Studio Practice (Fine Art) (Top-Up)

Perfect your artistic skills in an intensive year of study, training, and endless creative freedom.

You've already built your creative foundations. Now, you’ll join the third year of our Fine Art degree to develop your technical skills, find your artistic voice, and experiment with materials – to determine the kind of creator you want to become.

You’ll train, learn, and develop in studios that have taught artists for more than a century, where everyone – from technicians to librarians to tutors – understands and appreciates the creative practice. There's no house style here, you can go in whatever direction you want to. Painting, sculpture, performance, film, installation, site-specific work – the form your art takes is yours to decide.

Your year builds towards a major project and degree show where you’ll take over studios, galleries, hallways, and outdoor spaces to present your work to the public. And by being in Canterbury – you’ll be within easy reach of world-class inspiration: Margate's Turner Contemporary, the Folkestone Triennial, London's galleries, and mainland Europe.

If you prefer a closer, more community feel, UCA’s creative campuses in Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, and Maidstone could be for you. Each campus is home to a vibrant community of like-minded creatives, with supportive and passionate academic staff to help you bring your ideas to life.

As a UCA student, you’ll have access to their specialist creative facilities, from VR studios and digital editing suites to traditional craft workshops and your own dedicated art space. Here you can experiment, find inspiration, and get all the support you need.

UCA know you're more than just grades – that's why they’ll look beyond your certificates to get an understanding of your passions, personality, and portfolio.

Applying through Clearing could lead to a degree you’ll love. Join UCA’s creative community this September.