Overview

About this degree

The Ruskin School of Art offers a three-year studio-based BFA course in which students work alongside each other in collaboratively-organised studios. Whereas many fine art courses run in an environment devoted exclusively to art and design, Ruskin students, as members of a collegiate university, have the advantage of contact with their contemporaries on all of Oxford’s other courses.

The Fine Art course from the University of Oxford aims to develop strong independent points of view and a mature grasp of the range of critical debate surrounding contemporary art and its many international histories. Oxford’s short terms, coupled with the ambitious atmosphere at the Ruskin, suit highly-motivated and resourceful students with a good sense of how to organise their time both in and out of Oxford.

Careers

After graduation, most students go on to work in fine art as practising artists, teachers and art writers, or as curators in public and private galleries and for arts councils and organisations. Many also pursue careers in academia, architecture and the film industry.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

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 critiques involving staff and students from across the school

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.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-10-11 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-15 00:00:00

Language

English

TOEFL^® IBT

110

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76

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IELTS

7.5

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Credits

360 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Oxford, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Fine Arts View 133 other Bachelors in Fine Arts in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

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110

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76

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7.5

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General requirements

A-levels: AAA
Advanced Highers: AA/AAB
IB: 38 (including core points) with 666 at HL
BTEC and Cambridge Technical Extended Diplomas: DDD

UAL Applied General Extended Diploma (2018-): HM (High Merit)

(As the Fine Art degree also includes a substantial history and theory component, applicants with vocational qualifications will need to demonstrate that they have the critical, research and essay-writing skills required for academic study at Oxford.)
Portfolios must be submitted digitally, via an online platform called SlideRoom, which will be made available on the Ruskin website at 18:00 GMT (or shortly thereafter) on Friday 15 October

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

41130 GBP / year

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Citizens or residents

9535 GBP / year

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Living costs

Oxford

United Kingdom

939 - 1530 GBP / month

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