MA Fine Art

Develop your artistic practice and understanding of contemporary art, relating to wider social and cultural contexts, with leading artists on LJMU's Fine Art MA. Benefit from state-of-the-art workspaces and facilities within the modern, purpose-built and RIBA award-winning John Lennon Art and Design Building Enjoy direct links with Liverpool's most significant arts organisations, such as TATE Liverpool, Biennial, Bluecoat and FACT Work in allocated studio space (for full-time students) Network and collaborate in professional fields to boost your career prospects The 2025 Liverpool School of Art and Creative Industries (LSACI) MA Online Degree Show View and engage with work produced by masters students from the Liverpool School of Art and Creative Industries Join a small group of students from a diverse range of backgrounds to develop your practice within a global context. You will benefit from a high level of discussion and reflection, test your artistic thinking, create exhibitions, events and collaborations. We bring to the discussion of your work our expertise as artists with an established international exhibition practice. From our base in the shared cross-MA studio, we work in a number of architecturally diverse sites across the city for short projects and public-facing exhibitions. We see exhibition making as a medium to push your practice; to take risks, experiment and hone your professional skills. We invite curators and leading artists from the UK and internationally, to join us in crits and assessments. In many of these projects you take the lead, with our support from scouting and negotiating sites to marketing and promotion. In doing so you are also building a professional network which will be invaluable to you after you graduate. Our institutional partners Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial and FACT support our Masters programme, through participating in crits and collaborating on projects, events and international guest lectures. We collaborate every second year with the Liverpool Biennial in placing your Masters show within the framework of the Biennial programme. We also work closely with a number of dynamic local initiatives including MAKE Liverpool, The Royal Standard and CBS, to develop meaningful relationships with the wider cultural context of Liverpool. The MA offers opportunities for interdisciplinary dialogues with students on our other Masters courses through the cross-school modules: Research and Practice 1 and 2 and Collaborative Practice. And we encourage exchange of perspectives, expertise or equipment with all faculties from Astrophysics to Zoology. You will also have access to the Exhibition Research Lab, a creative partnership led by LSACI and, as previously mentioned, Liverpool Biennial, which acts as an interface for collaboration with national and international artists, designers and public audiences.

You will need: Home International Qualification requirements Undergraduate degree a good honours degree (normally 2:1 or above) in a visual arts related subject or professional qualifications and industry experience. However, please note that applicants who hold a degree from another discipline, or have experiential learning in lieu of a degree, will also be considered for entry on an individual basis Additional requirements Interview required to attend an online interview via Teams during which you will provide evidence of your learning capability, study opportunity and commitment to postgraduate study. Applicants should put together 10 slides of work to look at during interviews. These should be images which relate to your most current art practice and may include older artworks only if it makes sense in relation to your develop intentions. We recommend applications are submitted by May to allow sufficient time for these to be considered and for interviews to be arranged before the programme commences. Applications will however be considered up until the end of August. Further information Extra Requirements Applicants need to provide an academic or arts professional reference. In lieu of these, a character reference will do. Also a satisfactory portfolio of documented work is required. Ideally this will be a single PDF document no larger than 5MB containing up to 10 images, with links to video or sound works or no more than 3 minutes. If you do not provide a portfolio at the point of application, you will be contacted to submit this. RPL RPL is accepted on this programme International requirements IELTS IELTS English language requirement: 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component) Further information Extra Requirements Applicants need to provide an academic or arts professional reference. RPL RPL is accepted on this programme Find your country Please Note: All international qualifications are subject to a qualification equivalency check. How to apply Securing your place at LJMU To apply for this programme, you are required to complete an LJMU online application form. You will need to provide details of previous qualifications and a personal statement outlining why you wish to study this programme. Your application information should demonstrate that you have a sufficient level of knowledge to embark on the programme (including the required linguistic competence) and complete it within the time limits. When you submit your application form you will receive a confirmation email, which will include your Applicant ID. Please ensure you quote your name and Applicant ID in any correspondence. This course conducts online interviews as part of the admissions process. Please be aware that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) during live interviews is not permitted. Our staff are trained in detecting the use of AI and have the right to suspend interviews if this is suspected. The use of AI during a live interview will result in your application being withdrawn.

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International students: £18,230 per year

UK students: £9,590 per year

UK/Home: £9,590 per year

International: £18,230 per year

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