Creative Arts

Why study Creative Arts at Aberystwyth University?

• Benefit from one of the largest Arts Centres in the UK, Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
• Learn from practicing artists, authors, arts administrators and performers.
• Excel with your links with the creative industries locally, nationally and internationally.
• Experience a different culture and study in one of our partnered Universities across Europe or further afield with the Erasmus + programme or Aberystwyth's International Exchange Programme. 
•  A degree from the well-established department, the School of Art has history that goes back to 1917, making us one of only a few British Universities to be concerned with the Arts and Crafts Movement.
• Create and learn within state-of-the-art teaching facilities; well-lit studios for painting, dark rooms, print workshops, a MAC suite, as well as lecture theatres and seminar rooms.

Our Staff

Our teaching staff are practicing professionals. As exhibiting artists, publishing researchers and curators, they provide an informed and stimulating learning environment. This ensures that the skills you learn at the School of Art are practice orientated, relevant and applicable.

For further information, visit our individual staff profiles.

What career opportunities are the for me on completion of this degree?

Our graduates have moved on to become employees in the following:

• Design Council;
• Arts Council;
• Tate Gallery;
• Royal Academy;
• Carlton Television;
• The Observer;
• Saachi Gallery;
• Damien Hirst;
• BBC.

Some of our graduates are currently:

• Secondary School teachers;
• Art Gallery Managers and Curators;
• Children’s book illustrators;
• Photographers;
• Graphic designers;
• Art directors in publishing.
• Medical Illustrators

How does the degree prepare me for my career?

You will gain skills that are highly valued by employers:

• Conceive creative solutions for specific problems;
• Research, evaluate and organise information;
• Clear communication both written and spoken;
• Work independently and with others;
• Time organisation;
• Self-motivation and discipline.

What work experience opportunities exist whilst studying? 

Click here to find out about the various opportunities that our Aberystwyth University Careers team offer. 

Enhance your employability prospects with GO Wales and YES (Year in Employment Scheme) managed by our Careers department. 

What will I learn?

The breakdown below will provide you with an illustration of what you may study during the three year degree scheme.

In your first year you may discover:

• Art practice;
• Theatre;
• Scenography;
• Fiction and Creative writing;
• Anthology.

In your second year, you will explore:

• Fine Art;
• Film and Television Production;
• Theatre production;
• Creative writing;
• Cultural Contexts of Art.

In your third year you will study:

• Print, Photo and Paint;
• Documentary or Film production;
• Advance Studio practice;
• Playwriting;
• The creation of texts in different genres;
• Art History;
• Your independent research project.

How will I be taught? 

Our programme is delivered through workshops, demonstrations, practicals, lectures, crits, tutorials and field trips.

Assessment if by course work – portfolio, film, performance.

You will also be assigned a personal tutor to whom you may turn for guidance and help, academic-related or pastoral. You should feel free to contact them at any time for help and advice.