Choose Fine Art at Herts
Get to know your subject
This course focuses on contemporary approaches to fine art and the practice and theories that inform it. You’ll be actively encouraged to explore your ideas through a range of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, video, installation, photography and digital media. Supporting you will be a team of internationally practising artists, each bringing their unique research, experiences and interests directly into their teaching.
The lively and diverse lecture programme sees visiting artists and art professionals discuss their own practice while encouraging debate and discussion. Throughout the course, we’ll foster your natural abilities and interests in a stimulating environment. Excellently equipped facilities and your own personal studio space allow you to experiment and develop your practice.

Up to £4,000 scholarships available

Awarded TEF Gold for undergraduate teaching

A huge 96.5% of graduates in work or further study after 6 months

Get to London from Hatfield in just 25 minutes by train
Subject talk
One of our academic members of staff from the School of Creative Arts will talk you through the programme and why you should study it at the University.
Where you'll study
Fine Art is taught on the College Lane Campus at the University. College Lane is home to our science and creative arts subject areas. Students in our School of Engineering and Computer Science, School of Life and Medical Science, School of Health and Social Work, School of Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics and School of Creative Arts will study on this campus.
In addition, this campus is home to many of our student services and our International Foundation College.
Here's a look around our amazing facilities where we teach Fine Art at Herts.
Portfolio guidance
Many Creative Arts courses at the University of Hertfordshire require extra steps for admission, usually involving a portfolio. Today, we join Michael, the Programme Leader for our BA (Hons) Fine Art course here at Herts, who will talk you through what would be expected of prospective students.
Life as Fine Art student
Final Major Project - Lana Fotheringham
Major Project - Syed Zaman
Upswing Life Drawing
Meet our Students
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Chat with our in-country staff and students for any course or subject specific queries. Please be aware that our students cannot discuss the specifics of your application, but can talk about their experience of studying at the University of Hertfordshire.
Check out their bios and pick a course ambassador you'd like to chat to directly.