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  • DeadlineStudy Details: MA 1 year full-time, part-time route available

Course Description

With the enrichment and advancement of your studio practice at its core, this programme welcomes highly motivated and independent thinkers. You will have the opportunity to advance your critical thinking, and will be encouraged to experiment and take risks. Develop your skills and expertise for transferrable professional knowledge, with access to extensive specialist workshops and realise your practice to the fullest extent on this challenging and inspiring MA.

Key features

  • Multidisciplinary. A curriculum that balances a subject-specific project environment with broader and multidisciplinary student experiences through electives and common modules, allowing students to engage with cognate courses such as MA Photography, MA Filmmaking, or MDes Master in Design.
  • Collaboration. A course that provides continuity to the ethos of the BA Fine Arts course, including links with the cultural sector, public audiences, a diversity of professional specialisations, and live projects activated by visiting artists.
  • Research informed learning. Learn and engage with emerging areas of research and professional expertise through methodologies such as storytelling and socially engaged arts practices. 
  • State-of-the-art facilities. Engage with state-of-the-art facilities including our Digital Fabrication and Immersive Media Laboratories, filmmaking studios and technical facilities in Scott building (ceramics, printing, textiles, letterpress, etc.) and studio spaces.
  • Increased employability. Participation in the Arts wide module 'Creative Collaborations' which will boost your employability while informing the identity of the course with our local creative and cultural industries.

Entry Requirements

Academic entry requirements
For entry to postgraduate level, you should normally possess:
a first or upper second (2:1) degree with honours or professional qualification, recognised as being equivalent to degree standard; or
an ordinary degree, foundation degree, higher national diploma, or university diploma, accompanied by substantial experience in an appropriate field.

Applicants with overseas qualifications can check their comparability with the UK equivalent through UK ECCTIS, who provide an advisory service. We welcome applicants with international qualifications.

Non-academic entry requirements
You will be expected to submit a portfolio of work, documented in an appropriate form, and a proposal for study, for discussion at interview.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

From scholarships and loans, to grants from charitable trusts, you can fund your postgraduate study at Plymouth in a number of ways.

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