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Contemporary Art Practice MA

UK

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What will I learn?

Develop and redefine your art practice at the Royal College of Art. Contemporary Art Practice is a cutting-edge MA programme in the School of Arts & Humanities that blends theory and practice to form new ways of responding to the world. We provide a critical environment emphasising wider political issues and encouraging you to interrogate art production in relation to urgent socio-political contexts.

We support ambitious, research-driven artists specialising in critical, speculative and social art practices, moving image, performance, writing and techno-aesthetics. Our approach isn't limited by technology or materials. CAP students embrace any medium: images, installations, publications, and more.

Join an innovative, dynamic and responsive learning environment and develop new approaches to the thinking, making and exhibition of contemporary art.

Which department am I in?

School of Arts & Humanities

Study options

Full Time (1 year)

Tuition fees
£35,950.00 (39,16,975) per year
This is a fixed fee
Start date

September 2025

Venue

RCA Battersea

1 Hester Road,

London,

SW11 4AY, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, England

Entry requirements

For international students

Candidates are selected entirely on merit and applications are welcomed from all over the world. The selection process considers creativity, imagination and innovation as demonstrated in your portfolio, as well as your potential to benefit from the programme and to achieve high MA standards overall. Candidates are generally expected to have a good BA degree from a fine art course. You should be able to demonstrate an original and critical approach to fine art as well as an ability to engage with current theories of art and culture that inform their practice. Candidates are generally expected to have a good BA degree from a fine art course. You should be able to demonstrate an original and critical approach to fine art as well as an ability to engage with current theories of art and culture that inform their practice. If you are not a national of a majority English-speaking country you will need the equivalent of an IELTS Academic or UKVI score of 6.5 with a 6.0 in the Test of Written English (TWE) and at least 5.5 in other skills. Students achieving a grade of at least 6.0, with a grade of 5.5 in the Test of Written English, may be eligible to take the College’s English for Academic Purposes course to enable them to reach the required standard.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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