Applications for 2025/26 entry are now open
Before starting your application, please ensure that you read and refer to all available guidance. Once you have all the required documentation ready, you can proceed to our Online Application System via the Apply Now button below.
We start assessing all submitted applications after the published deadline. All late applications are released and assessed on a rolling basis.
Programmes may have different application deadlines. Please ensure you note the deadline for the programme(s) you wish to apply for. We may not be able to accept late applications unless otherwise stated.
There is one application portal for all graduate / postgraduate programmes (excluding the PhD and MA Contemporary Art and the Moving Image).
You may apply for up to two programmes.
MA History of Art
Application Deadline: 20 January 2025
Special Option modules offer new perspectives on visual and material cultures. You will be invited to select one special option module preference, though may also be considered for other options depending on demand.
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Graduate Diploma in the History of Art
Application Deadline: 28 April 2025
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MA Conservation of Easel Paintings
Application Deadline: Monday 6 January 2025
Interviews: Around 18 applicants are selected for interview for the six available places and a short waiting list. The selection process has several components: Interviews are held online and will take place in February 2025. Interviewees will be asked to complete a practical test to assess manual dexterity and colour matching. Photographs of finished tests must be submitted before the interviews, and physical tests returned by post by the end of the interview period. A short online slide test will be set to assess observational skills. Interviewees are asked to submit a portfolio of photographs of a small sample of original artwork by them. Students must have normal colour vision and a colour vision test is carried out online.
Full instructions will be given to those shortlisted for interview.
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MA in Buddhist Art History and Conservation
Application Deadline: 20 January 2025
Shortlisted applicants will be invited for online interview.
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MA Contemporary Art and the Moving Image
Applications for this course can be submitted through the KCL website.
Please see KCL’s webpage for this programme to see details of entry requirements.
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PhD Research
Applications for 2025/26 are now open.
Before you can submit a full PhD programme application and contact your preferred supervisor, you must send a pre-application proposal (including your Research Title and Potential Supervisor) and your CV by email to pgadmissions@courtauld.ac.uk
- Research Proposal Summary – 300 words (including Research Proposal Title and which member of faculty you wish to ask to be your supervisor and why)
- CV
We will assess your pre-application proposal and, if appropriate, discuss your proposal with your preferred supervisor before providing feedback. Should your pre-application proposal be approved, you will be invited to submit a full programme application and provided with an application link to the main programme application portal.
Pre-application proposal deadline: 18 November 2024
Programme Application Deadline: Candidates who are selected to advance to full application stage will have a deadline of 8 Jan 2025 to submit their full programme application
The Programme Application Portal link will be provided once your pre-application is approved.
After you have submitted a full programme application, you will be contacted in January 2025 with a final decision about your application.
Please note that students requiring a visa to study in the UK cannot study part-time.
PhD Programme
