We offer more than a degree — every course is designed with employability and real-world experience at its core.
DMU is one of the few universities where you’ll benefit from a unique block teaching approach.
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Join a 150+ year legacy of creative excellence. Since 1870, our bold, collaborative, and experimental approach has fuelled innovation, artistic growth, and industry‑leading talent in the world of fine art.
Develop the skills and confidence to meet a wide variety of creative challenges, to contextualise your work within the contemporary art world, and engage with a diverse range of careers.
You will have the opportunity to tailor your studies around your interests and goals, specialising in a specific discipline within fine art, such as; painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, photography, video, new technologies, performance and beyond. You’ll also have the freedom to broaden your skillset by working across a range of disciplines.
You will develop your individual artistic voice through experimentation in your chosen discipline or disciplines and your conceptual goals will evolve through critical conversations with tutors, peers, alumni, and visiting artists. Your career aspirations will be supported by a robust series of modules, workshops, visiting guest lectures and external projects that will provide you with experience to support your chosen career.
- Experiment within your own individual studio space throughout all studio-based modules in the programme.
- Students have secured placements at arts organisations such as the Two Queens gallery and the Handmade Festival of Art and Music, as well as in schools, galleries and creative businesses.
- Graduates pursue careers in conservation, restoration, art therapy, theatre design, film and TV production, illustration, publishing, gallery management, and crafts.
- Access cutting-edge, modern technical labs and workshops staffed by supportive technical demonstrators, who 99% of our students rate as providing excellent support.
- Benefit from opportunities to discuss your work to world-leading curators and arts professionals. Past portfolio reviewers include curators from the Tate Modern, The Contemporary Arts Society, and other significant galleries and art institutions.
You deserve a positive teaching and learning experience, where you feel part of a supportive and nurturing community. That’s why most students will enjoy an innovative approach to learning using block teaching, where you will study one module at a time. You’ll benefit from regular assessments – rather than lots of exams at the end of the year – and a simple timetable that allows you to engage with your subject and enjoy other aspects of university life such as sports, societies, meeting friends and discovering your new city. By studying with the same peers and tutor for each block, you’ll build friendships and a sense of belonging. Read more about block teaching.
