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Why study this course?
With the global art city of London and its hundreds of galleries on your doorstep, this professional practice Master of Fine Arts course will provide you with access to a wide range of specialist art facilities and equipment. You’ll have the opportunity to pursue professional projects in video art, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics, painting or any other art or design practice.
As well as raising your public profile by creating your own online and social media presence, you’ll have the opportunity to exhibit your work and to work in a group on a final, professionally commissioned brief from an arts organisation or design company. The MFA course is designed to give you the professional skills needed to pursue the vocation you have chosen in art or design and make a living from your practice.
Choose your own speciality
You’ll have the opportunity to pursue professional projects in video art, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics, painting or any other art or design practice
Learn from industry professionals
Throughout the year, you’ll gain insights into the art and design worlds via guest lecturers from a wide range of public and private sector organisations
Exhibit your work
There will be opportunities to exhibit your work at different points throughout the year including our summer show
Course details
You will be required to have:
- an upper second-class (2:1) honours degree in an art or design subject
If your application passes all requirements, the University will invite you to choose from a series of interview dates at which interviewers assess your portfolio before making an offer.
Upon receipt of an invitation to choose an interview date, applicants who live too far away for the interview may request submission of a digital portfolio.
Relevant professional qualifications or extensive professional experience will also be considered.
Accreditation of Prior Learning
Any university-level qualifications or relevant experience you gain prior to starting university could count towards your course at London Met. Find out more about applying for Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL).
English language requirements
To study a degree at London Met, you must be able to demonstrate proficiency in the English language. If you require a Student visa (previously Tier 4) you may need to provide the results of a Secure English Language Test (SELT) such as Academic IELTS. This course requires you to meet our standard requirements.
If you need (or wish) to improve your English before starting your degree, the University offers a Pre-sessional Academic English course to help you build your confidence and reach the level of English you require.
If you’re a full-time student then you’ll be assessed at up to three points in a year. Assessment is through coursework only.
Assessment components will include:
- subject knowledge
- analysis
- problem-solving and experimentation
- management of own learning and personal professional development
- skills in professional practice (CV, website, social media and communications)
- exhibition skills, production and installation
- project skills
- the production of online project documentation (including an online evaluative report, online project proposal and annotated research material)
- two finished projects (Major Project and Collaborative Commission)
Your assessors will provide written online feedback on each assessment component at each assessment point.
The marking criteria will be made available to you to ensure you understand the reasons behind the assessment you have been given.
The MFA qualification helps you establish yourself as an artist or designer, either self-employed or working professional. You can use the experience gained to self-organise and network to win contracts, commissions and shows. Our professional practice and networking module will help you learn how to do this.
You can also use the MFA qualification to help you to find work with major employers in the art and design sector such as:
- Artsadmin
- Pentagram
- The Tate
- The Royal Academy
- Tom Dixon
- Arts Council England
- Heatherwick’s
- The Venice Biennale
- Sotheby’s
- Conrans
You can also use the MFA to go on to study for an art and design PhD. A PhD can help you get into a higher education art or design career to teach or research at art universities all over the world.
We currently have three locations in Holloway, Aldgate and Shoreditch. As we evolve as a University, we'll be reviewing the use of these spaces to ensure all our students have access to the facilities and study areas they need to succeed. This means the campus where this course is taught may change over time.
The experience of our students will always be our top priority and we'll notify applicants and students of any changes to their teaching location at the earliest opportunity.
If you've already studied your undergraduate degree with us, as a graduate of London Met, you'll be entitled to a 20% discount on any further study with us.
* exclusions apply
Please note, in addition to the tuition fee there may be additional costs for things like equipment, materials, printing, textbooks, trips or professional body fees.
Additionally, there may be other activities that are not formally part of your course and not required to complete your course, but which you may find helpful (for example, optional field trips). The costs of these are additional to your tuition fee and the fees set out above and will be notified when the activity is being arranged.
How to apply
Use the apply button to begin your application.
If you require a Student visa and wish to study a postgraduate course on a part-time basis, please read our how to apply information for international students to ensure you have all the details you need about the application process.
When to apply
You are advised to apply as early as possible as applications will only be considered if there are places available on the course.
To find out when teaching for this degree will begin, as well as welcome week and any induction activities, view our academic term dates.
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