Fine Art (BFA)

• A-levels: AAA
• Advanced Highers: AA/AAB
• IB: 38 (including core points) with 666 at HL
• Or any other equivalent qualifications accepted/recognised by the university.

English Language Qualifications

• IELTS: overall score of 7.0 (with at least 7.0 in each of the four components)
• TOEFL (paper-based): overall score of 600 with a Test of Written English score of 5.5
• TOEFL (internet-based): overall score of 110 with component scores of at least: Listening 22, Reading 24, Speaking 25, and Writing 24.
• Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (CAE): grade A
• Cambridge Certificate for Proficiency in English (CPE): grade B
• English Language GCSE, or O-level: grade B (for IGCSE, please see below)
• International Baccalaureate Standard Level (SL): score of 5 in English (as Language A or B)
• European Baccalaureate: score of 70% in English.

Exemptions from this requirement will be considered for applicants who have:

• studied the International Baccalaureate programme, if it is taught in English
• studied the Singapore Integrated Programme (SIPCAL) 
• been educated full-time in the medium of the English language throughout the two most recent years before the 15 October application deadline, and who remain in full-time education conducted in the English language until the end of the school year in their home country. 

1st year

Courses
Students develop their studio work in discussion with the school’s lecturers, tutors and visiting staff. They are allocated a tutor at the outset, who monitors progress, sets targets and directs them in their studies. Work is regularly presented and discussed at group crits involving staff and students from across the school. Alongside this, workshops and projects designed to introduce a range of techniques and approaches are offered throughout the year. In addition, students attend taught practical classes in drawing and human anatomy as well as lectures, seminars and tutorials in art history. Experimentation is highly encouraged.

Assessment

• Practical studio-based work, human anatomy;
• Three submitted essays;
• One written paper in the history and theory of visual culture

2nd and 3rd years

Courses
Years two and three are similar in structure and continue the tutorial system introduced in the first year. All students are required to continue the study of art history and theory and to submit three essays during the course of the second year. In the first term of the third year they agree an extended essay title with their tutor. This essay is submitted at the end of the second term of the third year as part of the Final Examination. Students are expected to establish a strong bond between the interests of the essay and their studio studies.

Assessment (2nd year)

• Satisfactory record in all areas of the course

Assessment (3rd year)

• A final exhibition and a supporting portfolio of work made during the second and third years;
• An extended essay;
• One written paper in the history and theory of visual culture since 1900