Postgraduate Study

The School

The School of the Arts provides a dynamic, creative and technically supportive environment for postgraduate study in art and design.

Aided by 77 full and part time academic staff and technical tutors, a highly professional and friendly environment exists where the teaching of practice and theory is intertwined.  

Rated 7th for Art and Design

The Times Good University Guide 2012

Our aim is to foster opportunities for critical debate, the acquisition of technical and research skills, and the heightening of creative practice in order to enhance students’ future employment prospects. This is primarily facilitated through research-led teaching and further nurtured by a programme of visiting lecturers and study visits within the UK and beyond.

The School has been rated amongst the top university art and design providers in national surveys, and has consistently achieved high teaching and research quality ratings.

We offer a unique pool of postgraduate taught programmes which encompasses art, design, theory and performance by practice. The School’s facilities are outstanding, with spacious studios and excellent technical provision, supported by highly skilled technical tutors.

Facilities include a computer suite for animation, a motion capture rig, digital video, sound generation and 3D modelling, Rapid Prototyping facility and provision for large format digital printing; a fully-equipped art and design computer suite with web-design, photo manipulation and desktop publishing software; workshop facilities for woodworking, silversmithing, welding and bronze casting, stone carving and resin mould making, and excellent facilities for intaglio processes, silkscreen, lithography, photography, textile printing and weaving, laser cutting, CAD/CAM embroidery, digital jacquard technology, and a wide variety of ceramics kilns.

Relationships with industry and commerce currently focus on individual research projects and include involvement with UK and international companies.