Fine Art with Art History

Fine art at aberystwyth university will allow you to develop new or broaden and deepen your skills in painting, printmaking, drawing, photography, book illustration, experimental film, installation and site-specific performance. your art history studies will be concerned with research as well as the critical understanding, interpretation and display of visual culture delivered through core modules as well as specialized or interdisciplinary history and curating modules.

As well as establishing careers as professional practicing artists, with significant exhibition profiles, our graduates have become employees of: • design council; • arts council; • tate gallery; • victoria and albert museum; • royal academy of arts; • carlton television; • the observer; • saachi gallery; • damien hirst; • bbc; • viz magazine; • royal collections trust. some of our graduates are, for example, currently: • university professors; • secondary school teachers; • art gallery managers; • museum or exhibition curators; • arts journalists and researchers; • children’s book illustrators; • photographers; • portrait painters; • graphic designers; • art directors in publishing; • television presenters; • medical illustrators; • art therapists; • animators; • easel painting and works on paper conservators; postgraduate study can lead to further career options in teaching and lecturing. each year a significant number of our graduates enrol on a master of arts degree scheme.

Work while you study

You can also work on a UK student visa, from 10 to 20 hours per week during the academic year, 40 hours per week or full-time during vacations.

Partnerships

Most universities in Wales have partnerships with different companies and organisations to ensure their students get enough professional training as students. In addition to increasing their students' chances to get hired by one of the universities. Aberystwyth University has partnerships with the following companies: