Fine Art

Fine art is a discipline that asks what art is for, what it can do, and how it works, while also developing the practical skills and critical intelligence to make it. It is one of the most intellectually open degrees available, giving you the freedom to develop your own creative practice while also providing the rigorous critical and theoretical framework that distinguishes serious artistic work from mere self-expression. A fine art degree is not a technical training course: it is an education in creative thinking, problem-solving, and the capacity to develop and sustain an independent artistic vision.

At Coventry University, you will study fine art over three years full-time in a studio-based, practice-led programme that develops your technical skills, critical thinking, and entrepreneurial abilities. You will work across a range of media and processes, developing your practice through making, research, and critical reflection, and engaging with the contemporary contexts in which artists work and show. The programme includes a sandwich year and work placement provision, giving you professional experience in the arts sector before you graduate, and a year abroad is also available.

The typical entry tariff is 120 UCAS points.

Fine art graduates go on to a wide range of careers. Many develop independent artistic practices while also working in arts education, community arts, arts administration, and creative project management. Others move into design, illustration, curation, gallery and museum work, arts journalism, and the broader creative and cultural sector.

The entrepreneurial emphasis of the Coventry programme is particularly useful for those who want to develop sustainable professional careers as artists. Many graduates also continue to postgraduate study in fine art, education, or related disciplines.