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Please contact our Admissions team via ugadmissions@courtauld.ac.uk
Undergraduate Applicant FAQs
What are the semester dates?
Where can I find out about tuition fees?
Where can I find out about accommodation?
Where can I find out about financial support?
The Courtauld Institute offers the Courtauld Bursary and The James Hughes-Hallett Undergraduate Scholarship for Undergraduate students.
The Courtauld Bursary provides financial support for your maintenance and living costs and is aimed at supporting students to study at the Courtauld Institute who come from under-represented groups in higher education. Depending on how much your household income is, you can receive up to 拢3,000 per annum.
The James Hughes-Hallett Undergraduate Scholarship has been established through generous philanthropy to support BA History of Art students聽 from groups that are underrepresented in UK Higher Education. The scholarship is worth 拢10,000 over the duration of your three-year degree to be put towards your cost of living.
Do you interview for the BA History of Art programme?
No, we do not hold any interviews for the BA History of Art programme.
What language options do you offer as part of the course?
Students study a language initially during the first year. Language teaching is provided through the Modern Languages Centre at King鈥檚 College London, and a wide range of languages are available, including French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Mandarin.
What role does the EPQ (Extended Project Qualification) play in my application?
While the EPQ does not form part of your offer, given that the BA History of Art is a competitive course, it can make you stand out from other applicants if you have performed well.
What does a typical week as a Courtauld student look like?
This varies depending on your programme and the activities that you get involved with.
Read our student blogs or chat to one of our current students via Ask a Student to find out more.
What skills will I learn from the course?
Our BA History of Art programme provides you with transferable skills which will prepare you for a wide range of employment opportunities or further academic study. Our graduates are not only equipped with a detailed knowledge and understanding of the History of Art, but also learn how to:
- Analyse visual imagery and articulate sophisticated arguments in formal writing and in oral presentations
- Read critically and economically
- Assimilate complex material
- Formulate and express a broad range of different ideas
- Present research to a varied audience
- Develop independent research skills
- Experience collaborative work in groups
What careers do graduates go on to do?
Our undergraduate degree equips you with highly transferable skills that are in demand across the arts and cultural fields, and many other industries.
Graduates go on to take up roles as:
- heads of major museums and galleries
- curators
- conservators
- art dealers and auction house experts
- lawyers
- entrepreneurs
- publishers
- academics and teachers
- banking and finance professionals
- media professionals and journalists
- marketing and communications specialists
Do you cover a wide range of art?
History of Art explores visual art and architecture from around the world, spanning antiquity to the present day. When you study art history, you鈥檙e not just looking at works of art as objects. You鈥檙e seeing how art helps us understand people, places and the societies in which they were created.
Can I apply as a mature student?
We welcome applications from mature candidates, defined as those at least 21 years old at the time of application. If you are a mature applicant, please forward a copy of your CV and any transcripts of results from recent study to our admissions team via email in addition to completing the UCAS application form.