Here's what you will need to get a place on the Fine Art course at University College London.
Select a qualification to see required grades
A,B,B
No specific subjects, but a portfolio of work is required. Contextual Offers: please visit the course webpage for further details about our Access UCL scheme.
You may also need to
Attend an interview
Submit a portfolio
| Location | Fees |
|---|---|
| England | £9,535 per year |
| Scotland | £9,535 per year |
| Wales | £9,535 per year |
| Northern Ireland | £9,535 per year |
| Channel Islands | £9,535 per year |
| Republic of Ireland | £9,535 per year |
| EU | £39,800 per year |
| International | £39,800 per year |
UCAS code: W101
Here's what University College London says about its Fine Art course.
This three-year programme is structured around three studio areas: painting, fine art media, and sculpture, with an integrated critical studies component. All studio staff, as well as those teaching the critical studies component, are practising artists and scholars with significant exhibition and public profiles. Our students also benefit from London's vast cultural resources.
Source: University College London
Qualification
Bachelor of Fine Arts (with Honours) - BFA (Hons)
Department
Slade School of Fine Art
Location
Main Site | London
Duration
3 Years
Study mode
Full-time
Subjects
• Fine art
Start date
21 September 2026
Application deadline
14 January 2026
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My first year experience of university was not as positive as my second year. I was on the Biomedical Sciences course in first year and it is important to consider the number of students on each of your modules and on your course when considering universities. For example, in my first year, some of ...
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It has a good balance of academics and extra-curriculars, which I personally value a lot in an educational institution. The course is well structured and there is a good balance of mathematics and economics. The facilities are very well preserved and it's great to learn about UCL's history. Initiall...
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The SU has a range of activities and societies for students to get involved in. But they are not very close to students in general.
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There are a lot of uni societies and London is a great city. The diversity in the uni is also amazing.
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The price of the course is overrated, especially as an international student. It was weird to not have any classes or support in term 3, especially for my course as we do not have exams for most of the modules. But we still had to pay for it, which was unreasonable.
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The welfare services are helpful. But the academic support is not great, as the tutors tend to be very fixed with their assigned time and the help that I was given did not help me to engage in academics in a stimulating way.
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The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.
Here you can see ratings from University College London students who took the Fine Art course - or another course in the same subject area.
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Teaching on my course
96%
high
How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?
91%
med
How good are teaching staff at explaining things?
97%
high
How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?
97%
high
How often is the course intellectually stimulating?
97%
high
Learning opportunities
86%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?
100%
high
How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?
76%
med
How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?
80%
med
To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?
97%
high
To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?
82%
med
Assessment and feedback
91%
high
How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?
91%
med
How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?
91%
med
How often does feedback help you to improve your work?
94%
high
How often have you received assessment feedback on time?
94%
med
How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?
86%
med
Academic support
96%
high
How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?
94%
med
How well have teaching staff supported your learning?
97%
high
Organisation and management
83%
high
How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?
88%
high
How well organised is your course?
80%
high
Learning resources
97%
high
How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?
97%
high
How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?
97%
med
How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?
97%
high
Student voice
90%
high
How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?
80%
high
To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?
97%
high
To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?
91%
high
How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?
61%
low
Other NSS questions
During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?
89%
med
How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?
76%
med
See who's studying at University College London. These students are taking Fine Art or another course from the same subject area.
| Most popular A-levels studied | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Grade | |||||
| Fine Art | A* | |||||
| English Literature | A | |||||
| Mathematics | A* | |||||
| Art and Design | A | |||||
| Sociology | A | |||||
We have no information about graduates who took Fine Art at University College London.
Earnings from University College London graduates who took Fine Art - or another course in the same subject area.
Earnings
£16.4k
First year after graduation
£22.6k
Fifth year after graduation
Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Fine Art.
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree
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