Fine Art

BA (Hons)

UCAS code: W100

Start dates: September 2025 / September 2026

Full time: 3 years, or 4 years with a work placement

Part time: 6 years, maximum 8 years

Location: Headington

School(s): School of Arts

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Overview

Art can divide opinion, tt can inspire generations and it can take many forms. Whatever your style, develop it and expand your creative abilities here at Oxford Brookes. Plus, you can see for yourself what working in the arts is really like.

Our hands-on approach gives you a broad introduction to multiple media practices. We’ll show you how to unpick the theory behind them, and we’ll give you the freedom to explore your own creativity while we support you through your practice.

Whatever your career aspirations, we’ll help you build your professional skills and the confidence to start on your chosen career. Making the most of our relationships with contemporary galleries and arts organisations, you can start building connections within the world of arts.

You’ll be taught by practising artists, curators, researchers and technical specialists. In our dedicated facilities based a short walk from the city centre, you’ll use your own individual studio space to produce distinctive, challenging and imaginative artworks.

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Why Oxford Brookes University?

  • Top 10 in the UK

    Fine Art is ranked 6th in the Guardian Fine Art subject league ranking 2025.

  • Collaborative mindset 

    We get to know you and your talents really well. This course is structured to create many opportunities for working together across artistic disciplines.

  • Space to create 

    You’ll receive a dedicated individual studio space scaled to meet your creative needs, accessible 24 hours a day during term time.

  • Highly professional 

    Experience the professional world of the arts while you study, through lectures, volunteer opportunities, guest speakers and specialist modules.

  • Well-equipped 

    We’ve invested in the latest tech: laser cutters, 3D printers, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) .

  • Learn a language

    Our university-wide language programme is available to full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students on many of our courses, and can be taken as a credit on some courses.

  • Study abroad

    You may be able to go on a European or international study exchange while you are at Brookes. Most exchanges take place in the second year. Although we will help as much as we can with your plans, ultimately you are responsible for organising and funding this study abroad.

Course details

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Study modules

Teaching for this course takes place face to face and you can expect around 8 hours of contact time per week. In addition to this, you should also anticipate a workload of 1,200 hours per year. Teaching usually takes place Monday to Friday, between 9.00am and 6.00pm.

Contact hours involve activities such as lectures, seminars, practicals, assessments, and academic advising sessions. These hours differ by year of study and typically increase significantly during placements or other types of work-based learning.

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Please note: As our courses are reviewed regularly as part of our quality assurance framework, the modules you can choose from may vary from those shown here. The structure of the course may also mean some modules are not available to you.

Careers

The broad scope of this course, and its professional experience modules, open up various career paths for graduates.

Many establish themselves as self-employed artists or go on to a range of careers within the creative industries. That extends to TV set design, art institution management or art consultancy.

The personal skills you’ll build during your studies are attractive to many employers. You’ll gain confidence in delivering ideas, achieving concept buy-in and turning abstracts into finished forms.

Helped by tutors or through building your own contacts, you’ll feel encouraged to boost professional development by joining the artist’s network. Guest speakers to the course form an active part of this. 

Professional roles could include:

  • artist
  • university lecturer
  • teacher
  • curator
  • gallery manager
  • arts therapist
  • arts journalist
  • TV set design
  • arts consultancy
  • advertising
  • marketing
  • cultural facilitator.

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Student profiles

Our Staff

Dr Alexandra Trott

Alexandra teaches topics on art theory and practice, covering Modern, Postmodern, and Contemporary art.

Read more about Alexandra

Entry requirements

Wherever possible we make our conditional offers using the UCAS Tariff. The combination of A-level grades listed here would be just one way of achieving the UCAS Tariff points for this course.

Standard offer

UCAS Tariff Points: 112

A Level: BBC

IB Points: 30

BTEC: DMM

Contextual offer

UCAS Tariff Points: 88

A Level: CCD

IB Points: 27

BTEC: MMM

Further offer details

We welcome applications from candidates with alternative qualifications, and from mature students.

International qualifications and equivalences

Tuition fees

Please see the fees note
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Questions about fees?

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Tuition fees

2024 / 25
Home (UK) full time
£9,250

Home (UK) part time
£1,155 per single module

Home (UK) sandwich (placement)
£1,600

International full time
£15,950

International sandwich (placement)
£1,600

2025 / 26
Home (UK) full time
£9,535

Home (UK) part time
£1,190 per single module

Home (UK) sandwich (placement)
£1,700

International full time
£16,750

International sandwich (placement)
£1,700

Questions about fees?

Contact Student Finance on:

+44 (0)1865 534400

financefees@brookes.ac.uk

Please note, tuition fees for Home students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students in line with an inflationary amount determined by government. Oxford Brookes University intends to maintain its fees for new and returning Home students at the maximum permitted level.

For further information please see our 2025-26 tuition fees FAQs.

Tuition fees for International students may increase in subsequent years both for new and continuing students.

The following factors will be taken into account by the University when it is setting the annual fees: inflationary measures such as the retail price indices, projected increases in University costs, changes in the level of funding received from Government sources, admissions statistics and access considerations including the availability of student support. 

How and when to pay

Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.

  • For information on payment methods please see our Make a Payment page.
  • For information about refunds please visit our Refund policy page

Additional costs

Please be aware that some courses will involve some additional costs that are not covered by your fees. Specific additional costs for this course are detailed below.

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Programme changes:
On rare occasions we may need to make changes to our course programmes after they have been published on the website. For more information, please visit our changes to programmes page.