. In doing so you will apply the cognitive, cultural and social intelligence learnt elsewhere in your studies (and from external activities) required in the workplace.

You will have the opportunity to enter external facing industry / live briefs such as D&AD New Blood Awards, AOP Student Awards, Sony student competition, Lensculture, Life Framer etc. in order to leverage your raise and improve your employment prospects.

This module is about preparing you to be fine artists, designers, illustrators, animators and photographers. You will produce an independent negotiated project, that enables you to work towards your own agenda and own it. You will develop and apply advanced creative processes to a professional outcome showcased at a public exhibition of the work at the University. This readies you for your next objective; employment or postgraduate study.

This module is about preparing you to be fine artists, graphic designers, illustrators, animators and photographers. During part B of the Independent Major Project, you will finalise the production of the independently negotiated project, culminating in a presentation at the degree showcase.

The module allows you to develop and apply advanced production methods to a professional outcome showcased at a public exhibition of the work at the University. Each student will contribute towards the planning, production and curation of the Degree Showcase. This readies you for your next objective; employment or postgraduate study.

NOTE: Modules are subject to change. For those studying part time courses the modules may vary.

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Entry requirements

Degree:

96 UCAS points

This is the standard advertised entry requirement for most students applying to this course.

Degree with contextual offer:

64 UCAS points

You may be eligible for a reduced offer based on your personal, educational or socioeconomic background.

Degree with foundation year:

48 UCAS points

If you do not meet the standard entry requirements, you can apply for a foundation year. This additional year prepares you with the academic skills needed to progress to the full undergraduate degree.

Missing some qualifications?

We have a range of pre-entry programmes to help you meet the entry requirements for this course.

Recognition of prior learning (RPL)

Your previous qualifications, uncompleted study or industry experience may mean you can start your studies at a later point in the course and influence your eligibility for entry

What makes this course different

Integrated Mental Wealth and Professional Fitness core module

Designed to equip you with the psychological, physical, and career-relevant skills essential for successful employment in the evolving landscape of the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Purpose-built art facilities

You’ll work in your own personal, purpose-built studio space and in well-equipped workshops that cater for fine art, from 16mm film to print making to bronze casting.

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1st in the UK

Our art courses ranked 1st in the UK for “Academic Support” in the 2026 National Student Survey (NSS).

2nd for satisfied with teaching

Our Fine Art courses rank 2nd nationally for satisfied with teaching in the Guardian University Guide 2025.

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Connecting Creativity

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Course options

Degree

UCAS code: W100

Home Applicant ,
This course is in Clearing,
Full time, 3/4 years
Fees:£ 9,790 per year. Subject to change, see fees, funding and additional costs below

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Home Applicant ,
Part time, 6 years
Fees:pro-rata full time fee

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International Applicant
Full time, 3/4 years
Fees:£ 16020 per year

Applications for September 2027 open soon

Degree with foundation year

UCAS code: W108

Home Applicant ,
This course is in Clearing,
Full time, 4/5 years
Fees:£ 9,790 per year. Subject to change, see fees, funding and additional costs below

Apply through Clearing

International Applicant
Full time, 4/5 years
Fees:£ 16020 per year

Applications for September 2027 open soon

Degree

UCAS code: W100

Home Applicant ,
Full time, 3/4 years
Fees:£ 10,050 per year. Subject to change, see fees, funding and additional costs below

Apply through UCAS

Degree with foundation year

UCAS code: W108

Home Applicant ,
Full time, 4/5 years
Fees:£ 10,050 per year. Subject to change, see fees, funding and additional costs below

Apply through UCAS

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How we support your career ambitions

We offer dedicated careers support, and further opportunities to thrive, such as volunteering and industry networking. Our courses are created in collaboration with employers and industry to ensure they accurately reflect the real-life practices of your future career and provide you with the essential skills needed. You can focus on building interpersonal skills through group work and benefit from our investment in the latest cutting-edge technologies and facilities.

Career Zone

This digital platform provides you with careers and employability resources, including:

Jobs board for internships, placements, graduate opportunities, flexible part-time work
Mentoring programmes for insight with industry experts
1-2-1 career coaching services
Careers workshops and employer events
Learning pathways to gain new skills and industry insight

Mental Wealth programme

Our Professional Fitness and Mental Wealth programme issues you with a Careers Passport to track the skills you've mastered. Some of these are externally validated by corporations like Amazon and Microsoft.

Our Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

Our teaching methods and geographical location put us right up top:

Work-based projects
Networking and visits to leading organisations
Support in starting a new business
London on our doorstep

What can I do with this degree?

A Fine Art degree can lead to careers across the creative industries and beyond. Graduates from this course have gone on to work as practising artists, curators, teachers and arts administrators, with alumni employed by organisations including Tate, Serpentine Galleries, Cass Art, Securitas and Paperchase.

Fine Art graduates pursue careers such as:

Practising artist or freelance creative
Curator or gallery administrator
Art teacher or workshop facilitator
Arts project officer or community arts practitioner
Creative professional in design, media or education

Many fine art graduates also progress to postgraduate study at the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy.

If you want to continue your studies at UEL, you can progress to our MA Fine Art or Professional Doctorate in Fine Art.

How you'll learn

When not attending timetabled lectures or workshops, you will be expected to continue learning independently through self-study. This will typically involve skills development through online study, reading journal articles and books, working on individual and group projects and preparing coursework assignments and presentations. Your independent learning is supported by a range of excellent facilities including online resources, and specialist facilities, such as art studios, the library, the full Microsoft Office software, including MS Teams, and Moodle: our Virtual Learning Environment.

Guided independent study

We are investing in key areas beyond your studies including our career services, library and well-being, to be available both face-to-face on campus and online with many of these available 24/7. We have new, modern library facilities on both campuses offering inspirational environments for study and research. Libraries contain resources in print and digital formats, a range of study spaces and a dedicated librarian who can assist with your learning.

Academic support

You will attend weekly seminars, individual tutorials, specialist workshops, Detour Ahead, Cultural  Manoeuvres  and  guest lectures. 

These series of interactive events have involved artists, such as:

Richard Wentworth and his Concertina project  
Eileen Perrier
Gretchen Andrew
Ruth Beale 
Eileen Simpson
Ben White

These sessions are part of the unique visual arts subject area teaching that takes place at the University. It allows you to engage with  other  creatives, understand different fine art practices and support each other while learning alongside teaching support  from  staff.  

You will have  a  studio space  and  we have a range of fantastic  workshops and project spaces  where you can  experiment  to advance your thinking. It is a discursive environment structured to allow you to build your  confidence and take risks.  Art studio spaces are  open late  every day of the week including weekends to allow as much use as possible. 

Dedicated personal tutor

If you need a bit of extra help with certain skills such as academic writing, English, maths, or statistics, academic tutors offer workshops, drop-in sessions, and one-to-one appointments to help you achieve your potential.

You can receive advice and guidance on all aspects of the IT systems provided by the university from our IT Service Desks located on all three campuses. Our Student Support hubs feature centralised helpdesks.

UEL provides support and advice for disabled students and those with specific learning difficulties (SPDs).

Workload

Each year you will spend around 300 hours of timetabled learning and teaching activities. These may be lectures, workshops, seminars and individual and group tutorials. Contact hours may vary depending on each module.
The approximate percentages for this course are:

Year 1: scheduled teaching - 300 hours; guided independent study - 900 hours.
Year 2: scheduled teaching - 300 hours; guided independent study - 900 hours.
Year 3: scheduled teaching - 300 hours; guided independent study - 900 hours.

Your timetable

Your individualised timetable is normally available to students within 48 hours of enrolment. Whilst we make every effort to ensure timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day of the week between 9.00am and 6.00pm. For undergraduate students, Wednesday afternoons are normally reserved for sports and cultural activities, but there may be occasions when this is not possible.

Class sizes

The size of classes can vary depending on the nature of the course, module and activity. This can range from large groups in a lecture theatre setting, to smaller groups taking part in seminars and collaborative work.

Class sizes for this course are usually around 20 students per group.

You will receive your personalised timetable at the beginning of the academic year depending on your course.

How you'll be assessed

Assessment tasks are mainly spread across the year to make the workload manageable. Assessment methods include group work, exams and individual work including essays, presentations, case studies, professional development and practical activities depending on the nature of the course.

All grades count towards your module mark. More details will be included in the student handbook and module guides. You will always receive detailed feedback outlining your strengths and how you can improve. We aim to provide feedback on assessments within 15 working days, although you will receive immediate feedback following many of our face-to-face assessments.

Campus and facilities

Docklands Campus, London, E16 2RD

Our waterfront campus in the historic Royal Docks provides a modern, well-equipped learning environment.

Join us and you'll be able to make the most of our facilities including contemporary lecture theatres and seminar rooms, art studios and exhibition spaces, audio and visual labs and a multimedia production centre.

Features include our 24/7 Docklands library, our £21m SportsDock centre, a campus shop and bookstore, the Children's Garden Nursery, cafés, eateries, a late bar, plus Student Union facilities, including a student lounge.

The University of East London is one of the few London universities to provide on-campus accommodation. Our Docklands Campus Student Village houses close to 1,200 students from around the world. We are well connected to central London and Canary Wharf, with London City Airport just across the water. We also run a free bus service that connects Docklands with Stratford campuses.

Who teaches this course

This course is delivered by the School of Architecture, Computing and Engineering

The teaching team includes qualified academics, practitioners and industry experts as guest speakers. Full details of the academics will be provided in the student handbook and module guides.

What our students and staff say

I thoroughly enjoyed my time at UEL. It was a life-changing experience. The course furnished me with so many positive experiences and is a huge benefit to me as an artist. If I could give current UEL students one piece of advice it would be: keep working at what feels right for you."

Ann Haycock

Fine Art BA (Hons)

To the left, a man with artwork around him. To the right, two students back to back against a white wall.

The best aspect of the course are my peers and the artists who teach on the course who share their practices. I’m always open to be involved in different exhibitions, trips and activities, even from different courses.”

Jay Ho

Fine Art BA (Hons)

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Course modules

Mental Wealth and Professional Fitness Core Module

Creative and Technology Industries Study Skills Core Module

Creative and Technology Industries Data Skills Core Module

Media and Communication Skills Core Module

Architecture and Visual Arts in Practice Core Module

Contextual Studies 1 Core Module

Practice 1 Core Module

Experimentation and Application 1A Core Module

Experimentation and Application 1B Core Module

Research into Practice 1 Core Module

Professional Life 1 (Mental Wealth) Core Module

Contextual Studies 2 Core Module

Practice 2 Core Module

Advanced Experimentation and Application Core Module

Advanced Practice Core Module

Research into Practice 2 Core Module

Professional Life 2 (Mental Wealth) Core Module

Optional placement Optional Module

Practice 3 Core Module

Research into Practice 3 – Contemporary Practice in Fine Art Core Module

Research into Practice 3 – Extended Research Project Core Module

Professional Life 3 (Mental Wealth) Core Module

Independent Major Project Part A Core Module

Independent Major Project Part B Core Module

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Entry requirements

Degree:

Degree with contextual offer:

Degree with foundation year:

Missing some qualifications?

Recognition of prior learning (RPL)

UCAS tariff points

Accepted qualifications

Additional requirements

International qualifications

Accepted Qualifications

International Qualifications

What makes this course different

Integrated Mental Wealth and Professional Fitness core module

Purpose-built art facilities

1st in the UK

2nd for satisfied with teaching

Connecting Creativity

Course options

Degree

Fine Art BA (Hons)

Fine Art BA (Hons), home applicant, full time

Fine Art BA (Hons)

Fine Art BA (Hons), home applicant, part time

Fine Art BA (Hons)

Fine Art BA (Hons), international applicant, full time

Degree with foundation year

Fine Art BA (Hons)

Fine Art BA (Hons), home applicant, full time

Fine Art BA (Hons)

Fine Art BA (Hons), international applicant, full time

Degree

Fine Art BA (Hons)

Fine Art BA (Hons), home applicant, full time

Degree with foundation year

Fine Art BA (Hons)

Fine Art BA (Hons), home applicant, full time

Detour Ahead 2025 - Creative Corner with Gina Buenfeld-Murley

How we support your career ambitions

Career Zone

Mental Wealth programme

We are careers first

What can I do with this degree?

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