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The Slade offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in fine art, art and technology, and research. Learn about the courses, events, exhibitions, and opportunities at the Slade.
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Study. The Slade offers two undergraduate programmes, the BA...
- Research
The Slade School of Fine Art’s practice-led research culture...
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People - Slade School of Fine Art - UCL
- Facilities
Facilities - Slade School of Fine Art - UCL
- Inclusion
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at the Slade has a central...
- About
At the Slade School of Fine Art we approach the practice of...
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The Slade offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Fine Art, as well as short courses and a Summer School. Learn about the admission requirements, fees, funding, and study abroad options for the Slade.
The Slade is the art school of University College London and ranks as the UK's top art and design institution. It has a history of producing distinguished artists, filmmakers and teachers, and a collection of works by its alumni and staff.
The Slade is a world-leading art school that offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, short courses and research opportunities. Learn about its history, accessibility, inclusion and events.
- The Practice-Based Programme
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Fine Art Media
- Visitors' Programme
- Key Differences Between MFA and MA
- MFA Critical Studies
- History and Theory of Art in The MA
Students on the MFA and MA follow the same practice-based course and are based in one studio area: Painting, Sculpture or Fine Art Media (which can include electronic media, photography, print, performance, sound, film and video). Each area has a dedicated staff group and focused discourse. Both the MFA and the MA programmes are research-centred. T...
Estelle Thompson, Head of Graduate Painting
The Graduate Painting area celebrates painting in all its diverse forms. We have a passion for the history and craft of painting and are committed to its evolution within contemporary art. The students work as a community encouraged by a team of artist/tutors to expand and develop their critical awareness, interest in cultural and social contexts, knowledge of making and individual research and practice. Our focus is on making, and reflection through open and lively discussion and exchange su...
Karin Ruggaber, Head of Graduate Sculpture
The Graduate Sculpture area invites students working across a range of media to work within an environment of making, experimentation and ideas. Graduate Sculpture is practice-based and offers a dedicated and specialist, as well as experimental, approach to what sculpture means in a broader context of contemporary culture today. The ethos of the course is to embrace a broad range of sculptural practices and a variety of different approaches and forms, from working with objects and materials s...
Jayne Parker, Head of Graduate Fine Art Media
Students in the Fine Art Media area pursue their creative ideas through a variety of approaches, which are supported by both academic and technical staff who hold a broad level of expertise. Currently there are students working with photography, film, video, performance, text, sound, installation, printmaking and all manner of object and image making. There is no limit or expectation as to the media used. Some students in Fine Art Media may have come to fine art through studying other discipl...
Each area has a programme of visitors including artists, critics and curators who give tutorials, lectures and participate in seminars. Recent visitors include: Ed Adkins, Jannane Al Ani, Michael Armitage, Simeon Barclay, Rana Begum, Matt Calderwood, Gillian Carnegie, Alice Channer, Marcus Coates, Enrico David, Siobhan Davies (Choreographer), Nicol...
The MFA has a Critical Studies component and the MA has a taught seminar programme, an individually supervised written research project and assessed written work requirements. All students follow the same practice-based course.
The aim of the MFA Critical Studies is to encourage students to reflect on their work, its context and the things that inform and inspire their studio practice in preparation for professional practice. Students are assessed by a written paper and an oral presentation in their second year. Critical Studies are a key component of the MFA programme an...
Joy Sleeman, Head of Taught Courses
The History and Theory of Art component of the MA involves both coursework and individual research. The MA written research project, assessed by an essay at the end of the first year and a Report at the end of the second year, is meant to stand independently from practice-based work and is assessed separately. During the first yearMA students attend a weekly seminar programme extending over the first two terms of the academic year which introduces them to a varied body of ideas and approaches...
The Slade School of Fine Art. RA Collection: People and Organisations. Founded in 1871, largely through a bequest to University College London from Felix Slade, collector and benefactor. The first UCL Slade Professor was Sir Edward Poynter, who established a curriculum based around life drawing.
The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as a department of UCL's Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
