Fine Art

Reasons to choose Kingston
• Kingston is ranked No.1 in London for Art and Design (The Times Good University Guide 2023).



• You’ll benefit from dedicated studios and stunning technical workshops where you can develop your individual and collaborative creative skills in a range of traditional media and new technologies.



• Professional skills modules will help identify and plan your future career, gain real-life experience, and build a portfolio, which will showcase your talents.



• Our commitment to high quality teaching has been recognised with a Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) Gold rating. The University has received an overall rating of Gold, as well as securing a Gold award in the framework's two new student experience and student outcomes categories.



About this course
This interdisciplinary course will allow you to experiment across a wide range of specialised areas, including sculpture, performance, painting, drawing, film, video, photography, sound and digital media.

You’ll develop an art practice, develop your artistic voice, and explore materials and contexts through a combination of tutorials, workshops, seminars, lectures, exhibitions, live projects, and self-led enquiry.

You’ll expand your knowledge in the field of art and reflect and contribute to the ways in which art can shape and question society through a curriculum that combines practice and theory. A carefully curated programme of visiting artists, curators and writers enables you to place your ideas into context.

Future Skills
Embedded within every course curriculum and throughout the whole Kingston experience, Future Skills will play a role in shaping you to become a future-proof graduate, providing you with the skills most valued by employers such as problem-solving, digital competency, and adaptability.

As you progress through your degree, you'll learn to navigate, explore and apply these graduate skills, learning to demonstrate and articulate to employers how future skills give you the edge.

At Kingston University, we're not just keeping up with change, we're creating it.

Career opportunities
Graduates are well-positioned to work as independent artists, curators, writers and beyond. Some are instrumental in setting up, and contributing to, new creative, cultural, and educational spaces. Others progress to postgraduate study and research or go
on to teach and provide technical support to others, including individual artists, galleries and museums, schools, and universities.

At Kingston University – the UK’s leading university for Future Skills – they don’t just teach you a subject; they prepare you for career success in a fast-changing world. Whatever course you choose, you’ll develop the Future Skills employers are looking for.

The commitment to every student’s learning and university experience is highlighted by the success in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). One of an elite group of just 26 higher education providers across the United Kingdom awarded Gold ratings in all three TEF categories – a recognition of dedication to delivering outstanding teaching, learning and student outcomes. 

Kingston University is also in a select group of global universities to be recognised as an Adobe Creative Campus and are consistently rated one of the top higher education providers nationally for graduate start-ups. 

They are proud of their beautiful location – you can enjoy the freedom of a safe, relaxing environment across four diverse campuses with plenty to do and within easy reach of Central London and all its attractions.